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EXHIBIT 23.1
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
Input/Output, Inc.
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form
S-8 of Input/Output, Inc., of our report dated August 17, 2000 relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of Input/Output, Inc. and subsidiaries as of May 31,
2000 and 1999, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
stockholders' equity and comprehensive loss, and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended May 31, 2000, and related financial
statement schedule, which report appears in the May 31, 2000 annual report on
Form 10-K of Input/Output, Inc.
/s/ KPMG LLP
KPMG LLP
Houston, Texas
November 6, 2000
