Roxio Pushes
CD & DVD Burning Boundaries with Launch of Toast 7
Delivers Mac Platform Firsts Including Music DVD, Multi-Image HD
Slideshows, Data Spanning and One-Step DivX Disc Creation
Santa Clara,
California (August 22, 2005)
— Roxio®,
a division of Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader
in digital media software, today announced Toast® 7, the
most significant upgrade ever to its industry-leading Mac CD & DVD
burning suite. Toast 7 complements and extends the functionality of
the Mac OS and iLife applications with innovative new features and
ground-breaking capabilities that empower users to copy, save, hear
and see their entire digital life on CD and DVD. Toast 7 will be
publicly available direct from Roxio starting August 31 and in
stores in early September.
Headlining the
latest version is a number of features that make previously
impossible tasks a reality for Mac users. These features include
multi-image High Definition slideshows with pan and zoom effects,
transitions and background soundtracks, audio DVDs with over 50
hours of rich Dolby® quality music and advanced
navigation, and data spanning, which allows users to backup large
files, folders and applications across multiple CDs and DVDs.
“Toast 7 delivers
enhancements and features that I’ve always wanted along with some
ingenious capabilities that I never even knew I needed,” said Thomas
Santee, Toast 7 beta tester. “Although it’s packed with new
features, Toast 7 has the same simple workflow and a design that I
know so well.”
Toast 7 also breaks
new ground by becoming the first third-party application on any
platform to support DivX® 6. The integration of the
latest powerful compression technology allows users, in a single
step, to turn DivX format files into DVD-Video discs. In addition,
users are able to convert any video file to DivX and turn iMovie HD
and FinalCut HD projects into true high-definition video discs to
enjoy in the comfort of their living room on their DivX HD-enabled
DVD player.
“Toast 7 defines a
new standard in burning and is the source for quickly and
effectively protecting, sharing and enjoying a lifetime of digital
music, movies and photos on CD and DVD,” said Adam Fingerman,
director of product management, Roxio. “This latest version will
appeal to Mac users who want to go far beyond the basic features of
all other burning applications, and to audio and video enthusiasts
who demand the widest possible file support and professional quality
options.”
Toast 7 New Feature Highlights:
Save It
·
Data Spanning:
Span large files
and folders across multiple CDs and DVDs. Quickly restore an entire
disc set or a single file.
·
Simple Hybrid:
Easily create
hybrid discs with unique content for Mac or Windows users.
·
Customized Discs:
Personalize your data discs with custom icons and backgrounds.
·
iLife Browser:
Instantly access all your music, photos, and movies with the iLife
media browser.
Hear It
·
Music DVDs:
Enjoy audio DVDs in standard DVD players with over 50 hours of
music, on-screen TV menus, and advanced navigation with smart
playlists and shuffle play.
·
High Fidelity:
Add rich Hollywood-style Dolby Digital sound or full-quality 96 kHz,
24 bit audio.
·
Instant Audio Capture:
Capture live audio to add to iTunes with Roxio’s Dashboard widget,
Desktop Recorder.
·
Extended Audio File
Support:
Convert audio files to the newly supported OGG, FLAC, and AAC
formats. Use all popular formats including OGG and FLAC in audio CDs
and music DVDs.
See It
·
One-Step DivX to DVD:
Turn DivX format
files into DVDs to watch in your living room.
·
HD CDs and DVDs:
Turn iMovie HD or Final Cut HD projects into DivX HD discs – enjoy
true 720p high-definition video on a standard CD or DVD today.
·
Menu Styles:
Select from a gallery of DVD menu styles, and add chapter menus or
slide menus with shuffle mode.
·
Multi-Image HD Slideshows:
Turn still photos into stunning multi-image HD slideshows with
collages, motion effects, and soundtracks.
·
Extended Video File Support:
Convert video files to DivX, 3GPP, H.264, AAC and more. Watch on
your portable player, cell phone or Sony PlayStation Portable.
Convert audio tracks from DVDs into audio CDs.
Copy It
·
Powerful DVD Compression:
Compress and copy an entire 9 GB dual-layer DVD-Video to a standard
4.7 GB recordable DVD disc.
·
Flexible DVD Copy Options:
Maximize video quality by selecting the items on a DVD to copy such
as main movie, language and audio format.
·
VR Disc Copying:
Import and copy from VR discs created in set-top DVD recorders and
camcorders. Extract individual titles and chapters from standard
DVDs.
·
Auto Disc Mounting:
Mount virtual image drives directly from the desktop.
Pricing and Availability
Toast 7 will be
available August 31st direct from Roxio at (http://www.roxio.com/go/toast7)
and will be widely available at retail stores in early September for
a suggested retail price of US$99.95. Toast 7 is currently
available for pre-order from select online retailers. In the United
States, a $20 mail-in rebate will be available on August 31st
to current owners of Toast, Jam, Popcorn, The Boom Box, iLife, and
Mac OS X. Details are included in the box. Registered Toast, Jam,
Popcorn and The Boom Box users will be eligible for other discounts
direct from Roxio.
About Roxio
Roxio, a division
of Sonic Solutions, develops and markets the best-selling digital
media software in the world. Roxio offers award-winning software
products for CD/DVD burning, photo editing and video editing and has
an installed base of over 150 million users. Roxio distributes its
products globally through strategic partnerships with major hardware
manufacturers, through leading retailers, through Internet
partnerships and through direct sales at
www.roxio.com.
Sonic Solutions
(NASDAQ:
SNIC;
http://www.sonic.com) is the leader in digital media software
and provides a broad range of software tools and applications for
creative professionals, business and home users, and technology
partners. Sonic’s products range from professional DVD authoring
systems and interactive content delivery technologies that are used
to produce the majority of Hollywood movies released on DVD to the
award-winning Roxio- and Sonic-branded CD and DVD creation, playback
and backup applications that have become the premier solutions for
consumers and business users worldwide. Sonic’s AuthorScript is the
de facto standard for CD and DVD burning and formatting and has been
licensed by major software and hardware manufacturers, including
Adobe, Broadcom, Microsoft, Scientific-Atlanta, Sony, and many
others. Sonic Solutions is headquartered in Marin County,
California.
Sonic, the Sonic
logo, Sonic Solutions, Roxio, Toast, CD Spin Doctor and AuthorScript
are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sonic Solutions or its
subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries. All other
company or product names are trademarks of their respective owners
and, in some cases, are used by Sonic Solutions under license.
Specifications, pricing and delivery schedules are subject to change
without notice.
