InterVideo InstantON Technology Integrated with LG Electronics Express

    Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

    FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2005--InterVideo(R), Inc. (Nasdaq:IVII), a leading provider of software solutions to tier-one consumer electronics and PC manufacturers, announced today that its revolutionary InstantON technology is now shipping with the LG Electronics LW Express Series, LW60 Express and LW70 Express notebooks.
    The LG Electronics Express Series, LW60/70 Express provides users both the mobility and powerful multimedia capabilities that consumers look for in a desktop PC, now ready on the LW Express series notebooks. The LW Express models are the first entire series of wide-screen premium notebooks to integrate InterVideo InstantON. More than just "a bigger and wider notebook world," the LG Electronic Express Series notebooks offer consumers superior playback quality with instant access to an extensive digital entertainment package. With InterVideo InstantON, consumers can instantly enjoy DVD movies with TV-out features and provide crisp audio sound for music playback, including audio CDs and MP3 files without loading into Windows(R). Additionally, the notebooks include a remote control to easily control their digital entertainment applications from a distance.
    "With the many applications that these new notebooks offer today, LG Electronics wanted to give consumers a little more than just a comprehensive multimedia notebook; we also wanted to give users instantaneous usage on their consumer electronic features," said Jung-jun Lee, Vice President of PC Division, LG Electronics Inc. "LG Electronics chose InterVideo InstantON as the solution to provide our customers with such a powerful technology to be included with the Express Series notebook line."
    "The partnership with LG Electronics and InterVideo marks a significant step in bringing PC/CE convergence together," said Steve Ro, CEO and President of InterVideo. "InterVideo is pleased to have LG Electronics include InstantON with their Express Series notebooks."
    The LM 60/70 Express notebooks are designed with an impressive glare-type color-rich 15.4" LCD wide screen for the LW60 and a 17" LCD screen for the LW70 model that gives consumers a simultaneous dual-window display for a multimedia entertainment with ATI(R) Mobility Radeon(TM) X600 Graphics and the new High Definition Audio (Azalia) technology. Also, the notebooks are equipped with an Intel Pentium(R) M Dothan processor on the Mobile Intel(R) 915 Express Chipset, 512MB of DDRII 533MHz DDR SDRAM, 40/100 GB HDD based on the Sonoma platform, the next generation of Intel(R) Centrino(TM) Mobile Technology that gives consumers extended battery life and a built-in wireless LAN connectivity. In addition, the notebooks feature a DVD Super Multi Drive that supports various types of Optical Disk formats that includes DVD-RAM/-RW/-R/+RW/+R/-ROM, CD-RW/-R/-ROM.

    Availability

    LW Express Series Notebooks with InstantON technology is now available and is shipping in more than thirty countries worldwide.
    InterVideo InstantON is currently available from InterVideo only to OEMs for evaluation and integration and is not sold as stand-alone retail software. The modular nature of the product enables OEMs and middleware developers to create customized solutions and to incorporate only the features that are required for a particular device. InstantON includes the full stack of OS, BIOS, drivers, modules (engines), applications, user interface and remote control optimizations.
    InterVideo also offers consulting services to assist OEM InstantON customers with product planning and customization, hardware driver fine-tuning, third party company software integration, planning test procedures and product updates.

    About InterVideo, Inc.

    InterVideo is a leading provider of DVD software. InterVideo has developed a technology platform from which it has created a broad suite of integrated multimedia software products that allow users to capture, edit, author, burn, distribute, and play digital video. InterVideo's software is bundled with products sold by the majority of the leading PC OEMs. The company is headquartered in Fremont, CA, with regional offices in Europe, Taiwan, China and Japan. For more information, contact InterVideo at 510-651-0888 or visit the company's Web site at www.intervideo.com.

    Safe Harbor Statement

    Except for the historical statements contained herein, the foregoing release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding InterVideo's InstantON technology, InterVideo WinDVD, InterVideo WinDVD Creator, InterVideo's Home Theater, products and/or technologies. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially due to several factors, including but not limited to the ability to forecast customer behavior and recognize or respond to emerging trends, changing preferences or competitive factors, the market acceptance of our new products and product enhancements, the resolution of any notices of claims regarding alleged infringement of third parties' intellectual property rights, the ability to maintain or expand our relationship with PC OEMS and other risks and uncertainties. Please consult the various reports and documents filed by InterVideo with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to InterVideo's Form 10-Q for other risk factors that could cause actual results to differ. All forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and InterVideo disclaims any responsibility to update or revise any forward-looking statement provided in this news release.

    InterVideo is a registered trademark and InstantON is a trademark of InterVideo, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

    Editors Note: For more information about InterVideo InstantON or other InterVideo products, please contact pr@intervideo.com.

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CONTACT: InterVideo, Inc. Joanna DeKlavon, 510-651-0888 pr@intervideo.com

KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: HARDWARE COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS SOFTWARE PRODUCT MARKETING AGREEMENTS SOURCE: InterVideo, Inc.

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