Las Vegas, NV - Jan. 4th, 2006 - CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), a world leader and pioneer in providing integrated solutions for the Digital Home, will demonstrate HD DVD playback at the HD DVD Promotion Group Booth at International CES in Las Vegas from January 5-8.

HD DVD is a next-generation disc format that offers increased disc capacity of up to 30GB (15GB per layer) and enables creation of titles that include movie-synchronized bonus features, pop-up interactive menus, Picture-in-Picture, and Internet connectivity.

“CyberLink’s participation at 2006 International CES with NEC & Toshiba to showcase HD DVD playback technologies further illustrate our unwavering commitment in supporting next-generation technologies with leading industry innovators,” said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink Corp. “HD DVD is a next-generation disc format that not only promises increased disc capacity of up to 30GB, but loads of new and interesting ways for content authors to interact with users.

“As the first vendor to supply this key decoder component for Advanced Content, CyberLink plays an important role in realizing the HD DVD promise of superior video quality and high speed Audio/Video codecs,” said Ryoichi (Rick) Hayatsu, Chief Engineer at NEC Corporation. “NEC is expecting CyberLink products to lead HD DVD format in the PC market.”

“Toshiba recognizes the significant contribution CyberLink has made to the realization of HD DVD, says Hisashi Yamada, Corporate Senior Vice President and Chief Fellow of Toshiba Corporation. “CyberLink has rapidly developed HD DVD technology for enabling playback of both Standard and Advanced Content for HD DVD titles. Advanced Content, especially Picture-in-Picture and interactivity, will be a key feature in the adoption of HD DVD.

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