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Windows, Linux DVD Players, Real-Time Encoders, Digital VCR products Enable Users to Produce, Play Back High-quality Video on Panasonic 2-Hour Rewritable DVD Solutions

InterVideo's personal and professional video editing and authoring products include WinDVR, WinDVD, WinCoder and LinDVD. Used with Panasonic's recently announced DVD-RAM drives, completed feature-length (2 hour) business and home videos can be stored on a 4.7GB single-sided bare disc. Videos can be played back on Panasonic's DVD-RAM drives and newer-generation DVD-ROM drives.

``With the rapid convergence of computer and consumer technology, business and home videographers want to produce videos that are as good as those they see in the theater, said William Wang, InterVideo's Director of Marketing. ''Our products take the drudgery and expense out of the editing and production process. With Panasonic's 4.7GB DVD-RAM drives and media, they can store the video and play it back on a wide variety of video playback devices. No matter how many times you use the bare disc media, the video will look as good as the day it was produced. Quality doesn't deteriorate as it will with VHS, even after 30 years.``

WinCoder is a high-performance real-time MPEG-2 encoder that provides high-quality digital audio and video capture to the PC. Users can provide video from a video source, encode it in MPEG-2 or MPEG-2 video format and store the compressed and edited video on bare DVD-RAM discs for playback on any compatible DVD device. WinCoder includes a full range of capture settings and simple-to-use editing tools to produce professional quality business, education, training or personal videos. The company's widely used WinDVD and LinDVD software DVD decoders/players allow users to economically enjoy all of the features, capabilities and quality of DVD video on their Windows or Linux OS-based systems.

InterVideo's popular WinDVR allows users to record TV broadcasts to DVD-RAM or other storage devices such as a hard drive for future viewing. The software-only product allows users to preview a TV program and encode it to MPEG-2 video format in real time. WinDVR's multiple video preview window allows users to channel surf, schedule recording times days or weeks in advance, reliably record programs and browse the Web simultaneously.

``InterVideo has developed one of the most complete and robust DVD software product lines available,'' said Jeff Saake, Group General Manager, Panasonic Industrial Company, Computer Technologies Group. ``They offer software-based video and still photo editing, authoring and playback products that make business and personal DVD video production easy to use and easy to enjoy. When combined with our rewritable DVD drive, consumers have an affordable solution for turning video from any source into a very professional interactive video that can be viewed and shared.''

The Panasonic DVD-RAM drive combines the ease of use and random access of a hard drive with transfer rates of up to 22.16Mb/sec and 95msec access times. A versatile solution, the drive will also read from discs currently accepted by CD-ROM, CD Audio, CD-R, CD-RW and video CD drives, as well as DVD video, DVD-ROM and DVD-R drives.

Pricing, Availability

InterVideo's products include a software DVD decoders/players which capitalize on the growing demand for DVD playback on the PC. WinDVD and LinDVD deliver excellent video quality and complete DVD feature sets. WinDVD is shipping in large volume to leading computer manufacturers, graphics firms and end users. Other products include WinCoder, a real-time MPEG-2 encoder and WinDVR, a digital VCR for PC users.

Panasonic Industrial Company's 4.7GB OEM DVD-RAM drive is available as an internal drive with a SCSI-2 interface (model LF-D291N) or with an ATAPI interface (model LF-D211N). The Panasonic-branded internal drive, model LF-D201U, is available from Panasonic Document Imaging Company (PDIC) and has an MSRP of $549. DVD-RAM media, which is marketed under the Panasonic brand name, is also available from several other leading manufacturers. The double-sided 9.4GB cartridge has an MSRP of $44.95. The 4.7GB single-sided media has an MSRP of $29.95. The 4.7GB bare disc DVD-RAM media has an MSRP of $24.95 and can be played back on the latest Panasonic DVD-ROM drives, as well as Panasonic's new DVD Player and DVD Recorder.

Corporate Profiles

Founded by a group of DVD industry pioneers in April 1998, InterVideo was established to develop a new form of digital entertainment that springs from the convergence of consumer technology, personal computers and the Internet. InterVideo is fully compliant with all the major consumer technology standards related to digital audio, video and graphics. For complete information, visit www.intervideo.com.

Panasonic is the best known brand name of Osaka, Japan-based Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE: MC), one of the world's leading producers of electronic and electric products for consumer business and industrial use. Additional information on Panasonic and Matsushita Electric is available at www.panasonic.com.

For more information on the Panasonic DVD-RAM OEM drive and media, contact Panasonic Industrial Company, 1600 McCandless Drive, Milpitas, CA 95035; 408.945-5600, FAX 408.262-4214, E-mail berzind@panasonic.com. Or, visit the company's Web site at www.panasonic.com/oemdvd-ram. For more information on Panasonic-branded DVD-RAM drives and media, contact Panasonic Document Imaging Company, Two Panasonic Way 7D-9, Secaucus, NJ 07030 800-742-8086, www.panasonic.com/storage or E-mail marusicm@panasonic.com. In Canada, contact Panasonic Canada, Ambler Drive, Mississauga, Ontario L4W 2T3, Canada; (905) 238-2254, FAX (905) 238-2414, E-mail rkwong@panasonic.ca.

InterVideo Inc. is not a part or in any way legally affiliated with Panasonic Industrial Company. Panasonic Industrial Company assumes no responsibility for the performance of or customer satisfaction with InterVideo products. All company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective manufacturers. Features, pricing, availability and specifications are subject to change without notice.

Contact:

     Marken Communications for Panasonic, Milpitas
     Andy Marken
     408.986.0100
     andy@markencom.com