Focus Enhancements Powers TV-Out in Digital Cube`s Newest Entry into the Portable Media Player Market

Released on = August 2, 2007, 9:05 am

Press Release Author = Brian Solis / FutureWorks, Inc.

Industry = Electronics

Press Release Summary = Company's Video Encoder Chip Provides Integrated TV
Connectivity for i-Station M43

Press Release Body = Campbell, Calif. - August 2, 2007 - Focus Enhancements, Inc.
(NASDAQ: FCSE), a worldwide leader in Ultra Wideband (UWB) wireless technology,
video conversion and digital media, announced the company's FS455 TV-out encoder
chip is in the new series of portable media players (PMP) from Digital Cube,
extending the relationship between the companies.

Digital Cube, a world leader in portable digital electronics, recently introduced
the i-Station M43, its 4th generation PMP that features a touch screen user
interface, the RMI Alchemy Au1250 CPU running at 600 MHz, 30 gigabyte (GB) or 60 GB
hard drive, Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) TV receiver, e-book reader and the
Win CE operating system. The device delivers music, video, photos, text and TV
programming to a large 4.3 inch display. The "Navi" version includes GPS mapping and
navigation capability.

"Our company mission is to produce advanced technology packaged in fun devices for
audio, video, media and digital entertainment" said Mr. Kukil Sohn, president and
CEO of Digital Cube. "We continue to choose Focus' TV-out chip to deliver superior
video quality to our customers and enable the ability to stream video to televisions
and other displays with high picture quality."

"PMPs are very popular in Korea and Digital Cube is a market leader," said Mark
Zadeh, vice president of worldwide sales for Focus Enhancements' semiconductor
group. "We have worked closely with Digital Cube on previous versions of the
i-Station and the renewed selection of our TV-out chip in the new M43 PMP further
validates the unmatched quality of our video conversion technology."

About Digital Cube
Digital Cube, Inc. was incorporated in July 1999. The company has grown from one of
the many technology startups in South Korea to a leading exporter of flash memory
based digital audio players, setting its foot into a promising global portable
digital entertainment market. With an established reputation for excellence and
vision for the future, the company is now one of the leaders in the PMP (Portable
Media Player) market since the introduction of i-Station in October 2004. The
company seeks to make i-Station the leading product for PMPs throughout the world.
The introduction of i-Station's second model, i2, allowed us to stretch the horizons
of our technology to integrate "GPS Navigation" into our product. With Strategic
partnership with RMI, Sigma Designs and Focus Enhancements proprietary technologies,
and with the highly extensible technological architecture, Digital Cube will
continue to be on the cutting edge of the portable digital technology.

About Focus Enhancements, Inc.
Focus Enhancements Inc. (NASDAQ CM: FCSE), headquartered in Campbell, CA, is a
leading designer of world-class solutions in advanced, proprietary video and
wireless video technologies. Many of the world\'s largest technology companies
partner with Focus Enhancements for high performance TV encoder, UWB, and video
convergence solutions. The company's Semiconductor Group develops integrated
circuits (ICs) for high-performance applications in the video convergence market,
including IPTV set-top boxes and portable media players. Focus Enhancements is
currently developing a wireless IC chip set based on the WiMedia UWB standard and
designed to be compatible with Wireless USB, and used in personal computer (PC),
consumer electronics (CE), and mobile electronics applications. The company's
Systems Group develops video products for the digital media markets, with customers
in the broadcast, video production, digital signage and digital asset management
markets. More information on Focus Enhancements may be obtained from the company's
SEC filings, or by visiting the Focus Enhancements home page at
http://www.focusinfo.com.

Safe Harbor Statement
Statements in this press release which are not historical, including statements
regarding management's intentions, hopes, expectations, representations, plans or
predictions about the future are forward-looking statements within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include the
risk factors specified in the company\'s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2006, and Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2007 as well as other filings
with the SEC. These statements are based on information as of August 2, 2007 and the
company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Focus Enhancements:

Mike Kelly
VP of Marketing, Semi Group
503.615.7716
mikek@focussemi.com

Focus Investors:

Mary Magnani
Lippert/Heilshorn & Assoc.
415.433.3777
mmagnani@lhai.com

Focus Press:

Brian Solis
FutureWorks, Inc.
408.428.0895 x101
brian@future-works.com

Web Site = http://www.future-works.com

Contact Details = Brian Solis
FutureWorks, Inc.
408.428.0895 x101
brian@future-works.com

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