Sonic to Bundle DVD Producer 4 With Matrox Parhelia

Montreal, Canada (Nov. 24, 2003) — Matrox Graphics Inc. announced that its Parhelia 128 MB AGP graphics card has been chosen by Sonic to be bundled with Sonic DVD Producer 4.

“Sonic is extremely pleased with the power and quality that Matrox Graphics’ Parhelia technology adds to this important bundle for creative DVD professionals,” says Rolf Hartley, general manager, Sonic Solutions’ Professional Products Group. “With its versatile multi-display and video output support that utilizes Sonic’s real-time DVD proofing, Parhelia will allow DVD Producer 4 users to further enhance their workflow, and boost title creation productivity higher than ever before.”

By seamlessly integrating support for Parhelia’s PureVideo Preview technology with DVD Producer 4, Sonic users are able to output their projects full-screen to a dedicated video monitor for real-time What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get (WYSIWYG) proofing. Furthermore, Parhelia’s unique Dual-display plus TV output support allows users to simultaneously employ up to two RGB displays with DVD Producer 4 to extend the authoring interface and conveniently place toolbars, menu compositing and control windows for optimal visualization and efficiency. “We are delighted to be joining forces with Sonic, the established leader in DVD technology and are proud that they have selected the Parhelia graphics card for DVD Producer,” says Caroline Injoyan, video workstation product manager, Matrox Graphics Inc. “Sonic DVD Producer 4 sets the standard for video professionals who are extending their creation services with DVD, and Parhelia offers the very best multi-display capabilities and image quality — a perfect match for the power and productivity that Sonic users have come to expect.”

The Sonic DVD Producer 4 and Matrox Parhelia 128 MB AGP bundle is available through Audio Intervisual Design, the first and largest reseller of Sonic Solutions professional DVD authoring and encoding products.

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.

About Matrox Graphics Inc.

Matrox Graphics Inc., the leading manufacturer of professional graphics solutions, has been delivering high-quality, innovative 2D/3D and video graphics accelerators for more than a quarter century. Pioneer of the trend-setting DualHead® technology, Matrox is a graphics chip designer and board manufacturer whose products have been awarded over 1,000 times worldwide for their superior image quality, practical ingenuity and unwavering stability. In July 2002, Matrox was elected as a voting member of the OpenGL® Architecture Review Board (ARB). A privately held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada, Matrox has international offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Information on Matrox products, drivers, technical support and more can be found at: www.matrox.com/mga.