Aspire DigiTAL'S DVD Recorder Launches At An Astonishingly Low MSRP Of $249

Torrance, CA April 26, 2004 - The AD-8091 DVD player / recorder is the first product from the new plant in specific business China.Aspire Digital brings its first DVD recorder, the AD-8091, the consumer electronics market at a low MSRP of only $ 249.00, making the value-minded consumers an affordable option that is loaded with a full compliment of quality features.The AD-8091 is the first product to debut its new Aspire Digital special facility in Huizhou, China make . The facility is expected to more than 800,000 DVD recorders for the world market in the first year of operation. "Aspire Digital has an agreement with the 3C Consortium 3C DVD recording technologies licensed to achieve," says Dan Tseng, managing partner for Aspire Digital. "This will apply to the current product and future products are imported." The AD-8091 is designed to blank DVD + R or DVD + RW discs, both of which are compatible with most DVD players sold today. Five recording modes (HQ, SP, LP, EP, EP +) are the user to maximize disk space or select a high quality recording.Convenient Recording of TV programs and Camcorder Television programming can be absorbed through the real-time recording function. "Continuous Recording" and "Auto-Search Free Space" functions provide convenience while recording episodic or multiple title programming.The unit delivers superior quality playback of virtually any audio or video formats, including DVD, DVD + R, DVD + RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, CD + G, JPEG, MP3 and Kodak Picture CD. Progressive Scan, Dolby 5.1 audio output, Dolby Digital AC-3 decoder and DTS digital audio output combine expansive sound and crisp images.The unit can also 4:3 / 16:9 display conversion, as well as parental settings. Both NTSC and PAL formatting are provided for worldwide compatibility. Optical and coaxial outputs are provided for higher speed digital processing. Composite video and analog stereo outputs are also included.For consumers who want the added capability of recording directly from digital camcorder tapes and digital cameras, model Aspire Digital AD-8092 includes all features available in the AD-8091 plus an IEEE 1394 (FireWire) connection for fast download times. The AD-8092 will be available at a suggested retail price of $ 299.00. Users new to DVD recording are asked to note that Aspire Digital products for the copy available on most commercial DVDs and will not record Digital them.About Aspire Digital specializes in developing high-quality consumer and prosumer -level home entertainment products for a value-minded market. Company product line of home-theater-in-a-box systems, DVD recorders and players, surround sound speaker systems, passive and active subwoofers, and players compatible with a wide range of media types, are sold under the name Aspire Digital and under OEM agreements.For further information please contact Aspire Digital, 1606 West Lock Ness Place, Torrance, CA 90501-5119. Phone: 310/856-0630. Fax: 310/856-0634.Email: info@aspiredigital.com. Web site: www.aspiredigital.com.Media Contact: Maria Aspire Digital Chang310/856-0630 ext. 111maria@aspiredigital.comKPR, Inc.Barbara or David Evans or Kaye818/368-8212 barbara@kprinc.com dave@kprinc.com #