Sonic™ Ships PrimeTime™ for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition

Enables DVD Burning of Recorded TV Shows from the Comfort of a Sofa

Marin County, California (June 30, 2003) - Sonic Solutions (Nasdaq: SNIC), the leader in DVD creation software, announced today that it is now shipping Sonic PrimeTime, the world’s first DVD recording application designed exclusively for Windows XP Media Center Edition. Available for purchase on the Sonic e-store (www.estore.sonic.com) for $79.99, Sonic PrimeTime intuitively builds upon Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition, making it easy to archive recorded TV shows onto DVD discs that can be played on any of the hundreds of millions of DVD players worldwide.

“Sonic PrimeTime is precisely the type of Media Center application that many users have been looking for," said Kevin Eagan, General Manager for the Windows eHome Division, Microsoft. “PrimeTime makes great use of the design innovations and user-friendliness of Windows XP Media Center Edition to enable consumers with a Media Center PC to store personal content onto DVDs with just one click of the Media Center remote control.”

Designed to complement Windows XP Media Center Edition, Sonic PrimeTime uses a “10-foot” user interface, making its operation in the living room via the Media Center remote control a snap. Employing the same program information and sorting functionality as Media Center, PrimeTime makes it fast and easy to browse, select, and burn favorite recorded shows to DVD or Video CD. The recorded shows can then be played back on standard set-top DVD players and DVD-equipped PCs.

“Sonic PrimeTime clearly revolutionizes the way people interact with their recorded TV shows,” said Mark Ely, Senior Vice President for Strategic Planning at Sonic. “Intuitively building upon the Windows XP Media Center experience, Sonic PrimeTime makes it possible for users to move seamlessly from enjoying a TV show to burning their programs to DVD. Anyone who can watch TV can now create their own high-quality DVD compilations using the Media Center remote control.”

Sonic PrimeTime features include:

• TV Show Browser – Sonic PrimeTime uses the same sorting options as Media Center itself. Users can sort through TV shows by date, genre, or alphabetically, simplifying the selection of programs for burning to DVD.
  


• One-Click DVD Burning – Once you have selected your TV shows in the PrimeTime browser, burning them to DVD is a one-click operation. Sonic PrimeTime automatically creates Hollywood-style DVD menus, inserts chapter points for easy navigation, and burns the final content to DVD or Video CD.
  


• Dolby Digital encoding – Sonic PrimeTime encodes theatre-quality Dolby Digital audio, creating the finest in stereo sound. In addition, Dolby’s state-of-the-art audio compression allows even more shows to be added to your DVD by maximizing the available disc space.

About Sonic PrimeTime
The first application designed exclusively for Media Center PCs, Sonic PrimeTime puts the power of DVD burning in the palm of users’ hands - literally. Inspired by Media Center’s large-screen menus, Sonic PrimeTime makes it fast and easy for users to find, select, and burn their favorite shows onto DVDs or Video CDs with just a few clicks of the Media Center’s remote control. Sonic PrimeTime is now available for purchase on the Sonic e-store (estore.sonic.com) for $79.99.

About Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC)
Based in Marin County, California, Sonic Solutions (http://www.sonic.com) is the world's leading supplier of DVD creation software for professional, industrial and consumer applications. The majority of major film releases on DVD have been produced on Sonic's professional DVD authoring systems in studios around the world. Sonic's MyDVD® and DVDit!® are the most widely used DVD creation applications by consumers and video enthusiasts and are the solutions of choice among the key PC and after-market drive suppliers. Sonic's RecordNow™ is a leading solution for audio and data mastering. Sonic's AuthorScript®, the DVD and CD formatting and burning engine that underlies Sonic's applications, is the most widely deployed DVD software engine and has been licensed by Adobe, Microsoft, Sony, and many others.

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