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DVDPlay Introduces World's Fastest, Smallest and Highest Capacity Automated DVD Movie Rental Kiosk; Tejas Video Selects New A55 Kiosk as Movie Rental Solution for U.S. Military

LOS GATOS, Calif.--July 11, 2005--DVDPlay, Inc., North America's market share leader and innovator of fully automated, Internet connected and remotely managed movie rental kiosks today introduced the DVDPlay A55 high capacity super fast DVD rental kiosk. The new kiosk holds 502 movies, five times the titles as DVDPlay's original kiosk, and can deliver movies to customers in half the time, approximately 16 seconds. DVDPlay also announced its first A55 kiosk customer, Tejas Videos (dba Quickflix), the sole provider and operator of automated DVD vending kiosks to the United States Military. Around the world, military families and service personnel will now be able to rent the latest Hollywood hits at their base stores, post exchanges and commissaries using DVDPlay's A55 kiosks at prices much lower than possible with traditional mega video rental stores.

"The A55 joins our existing line of automated kiosks and gives our customers a much bigger choice of DVD capacities," said Jens Horstmann, DVDPlay CEO. "Retailers can now choose a kiosk based on capacity instead of physical size to better match demand, foot traffic, location and limited space requirements with kiosks capable of selling or renting 102, 350 or 502 DVD movies with no change to the physical footprint or the popular look and feel of the DVDPlay design."

Von Shows, CEO of Tejas Videos, Inc. said, "This very fast, high capacity kiosk solves significant logistic problems for us, because unlike standard grocery retailers, military bases are generally located in remote areas and spread out strategically across the globe. Given the distance of our base locations, the A55 promises to streamline the operational efficiencies and increase profitability on a global scale, while delivering more movie selections and better service to our customers, something we could not achieve with any other automated kiosk rental solution. Also, with the transient nature of the military population, traveling between bases around the world, DVDPlay's kiosks will allow customers to rent at any kiosk location and return to any other base. This is a feature that not even the mega video stores can claim or offer."

A55 Kiosk Top Features and Benefits

The A55 is built for low cost, high volume production, allowing DVDPlay to set rental prices as low as $1.00 per day -- substantially lower than traditional video stores, which can cost more than $4.00 -- while offering the same great selection of newly released movies. All DVDPlay kiosks are connected to a centralized platform that permits real-time remote control and administration of all functions and features. The DVDPlay remote management and administration capability is unique in the automated rental industry and brings a whole new level of cost efficiencies to customers that are not possible with other kiosk rental systems. DVDPlay's highly scalable and flexible platform allows connectivity to thousands of kiosks that can be managed in real-time one-to-one or one to many depending on retailers needs and requirements.

Real-time on-line diagnostics allow persistent preventive maintenance, inventory load balancing, system optimization and on-the-fly updates such as price changes, trailer insertions, promotions, software upgrades and advanced new features. The A55s high capacity permits -- along with rental -- the sell-through of new and used movies including the ability to stock popular Games, Independent, Art, Ethnic, Foreign and Documentary films, providing the consumer with a new level of service and choice.

About DVDPlay, Inc.

Founded in 1999, DVDPlay (www.dvdplay.net) is the creator and manufacturer of the world's first intelligent, fully automated, credit card, email, advertising enabled, networked and remotely managed DVD rental kiosk. DVDPlay's patent pending Automated Entertainment Machines -- AEMs -- are an effortless way to rent and sell the latest hit DVD movies. DVDPlay offers the only scalable platform in the world that facilitates a "Rental and/or Sales" model via an Internet connected backend that communicates with a single kiosk or an entire network of kiosks dynamically. Virtually any automated retail business function can be managed and administered in real-time including, but not limited to: dynamic pricing, promotions, inventory, advertising and movie trailer insertions, email alerts, credit card transactions, business reports and capture/measurement of key metrics and various data analysis. Customers include large grocery, fast food, convenience store retailers and universities. DVDPlay currently has over 500 kiosks installed in 33 states and Canada, and plans call for worldwide installations to reach 4,000 units by year-end 2006.

About Tejas, Inc.

Founded in 2004, Tejas Videos, (dba Quickflix), (www.quickflixdvd.com) is the sole provider and operator of automated DVD Vending kiosk to the United States Military which includes the Army and Air force Exchange Service (AAFES) as well as the Navy Exchange Command (NEXCOM). Tejas Videos started off with 3 bases in the San Antonio Texas area in early 2004 and has now expanded across the nation to more than 25 states. Tejas Videos plans are to deploy globally over the next year to sea ports and bases through out the Middle East, Europe, and the orient.

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