Sonic MyDVD® 5 Wins PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award with Highest Five-Star Rating

"Sonic MyDVD 5 Blows Away the Other Authoring Packages in this Roundup"

Marin County, California (October 22, 2003) - Sonic Solutions announced today that Sonic MyDVD, the industry's leading DVD creation software, won PC Magazine's prestigious Editors' Choice Award. In addition to being named Editors' Choice, MyDVD received top honors with a rare 5-star rating – a distinction not bestowed upon any other consumer DVD creation application – reinforcing the product's position as the clear leader in DVD creation software.

PC Magazine's editors cited ease of use, powerful features, and the ability to create high-quality DVDs and VCDs as reasons for their choice of MyDVD above all other competitors. In addition, PC Magazine praised MyDVD Studio Deluxe as a comprehensive solution for CD and DVD burning, video authoring and editing, photo slideshows, music disc creation, backup and archiving, disc copying, and CD/DVD disc labeling. The complete review can be read in the October 28 issue of PC Magazine now available at newsstands or online at (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1318351,00.asp).

"On the authoring front, Sonic MyDVD 5 blows away the other authoring packages in this roundup with its video quality and elegance, creating slick, clean DVDs or VCDs with animated menus and neat transitions," wrote Sascha Segan of PC Magazine in the October 28 issue. The author of the review later added, "Clean, clear, and powerful, MyDVD 5 is as good as authoring programs get for PCs right now."

Sonic MyDVD has garnered other leading awards including Product of the Year and Editors' Choice awards from TECH Edge, Presentations, and PC Upgrade magazines earlier this year. MyDVD is the DVD software bundle choice of the majority of drive and PC manufacturers, including Adaptec, Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, Nec, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Plextor, Sony, ViewSonic, and many others.

"PC Magazine is recognized as one of the most discerning publications for tech-savvy consumers looking for educated, unbiased information and reviews on the latest PC technology," said Dave Habiger, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Desktop Products Group at Sonic. "MyDVD 5 has received substantial acclaim from PC and drive manufacturers, retailers and consumers alike. This award from PC Magazine is a source of pride for all those that have worked hard to bring the product to market."

Based on the same technology as Sonic's industry-leading Hollywood DVD production systems, Sonic MyDVD makes it fast and easy for anyone to create DVDs and VCDs of their own videos and photos and add the same sizzle found in Hollywood DVD titles. MyDVD offers the most flexibility and compatibility of any application on the market. With MyDVD, users can simply drag-and-drop video and audio into a project, add interactive menus, edit video, and record the final content to DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, DVD-RAM or CD-R/RW. MyDVD also includes OpenDVD^® technology which allows users to re-edit previously burned DVD and VCD projects, enabling them to add or delete content, and change menus with ease.

MyDVD 5 can be purchased at the Sonic webstore at (http://estore.sonic.com). MyDVD 5 is also published at retail by Adaptec and available at CompUSA, Fry's, Circuit City and other North American retailers.

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, Hitachi, and many others.

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