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Aug. 18, 2003
PowerDVD 5 Live Demo at Computex 2003

Featuring Breakthrough technologies for high quality video and audio DVD playback on PCs with PowerDVD 5

CyberLink's Booth: A433-434, Software Pavilion, Hall 1
Computex: Sep. 22-26, 2003

Taipei, Taiwan----August 18, 2003----CyberLink Corp., a leading developer of digital video software and e-learning solutions, announced today it will be demonstrating the newly released PowerDVD 5 at Computex.

PowerDVD 5 is the newest release of CyberLink's award winning DVD playback software that features several breakthrough video and audio technologies to deliver the ultimate DVD entertainment on the PC. "PowerDVD 5 is a multimedia playback program that can bring a rich home theater experience to PC users. It fully demonstrates CyberLink's leadership in advancing the art of DVD technology to provide high quality DVD entertainment of the PC," stated Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink. A visit to the CyberLink booth will allow you to experience its new technologies. "Come see us and you'll understand why PowerDVD 5 has won praise from editors and customers worldwide," further said Alice H. Chang.

New technologies in PowerDVD 5 include:

CLEV™--CyberLink Eagle Vision Technology
Even though the LCD market is gaining over CRT, its picture quality is questioned by demanding professionals. PowerDVD 5 addresses LCD image quality with the new CLEV technology that automatically adjusts a scene's color and contrast to enhance the sharpness and detail of the video image. The same technology can be applied to CRT monitors, as well.

CLPV™--CyberLink PanoVision Technology
Widescreen LCDs are gaining in popularity, but some users still embrace letter-box screens. PowerDVD 5 features the CLPV technology that adopts a non-linear stretching approach to laying 4:3 movies in wide-screen mode without distorting major portions of the scenes, therefore, users can watch DVD movies in the format they prefer. Also, PowerDVD 5 features an optional cropping technique to totally remove image distortion.

CLMEI™--CyberLink Multi-Channel Environment Impression
CLMEI is a proprietary technology, which can take any two-channel audio track and convert it in multi-channel audio. With this technology, users with multi-speaker systems can play back 2-channel audio tracks (such as MP3s or audio CDs) in multi-channel surround.

Other new functions in this version include:

Audio Time Stretch
Plays audio at 2 times slower to 2 times faster than the normal playback speed, without pitch distortion. Well suited for language learning while watching DVDs in conjunction with dual subtitles.

New Smart Snapshot Function
In addition to specifying a destination, the new version allows users to specify the resolution of the snapshot image.

A Brand New Skin
A totally new user interface that delivers improved usability and navigation. PowerDVD 5 retains the Dynamic Skin feature, allowing users to change skins instantly.


About CyberLink Corp.
Founded in 1995, CyberLink Corp. is a world leader and pioneer in bringing advanced digital video and audio software applications to market. The products are categorized into two major lines: Digital Multimedia Solutions and E-Learning Solutions. Digital Multimedia Solutions includes Media Creation Products focus on media creation by advancing the technologies to capture, edit, author and record all types of media, and Digital Entertainment products provide high quality media enjoyment on the PC by perfecting state-of-the-art audio-video technologies. These award-winning software applications are ideal solutions for turning today's mainstream computers into home theaters and digital video centers. The company's E-Learning Solutions include authoring tools for creating training content and training management systems that offer an easy and cost effective way to deliver and manage training programs over corporate intranets or the Internet. As a result of the company's solid growth and profitability, CyberLink became a public company in October, 2000 and is listed on the Taiwan Over The Counter Exchange (OTC: 5203). To keep up with market demands, CyberLink has operations in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region including Japan. CyberLink's worldwide headquarters are in Taipei and the company website is: www.goCyberlink.com

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Press Contacts:
USA: Kristen Stonecipher, kristen@sspr.com or by phone +1-888-275-5878, ext. 28.
Germany: Cornelie Elsaesser, c.elsaesser@konzept-pr.de or by phone +49-821-34 300-20.
Corporate: Renee Chen or Manal Ma at press@gocyberlink.com or by phone at: +886-2-8667-1298, ext. 301 or 303 for more details.