Diamond Electronics Introduces Yahoo!-branded YDP-530 Home DVD Player

SAN DIEGO - One Diamond Electronics, Inc. (dba Diamond Electronics), a leading international marketing, manufacturing and distributing company, today announced the availability of the YDP-530 home DVD player as part of the new Diamond Electronics line of Yahoo!-branded consumer electronics.

The YDP-530 is available online at http://gear.yahoo.com/electronics for $99.99.

The Yahoo! YDP-530 DVD player offers powerful options for the home theater experience. In addition to a wireless headphone transmitter, the YDP-530 offers extensive features such as Dolby Digital technology as well as a 4-in-1 memory card reader and a USB port for viewing digital pictures or listening to MP3 music. The YDP-530 plays DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3, JPEG, Kodak Picture CD, and four DivX(r) playback formats in addition to having parental controls and an easy-to-use multi-language on-screen display.

"This YPD-530 DVD player will give consumers new options for their home theater experience," said Kent Dickerson, vice president of sales and marketing for Diamond Electronics. "Families now have many options in selecting a great DVD player. The YDP-530 offers great media features in an easy-to-use system, and the wireless headphone transmitter will let anyone watch a movie without disrupting the rest of the family."

The YDP-530 allows consumers to enjoy the ultimate viewing experience with viewing ratios of both widescreen (16:9) and normal (4:3), as well as NTSC and PAL compatibility.

"This DVD player is great for the high-tech family on a budget because they will not have to buy different equipment to play different formats of media," Dickerson said. "The YDP-530 DVD player will play just about everything on the market, including DivX(r) media and MP3s."

Supplementing the technical qualities, the YDP-530 comes with a remote control, audio/video cable and a warranty card.

To date, Diamond has released six consumer electronics products that carry the Yahoo! name under a licensing agreement with Yahoo!. Other products include the YDP-305, 700 and 701 home DVD players and the YHT-630 and 650 Home Theater Systems.

Yahoo!-branded consumer electronics from Diamond Electronics are available for purchase online at http://gear.yahoo.com/electronics.

About Diamond Electronics
Headquartered in San Diego, California, Diamond Electronics (officially One Diamond Electronics, Inc.) is
a leading international marketing, manufacturing and distributing company offering a complete end-to-end supply chain solution. In Mexico, Diamond supplied the DVD player that Forbes Magazine (September 2003) referenced as Wal-Mart de Mexico's single largest dollar volume product in the entire country. Building on the strength of strategic relationships with key Asian partners, Diamond combines dynamic design and marketing resources with quick-to-market streamlined manufacturing. By eliminating several layers of the traditional manufacturing-to-market process, Diamond is providing cutting-edge convergence features with stylish form factors at compelling prices.

Diamond Electronics Media Contacts:
Russell Page, Politis Communications, 801.523.3730(wk)/801.787.8435(cell), rpage@politis.com, or
David Politis, Politis Communications, 801.523.3730(wk)/801.556.8184(cell), dpolitis@politis.com


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