Electrify your PowerPoint Presentations with Daikin's DVD Presenter

Novato, CA (August 21, 2000) - Daikin U.S. Comtec Laboratories announced today the release of DVD Presenter, a $39.95 software plug-in for Microsoft PowerPoint that enables playback of full screen, full motion interactive DVD-Video within a PowerPoint presentation.

DVD Presenter allows playback of specific Titles, Chapters or segments of a DVD title by using time code to define the start and end points. It can also access and playback video content from a CD or the Hard Drive of the computer.

"Using DVD Presenter you can maximize the impact of your presentations with the stunning picture quality and digital audio of DVD," said Dr. Panos Nasiopoulos, Director of Daikin. "The presentation can be changed or updated within seconds to accommodate a new audience or highlight a different set of information. With DVD Presenter you can create PowerPoint presentations that are powerful, flexible and visually interesting."

DVD is a powerful tool that provides great picture and sound, in multiple, selectable languages and random access to hours of video, audio and data. The vast amount of information that can be stored on a disc allows the simplest slide presentation to be tailored to fit a wide range of situations.

"PowerPoint is the world's leading presentation graphics program and the DVD Presenter offers powerful new capabilities to integrate video, audio and other data directly into PowerPoint," said Lisa Gurry, product manager, Office. "We're pleased that Daikin has developed the DVD Presenter to enable PowerPoint users to integrate DVD-Video into their presentations."

DVD Presenter is powered by InterActual DVD software -the same technology that has been used on millions of Hollywood DVD discs. "We're enthusiastic to see our DVD technology reach the broad market for PowerPoint presentations through Daikin's DVD Presenter," said Todd Collart, CEO of InterActual. "This builds on the relationship we've built with Daikin, providing Internet connectivity for the DVD authoring environment." Pricing, Availability
DVD Presenter is available now and can be downloaded from Buyonet.com for $39.95

About Daikin U.S. Comtec Laboratories
Based in Novato, California, Daikin U.S. Comtec Laboratories is the center of operations for R&D, marketing and support for the worldwide distribution of the acclaimed series of DVD authoring and support tools, Scenarist, ReelDVD, Scenarist EDK, DVD Informer, ROM Formatter and DVD Presenter. Daikin U.S. Comtec Laboratories is a subsidiary of Daikin Industries, Ltd. of Japan. For more information, contact Daikin's Marketing and Sales Department, Phone: 415-893-7800 Fax: 415-893-7807, Email: info@DaikinDVD.com. Visit Daikin's Web site at http://www.DaikinDVD.com