ArcSoft Joins InterVideo and CyberLink to offer HD DVD Playback Software

ArcSoft, Inc. is demonstrating ArcSoft Digital Theatre™ 2 this week at IFA 2007 in conjunction with the HD DVD Promotion Group. Digital Theatre is a high definition video player that supports playback of HD DVDs, commercial and homemade DVDs, and a variety of high definition multimedia files. The HD DVD Promotion Group is showcasing Digital Theatre as part of its advancement of standards-based implementations of HD DVD playback.

Digital Theatre's HD DVD playback functionality includes complete support for high definition interactive content such as U-Control. Additionally, Digital Theatre supports next generation audio formats such as Dolby Digital and DTS, as well as a variety of advanced trick play features such as Smart Stretch and Time Stretch. Available for Windows XP and Windows Vista, the program also includes a Windows Media Center Edition plug-in that provides a 10-foot user experience.

Digital Theatre is available as a standalone application or as part of ArcSoft TotalMedia™ Extreme, a software suite that provides solutions for playback, capture, editing, and authoring of standard and high definition content. For more details, please visit www.arcsoft.com/products/digitaltheatre.