HAUPPAUGE DIGITAL ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF NEW DIRECTOR
Clive R. Holmes joins Board as new outside Director

HAUPPAUGE, NY - January 11, 2001 - Hauppauge Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAUP), the leading developer and manufacturer of digital video TV and data broadcast receiver products for personal computers, announced today the appointment of Clive R. Holmes as Director of the Company.

Mr. Holmes is currently a Managing Director in the Mergers and Acquisitions department of Deutsche Banc Alex Brown in New York. Previously, he has served as Chief Financial Officer for Renouf Corporation Limited, a $1 billion public investment company. He was also Finance Director of Ted Bates Advertising Limited, and Corporate Secretary of Bank of America Australia Limited, a subsidiary of one of the Nation's largest commercial banks. A Certified Chartered Accountant and is also a Chartered Corporate Secretary, Mr. Holmes earned his Masters of Business Administration degree from the Harvard Business School, his E.C.S.P. Diploma from the Institut D'Etudes Politique de Paris, and his Bachelors of Commerce and Administration degree from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Ken Plotkin, Hauppauge Chairman and CEO said “We have known Clive for some time now, and we are very happy to be able to draw upon his experience in a more formal way as a member of the Board. The company’s extensive international sales and Clive’s international background are well matched, and we expect that he will a great help to the company going forward”.

Hauppauge Digital, Inc. is the leading developer and manufacturer of digital video TV and data broadcast receiver products for personal computers. Through its Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc. and Hauppauge Digital Europe subsidiaries, the Company designs and manufactures digital video boards for TV-in-a-window, digital video editing and video conferencing. The Company is headquartered in Hauppauge, New York, with administrative offices in New York, Singapore, Ireland and Luxembourg and sales offices in Germany, London, Paris, The Netherlands, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Singapore and California. The Company’s Internet web site can be found at www.hauppauge.com.

Certain statements in this Release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among other things, those described in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to the Company’s Annual Report in Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2000.

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