Zorans DVD-Recording Technology Powers Pioneer's New DVD Recorder Products on Display at CES 2005

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SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Zoran Corporation announced that its Activa 100 MPEG encoder and Vaddis 5R advanced DVD multimedia processor power Pioneer's new combo DVD-VCR recorder models, now available worldwide and on display this week at CES 2005 in Las Vegas.

Pioneer, a leading manufacturer of high performance DVD products, has introduced a new small form factor combo DVD recorder plus VCR to meet the needs of consumers who wish to preserve legacy VCR footage on DVD. This new combo also delivers world-class DVD player quality video and audio for the home theater.

"Pioneer selected Zoran's DVD recording solution so that we could quickly bring to market a high quality, cost-competitive combo recorder product. As the key innovator of the DVD-RW format, Pioneer has strict quality standards for all our products to ensure that consumer recorded DVD discs have the highest level of DVD player compatibility. Zoran's solution met 100% verifier compliancy and Zoran worked with us to deliver this exciting new combo product quickly to market," said Mr. Katsumi Kawamura, general manager Video Designing Department, Consumer Video Products Division at Pioneer. "We look forward to expanding our relationship with Zoran and delivering new DVD-VCR combo recorders in 2005."

"We are delighted to work with Pioneer and to provide them with a high performance solution for the DVD-VCR market. Zoran has a great deal of experience in providing high quality solutions for the highly successful DVD player plus VCR combo market and we have expanded that expertise into the DVD-VCR recorder market. Our quality solutions are validated when a well-known quality brand such as Pioneer chooses Zoran products to power exciting new DVD recorder products," said Dr. Jinxing (Gene) Liu, vice president and general manager at Zoran's DVD division.

Pioneer's new combo products record up to six hours of content on a single DVD-R/RW disc. They also function as a full-featured, 4-head, Hi-Fi VHS/VCRs. The new combo recorders offer easy dubbing from VHS tapes to DVD disc and vice versa. The consumer can create DVD-Video format on DVD-R/RW media, as well as DVD-VR format on DVD-RW media. In the DVD-VR format, the user can perform a variety of editing operations to optimally tune the DVD playback behavior. Consumers' home video memories stored in DVD-Video format can be played back on most DVD players on the market.

Pioneer models shipping in the U.S. include DVR-RT300-S and DVR-RT500-S; in Japan, DVR-RT500-S; and in Europe, DVR-RT400-S.

About Zoran Corporation

Zoran Corporation, based in Sunnyvale, California, is a leading provider of digital solutions in the growing digital entertainment and digital imaging markets. With two decades of expertise developing and delivering digital signal processing technologies, Zoran has pioneered high-performance digital audio and video, imaging applications, and Connect and Share technologies for the digital home. Zoran's proficiency in integration delivers major benefits for OEM customers, including greater capabilities within each product generation, reduced system costs, and shorter time to market. Zoran-based DVD, digital camera, DTV, multimedia mobile phone, and multifunction printer products have received recognition for excellence and are now in millions of homes and offices worldwide. With headquarters in the U.S. and operations in Canada, China, England, Germany, Israel, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, Zoran may be contacted on the World Wide Web at http://www.zoran.com/ or at 408-523-6500.