05.137.2006 - Pioneer Electronics Chooses Sonic Solutions to Power World’s First Commercially Available Blu-ray Disc Drive

Novato, California (May 17, 2006)—Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC),the leader in digital media software, broke new ground today shipping its Roxio® BD software with the first commercially available Blu-ray Disc drive from Pioneer Electronics. The release ushers in a new era in optical disc recording, making possible for the first time the backup of up to 25GB of data on a single layer BD-R (recordable) or BD-RE (rewritable) disc, as well as image-to-disc recording and the archive and playback of hours of high-definition video content. The software and hardware combination will enable a range of applications including professional pre-mastering, high-definition authoring and high-capacity storage. - View Press Release - Visit Sonic Solutions.