'Football Fever' Easily Cured with Combination Of RCA HDTV Set and Over-the-Air Antenna.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Fans Can View Year's Most Exciting Professional Football Contest in Lifelike HDTV Through Simple Antenna Connection

Nothing short of being in the stands beats watching the year's biggest professional football game in HDTV, and TTE Corporation's diverse line-up of fully integrated RCA brand HDTV models - teamed with an over-the-air antenna - present the most convenient and affordable opportunity for fans to enjoy the excitement of Sunday's contest.

"While most of our RCA HDTV Sets are Digital Cable Ready, the fact remains that an over-the-air antenna for receiving terrestrial digital HDTV signals provides even easier - and free - access to all network HDTV programming, including Sunday's game," said Al Arras, President of TTE Corporation, developer and manufacturer of RCA television products. "More than 100 television stations will be broadcasting the game, and fans who own an RCA HDTV can easily purchase and install an indoor or outdoor antenna to enjoy all the lifelike realism of professional football in HDTV."

According to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), sports-driven programming is a major factor in the remarkable growth of digital television sales, which reached 7.2 million units in 2004 - a 75 percent increase over 2003 totals.

HDTV technology delivers widescreen, lifelike images that bring the sidelines to your living room. The payoff for football viewers is the remarkable full view of the field and pictures so sharp that individual blades of grass can be seen instead of a playing surface that appears to be a sea of green.

Consumers who don't yet own an HDTV Set can choose from 17 different RCA Scenium and RCA brand models currently available at retail, all of which feature an Integrated ATSC Tuner-Decoder for easy reception of terrestrially broadcast HDTV programming. Over a dozen of the HDTV models utilize Texas Instruments' Digital Light Processing (DLP(TM)) technology for outstanding picture performance with lightweight, compact cabinet design. Among these models is the revolutionary RCA Scenium Profiles HD61THW263 (suggested retail price $6,999) ultra-thin DLP HDTV Set that is only 6.85 inches deep and weighs only 135 pounds - so light that it can be easily mounted on a wall using an accessory bracket.

Additional RCA Scenium and RCA HDTV models range from traditional rear-projection Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) to standard DLP HDTV Sets in screen sizes of 44-, 50-, 52-, 56- and 61 inches, with a wide range of suggested retail prices. DLP rear-projection HDTV models are available at suggested retail prices starting below $3,000 while CRT rear-projection HDTV televisions start at suggested retail prices below $2,000.

Among those models widely available at retail are the 50-inch RCA Scenium HD50LPW164 rear-projection DLP HDTV (suggested retail price $3,099) which can be found at Best Buy, P.C. Richard, and independent retailers nationwide, and two 52-inch CRT rear-projection HDTVs - the RCA HD52W56 (suggested retail price $1,999) and the RCA HD52W58 (suggested retail price $2,199) - at Wal-Mart and independent retailers across the country.

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About TTE Corporation

TTE Corporation, a joint venture between TCL and Thomson, is a leading global television enterprise. Established in July 2004, TTE specializes in the R&D, manufacturing, and sales and marketing of television products. TTE offers a complete range of television products - from budget to premium, from basic features to high-end innovation, from analog to digital technology. TTE employs a highly-skilled workforce of over 29,000 personnel in five profit centers, five R&D centers and ten manufacturing plants around the world.