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NOVATO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2003-- Sonic Solutions (Nasdaq:SNIC - News) announced today that Verbatim, an industry leader in the development and manufacturing of data storage and other media products, has selected Sonic's complete, integrated line of CD/DVD creation, copy, backup and playback applications for its new DVD+/- Producer 44 Dual Format DVD drive. Sonic's DVD/CD suite of integrated applications includes MyDVD�, RecordNow!(TM), Simple Backup(TM) and CinePlayer(TM).

With a comprehensive collection of DVD and CD creation and playback applications from Sonic, Verbatim's DVD+/- Producer 44 DVD burner gives consumers a single product for recording any type of video, photography, music or data onto DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-R and CD-RW media, as well as a means to play back and backup their CD and DVD content. The all-in-one DVD+R/ +RW & CD-R/RW recorder is also designed to offer the widest possible playback compatibility.

"We chose Sonic for our Verbatim DVD+/- Producer 44 DVD burner bundle because of the company's reputation for delivering powerful, compatible, and high-quality products as well as their ability to provide us with a complete all-in-one solution to meet the needs of our users," said Jim Hill, Senior Manager of Optical Marketing, at Peripherals Group Inc., the exclusive licensor of Verbatim optical products in the U.S. "With our new Verbatim DVD+/- Producer 44 drive, our users literally have everything they need to create, preserve and protect their cherished memories and everyday projects."

Sonic's CD/DVD suite of products includes:

Sonic MyDVD: Sonic MyDVD is the industry's leading DVD burning application and allows users to transform home movies, internet videos and photos into Hollywood-style DVDs with professional-looking motion-menus and high-quality slideshows. Sonic MyDVD is also OpenDVD(TM)-compliant, enabling previously burned DVDs to be opened, re-edited, and updated with new video and photo content and re-burned to DVD and CD recordable/re-writable media.

Sonic RecordNow: Designed to be easy enough for first-time users but powerful enough for burning pros, RecordNow combines simple wizards to give users fast, reliable, and high-quality CD and DVD burning with the ability to access powerful features for disc customization. Perfect for burning data, music and other critical data to CD and DVD, RecordNow also includes integrated drag-and-drop file burning -- making CD-RWs and DVD-RWs as easy to use as floppy disks.

Simple Backup: An entirely Wizard-based solution for easily backing up and restoring computer files on CD and DVD recordable discs, Simple Backup allows users to create a Disaster Recovery Set that can be used to restore not only their data, but their applications and Windows operating system.

Sonic CinePlayer: Sonic CinePlayer provides the highest-quality DVD and Video CD playback experience available on the PC and is the first software DVD player to take advantage of OpenDVD. With its ability to launch an OpenDVD project directly from the player into an authoring application for further editing, Sonic CinePlayer gives users a seamless experience in both creating and playing DVD content.

"We're extremely pleased to have been selected by Verbatim for our complete suite of CD/DVD burning, playback and backup solutions," said Dave Habiger, Senior Vice-President and General Manager of Sonic's Desktop Product Group. "Sonic products have become synonymous with quality, performance and reliability. By offering a comprehensive set of applications for DVD and CD creation and playback, Sonic is able to provide Verbatim with applications that show off the power and flexibility of their DVD+/- Producer 44 Dual Format drive, as well as give their users the tools needed to get the most out of their new DVD/CD burner."

Verbatim's DVD+/- Producer 44 Dual Format drive is currently available at a suggested retail price of $299 for the internal version and $399 for the external version at leading electronics retailers throughout the U.S.

About Sonic Solutions (Nasdaq:SNIC - News)

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(TM) 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.

Sonic, the Sonic logo, Backup MyPC, CinePlayer, DVD PrePlay, DVD Producer, Edit-on-DVD, OpenDVD, PrimeTime, RecordNow and Simple Backup are trademarks of Sonic Solutions. AuthorScript, AutoDVD, DVD-Audio Creator, DVD Creator, DVDit!, DVD Fusion, MyDVD, NoNOISE, ReelDVD, Scenarist and Sonic Solutions 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.