Matrox Chooses ReelDVD™ for DigiSuite MAX Bundle

Offers Great Value and Functionality for DVD Production

Las Vegas, Nevada (April 8, 2002) - Sonic Solutions announced today at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention (NAB) that Matrox has added Sonic's ReelDVD authoring software to its DigiSuite MAX line of products, a real-time nonlinear editing and DVD production solution for video artists, post-production facilities, and corporate-level video professionals. The well-known Matrox DigiSuite MAX non-linear video editing family is the perfect solution to accelerate DVD production workflow by combining exceptional hardware encoding, video editing, and output to ReelDVD. Including ReelDVD with DigiSuite MAX provides a complete, powerful and low-priced DVD production solution for video production users looking to create great-looking DVDs quickly and efficiently.

With the Matrox DigiSuite MAX platforms, video acquisition from analog and digital sources, realtime editing and effects, realtime MPEG-2 encoding, and DVD authoring with Sonic's ReelDVD are all integrated into a single, affordable system.

"ReelDVD delivers advanced DVD publishing capabilities and represents an exciting opportunity for our customers to expand their businesses," said Spiro Plagakis, VP Sales and Marketing at Matrox. "The combination of Matrox DigiSuite MAX and ReelDVD represents the industry's lowest-cost, highest-quality solution for creating interactive DVD titles. We are delighted to be working with Sonic, a long-standing OEM partner, to bring the latest DVD technologies to our users. "

"Matrox is a leader in graphics and video editing solutions, and we are very pleased that they have chosen to add ReelDVD to their DigiSuite MAX family of systems," said Rolf Hartley, General Manager, Professional Products Group at Sonic. "The combination of Matrox's products with Sonic's industry-leading DVD authoring software provides a high-quality, low-cost solution for creating exciting interactive, training, and multimedia DVD titles for a wide span of corporate and industrial applications."

Pricing and Availability
Matrox DigiSuite MAX bundles, including the ReelDVD software, are available from authorized resellers worldwide starting at $5,995 US in North America.

About ReelDVD
Sonic ReelDVD is designed for independent and corporate video projects and brings exciting multimedia DVD to professional productions. Built upon the same tried-and-tested DVD formatting technology from Scenarist, Sonic's Hollywood-standard authoring system on Windows, ReelDVD combines the strength of professional-level software with a friendly user interface and simple workflow, making the process of creating professional-quality DVDs quick and easy.

About Matrox
Matrox Video Products Group is a technology and market leader in the field of digital video hardware and software for realtime editing, DVD authoring, and web streaming applications. Matrox's Emmy award-winning technology powers a full range of content creation and delivery platforms used by television broadcasters, post-production facilities, project studios, corporate communicators, event videographers, and video enthusiasts worldwide. Founded in 1976, Matrox is a privately held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada with offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Hong Kong. For more information visit www.matrox.com/video.

About Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC)
Based in Marin County, California, Sonic (http://www.sonic.com) is the world's leading manufacturer of solutions for DVD creation. Sonic DVD Creator®, Sonic Scenarist®, Sonic ReelDVD™, Sonic DVD Producer™ and Sonic DVD Fusion for Mac are the most widely-used systems for professional DVD publishing, and are installed worldwide at major studios, post production facilities and in corporate marketing departments. Sonic MyDVD™ (http://www.mydvd.com) is the first DVD authoring application for consumers, and is the leading DVD solution among DVD recorder and PC manufacturers. Sonic DVDit!® (http://www.dvdit.com) is the leading DVD authoring application for videographers and corporate video producers; more than 1 million copies of DVDit! have been sold. Sonic is a full voting member of the DVD Forum, the standards-setting body for the DVD format.

Sonic Solutions, Sonic, the Sonic logo, Edit-on-DVD, MyDVD, OpenDVD and ReelDVD are trademarks of Sonic Solutions. AuthorScript, DVD Creator, DVDit! and Scenarist are registered trademarks of Sonic Solutions. All other company or product names are trademarks of their respective owners and, in some cases, are used by Sonic under license. Specifications, pricing and delivery schedules are subject to change without notice.