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Apr. 23, 2001
Acer Chooses CyberLink PowerDVD 3.0 to Provide DVD Playback for TravelMate 210 Notebook

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April 23, 2001----Taipei, Taiwan----CyberLink, a leading software developer of digital video and streaming multimedia applications, has recently announced an agreement with Acer Corp. to bundle its PowerDVD 3.0 software DVD player with Acer's TravelMate 210 notebooks available for the global market. PowerDVD is the leading software DVD playback solution with advanced video and audio playback and a multitude of features that enhance personalized enjoyment of DVD titles. With consumers demanding systems that provide innovative design, ease of use and powerful performance, PowerDVD perfectly complements the high quality, technologically superior TravelMate 210 notebooks from Acer.

Established in 1976, Acer is among the world's largest PC manufacturers, offering a broad range of PC products from industry-leading high-end PC servers and multimedia desktop computers to notebooks, computer peripherals and components. Consumers will be able to enjoy the benefits of PowerDVD included with Acer's TravelMate 210 notebook PCs equipped with DVD drives from April 2, available globally. According to Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink, "We value our partnership with Acer and it is our pleasure to cooperate with them in combining hardware and software in a total solution for the notebook PC market. With many of Acer's TravelMate notebooks featuring DVD-ROMs and high-performance Intel processors, PowerDVD is the ideal solution for allowing the enjoyment of DVD titles with today's notebook computer."

About PowerDVD 3.0
PowerDVD is the world's number one software DVD player due to its high quality audio and video playback, advanced navigation and best hardware support. CyberLink PowerDVD can deliver high quality DVD playback at full frame rate with extremely low CPU consumption (only Celeron 350 and above required) and no need for hardware acceleration. New features to its already long list of features include Dolby Headphone Technology, bringing the Dolby Surround experience to any standard pair of stereo headphones and Digital Zoom, allowing users to view special effects, hidden features and fine details at either 4 or 9 times the normal screen ratio. Plus, PowerDVD is an excellent solution for notebook manufacturers due to its low CPU consumption and full compatibility with ACPI technology, which is adopted by major notebook manufacturers to perform notebook power management.

About Acer TravelMate 210
The TravelMate 210 is an all-in-one notebook PC positioned in the value segment that will appeal to a wide range of business and individual users who have a variety of computing needs. It is powered by Intel? Celeron™ processors starting at 700MHz and includes high performance 2D and 3D graphics with integrated 2X AGP support and 8MB fixed shared Video RAM. PowerDVD is included with models featuring integrated 8X DVD-ROMs.

About CyberLink Corp.
CyberLink Corporation develops award winning software solutions utilizing digital video and audio kernel technology. The company fully utilizes the powers of today's personal computer and Internet connectivity to create new applications that maximize personal video entertainment, enhance visual communication and increase corporate productivity. Today, CyberLink offers two major product lines: Digital Video Applications and Streaming Multimedia Solutions. Digital Video Applications focus on providing video/audio playback and recording capabilities on the personal computer. These award-winning software applications are ideal solutions for building home theaters and digital video centers right from today's mainstream computers. Streaming Multimedia Solutions offer breakthrough technologies to stream and manage high-quality, media-rich contents on the Internet.

CyberLink programs are available for press evaluation. Please contact Ty Ung or Erik Hermanson at press@gocyberlink.com or by phone at: +886-2-8667-1298, ext. 301 or 308 for more details.