''The Sharper Image'' to Sell Icuiti's DV920 Video Eyewear Powered by Kopin Microdisplays; The First Major U.S. Retailer to Promote Eyewear for Mobile Video Applications.TAUNTON, Mass. -- Kopin(R) Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : KOPN) today announced that The Sharper Image, a catalog, web and retail-based company that specializes in new, innovative and high-quality products, will start marketing Icuiti's DV920 Video Eyewear powered by Kopin's microdisplays. Icuiti Corporation, a Rochester, New York-based company, is a leading supplier of emerging Video Eyewear for personal mobile entertainment. The DV920 Video Eyewear enables a private, big-screen viewing experience that fits in a pocket or purse, and eliminates the drawback of mobile content viewing on a tiny built-in screen. The DV920 incorporates two CyberDisplay(R) VGA (Video Graphics Array) The display standard for the PC. All PC display adapters support VGA, and Windows machines boot up in "VGA mode" before switching to higher resolutions. full-color microdisplays with 640 x 480 resolution. At just 3.5 ounces, the DV920 is among the smallest and highest resolution personal display systems on the market. Worn like a regular pair of sunglasses, the DV920 offers a private home-theater-size video experience - anywhere, anytime - with high-quality stereo headphones Head-mounted speakers. Headphones have a strap that rests on top of the head, positioning a pair of speakers over both ears. For listening to music or monitoring live performances and audio tracks, both left and right channels are required. to complement the overall experience. The DV920 is ideal for watching streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. on mobile phones, movie playback from portable DVD players, video podcasts and TV shows from a video iPod A common name for the first iPod that supported video, introduced in late 2005. Also called the 5th Generation iPod (5G iPod). Apple refers to Video iPods as simply "iPod." See iPod. . The battery-operated device is simple to use, just plug and play. "The amount of excitement surrounding the Video Eyewear market is overwhelming to say the least," said Paul Travers, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Icuiti Corporation. "Video Eyewear is positioned to take the world by storm, replacing all of those tiny screens and changing forever the way people watch video outside the home." "We are very excited to see The Sharper Image promote Icuiti's Video Eyewear," said Kopin's President and CEO Dr. John C.C. Fan. "This announcement is another significant milestone in establishing Video Eyewear as a new product category. As more mobile video content becomes readily available, consumers want to enjoy big-screen pictures on the go. Kopin's CyberDisplay products are helping to make this consumer desire a reality. Kopin is rapidly becoming the standard microdisplay of choice for video eyewear manufacturers like Icuiti because our products provide high-quality, vivid color images in a tiny package." The DV920 is available initially from 50 of The Sharper Image's largest retail stores nationwide, online at www.sharperimage.com, or by calling direct at 800-344-4444. Accessories included with the DV920 are composite video A video color format that combines all three YUV video signals into one channel. The first video signal to include color, composite video transmits brightness/luma (Y) and colors/chroma (U and V) over one cable. NTSC, PAL and SECAM television sets have composite video inputs. A/V (1) (Audio/Video) Refers to equipment and applications that deal with sound and sight. The A/V world includes microphones, tape recorders, audio mixers, still and video cameras, film projectors, slide projectors, VCRs, CD and DVD players/recorders, amplifiers and cables, a VGA cable for laptops and PCs and a complimentary video iPod cable. Also included is a sampler disk of select IMAXTM 3D video content and a soft carrying case. About Icuiti Corporation Founded in 1997, Icuiti designs and manufactures Personal Display Solutions for a variety of markets. The company is a leader in the emerging personal display market and today ships thousands of display systems to consumer and military customers all over the world. Icuiti is currently privately held with offices in Rochester, NY and Tokyo, Japan and on the web at www.icuiti.com or www.videoeyewear.com. About Kopin Kopin Corporation produces lightweight, power-efficient, ultra-small liquid crystal displays and heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) that are revolutionizing the way people around the world see, hear and communicate. Kopin has already shipped more than 20 million displays for a range of consumer and military applications including digital cameras, personal video eyewear, camcorders, thermal weapon sights and night vision systems. The Company's unique HBTs, which help to enhance battery life, talk time and signal clarity, have been integrated into billions of wireless handsets as well as into WiFi, VoIP and high-speed Internet See broadband. data transmission systems. Kopin's proprietary display and HBT HBT Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor HBT HyCult Biotechnology (Uden, The Netherlands) HBT Hanbury-Brown-Twiss (interferometer) HBT Herring Bone Twill HBT Heflex Bioengineering Test technologies are protected by more than 200 global patents and patents pending. For more information, please visit Kopin's website at www.kopin.com. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Statement Statements in this news release may be considered "forward-looking" statements under the "Safe Harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. These statements include those relating to: the expectation that Icuiti's DV920 eyewear powered by Kopin's microdisplays will be marketed by The Sharper Image; market acceptance of DV920; the expectation of market penetration of video eyewear for mobile video applications; and the expectation that Kopin CyberDisplay products are to become the standard microdisplay for video eyewear manufacturers. These statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could materially affect future results. These risk factors include, but are not limited to: technical, manufacturing or other issues that may prevent Kopin to supply the required quantity of CyberDisplay products; and other risk factors and cautionary statements listed in the Company's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These include, but are not limited to, the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended December 31, 2005. Kopin, CyberDisplay and The NanoSemiconductor Company are registered trademarks of Kopin Corporation. Kopin - The NanoSemiconductor Company(R) |
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