TransTechnology Releases Cutting-Edge DivX Certified DVD Devices

TransTechnology Will Enable DivX Users to Play Back DivX Video on HDTV’s, Stream Media Wirelessly

DÜSSELDORF, Germany and SAN DIEGO, Calif.– September 2, 2005–TransTechnology, Europe, a leading consumer electronics manufacturer, and DivX, Inc., the company that created the patent-pending DivX® video compression technology, today announced the official DivX certification of the TransTechnology DVX-500E and the DVX-700 Series of DVD players. The TransTechnology media players bring a new dimension to DivX set-top products by incorporating high speed wireless internet, USB 2.0 and removable hard drive storage. With the DVX-700 series, users can for the first-time store and create their own High Definition DivX digital media library using high capacity inexpensive IDE disk drives.

As DivX Certified Home Theater devices, the TransTechnology media players will support playback of all versions of DivX video, including secure video-on-demand content from DivX’s content partners. DivX technology, often called the “MP3 of video,” is among the world’s most popular video compression technologies with over 250 million DivX software downloads. DivX, Inc. launched its DivX Certification program for consumer electronics devices to support the significant global demand for DivX powered consumer electronics products. To achieve DivX Certified status, a device must undergo a rigorous series of tests to ensure high performance, strong visual quality and interoperability with all versions of DivX video (DivX 3.xx, 4.xx, 5.xx and 6.xx).

“These state-of-the-art TransTechnology DVD players, combined with our DivX video compression technology, will enable millions of HDTV and wireless network owners to watch content from a wide variety of sources at the highest possible quality,” said Mark Lawson, European Managing Director, at DivX, Inc. “We are excited to partner with TransTechnology to bring this solution to home theaters around the world.”

“TransTechnology arrives in Europe with our proven DivX media player products from Japan,” said Koh Hiratsuka, Director of TransTechnology Japan. “By providing local warehousing and distribution from the Nagase (Europa) GmbH Group in Düsseldorf, TransTechnology is expanding through-out the European market.”

For more information on the DivX Certified program, visit www.divx.com/certified. For more information on TransTechnology’s line of consumer electronics products, visit https://www.trans-technology.com/.

About TransTechnology

TransTechnology is the Japanese market leader in DVD/DivX media players with WLAN connection. We sell to internet direct shops and major retail stores in Europe from our warehouses in Germany, and Holland. Our product hot-line is available in all major European languages. TransTechnology is part of the multi-billion dollar Japanese conglomerate NAGASE & Co., LTD.

About DivX, Inc.

DivX, Inc. is a digital entertainment company positioned at the center of multimedia convergence. The company’s core offering is the DivX video codec, among the world’s most popular video compression technologies with over 250 million downloads worldwide. The patent-pending DivX video technology offers high-quality at 7-10 times greater compression than MPEG-2 files, enabling full length films to easily fit on a CD or be delivered over broadband connections. DivX video technology powers a range of applications that span the convergence value chain, from a secure IP-based video-on-demand solution to next-generation consumer electronics products and video software applications. DivX, Inc. is headquartered in San Diego, California.