Blonder Tongue Releases New Processor for Digital and High Definition Television Signal Distribution.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

OLD BRIDGE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 2004

Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc. (AMEX:BDR) announced today the release of their new Digital High Definition Television Processor (DHDP) product series. The DHDP Series enables cable television operators to easily deliver digital and high definition television (HDTV) programming from off-air sources to customers over existing cable systems.

Designed, developed, and manufactured in the United States, the DHDP Series is another example of Blonder Tongue's traditional commitment to innovative engineering and domestic production for the telecommunication industry.

Blonder Tongue President, Bob Palle stated, "The Blonder Tongue HDTV Processor (the DHDP) features triple SAW filtering that results in extremely high adjacent channel rejection which maximizes performance and achieves the highest level of signal purity. Plus, the processor's advanced AGC circuitry ensures consistent output signal fidelity." Mr. Palle continued, "We feel the DHDP fills a gap that cable operators have experienced when it comes to High Definition transmission. Integrating the Blonder Tongue HDTV processor into existing cable systems offers operators a simple way to provide HDTV, thereby satisfying the growing demand of subscribers."

The DHDP Series is a two-part system that receives any high definition or digital signal from off-air sources and processes it to any available 6 MHz channel in the 54-860 MHz frequency range. Digital and HDTV signals, currently found in the UHF band, are transmitted in Eight Vestigial Side Band (8VSB) format. The DHDC-D receives the 8VSB signal, downconverts it to IF and then feeds it to the DHDC-U. The DHDC-U then upconverts the signal to any available channel, including on-channel if desired, for distribution on existing cable systems. HDTV programming can then be viewed at the customers' homes with any HDTV-capable decoder on the operator's specified channels. All DHDP modules are housed in Blonder Tongue's advanced die-cast housing and compatible with the Company's standard Micro-Modular racks and power supplies.

For over 50 years, Blonder Tongue Laboratories has been a leader designing, manufacturing, and supplying a comprehensive line of high-quality broadband systems equipment for the franchised and private cable television industries. Now, Blonder Tongue manufactures Voice, Video, and Data products that give operators the control to provide all of their customers' telecommunications needs. For more information regarding Blonder Tongue or its products, please visit the Company's Web site at www.blondertongue.com or contact the Company directly at 732-679-4000.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The information set forth above includes "forward-looking" statements and accordingly, the cautionary statements contained in Blonder Tongue's Annual Report and Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000 (See Item 1: Business and Item 7: Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations), and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated herein by reference. The words "believe", "expect", "anticipate", "project", and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect management's analysis only as of the date hereof. Blonder Tongue undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof. Blonder Tongue's actual results may differ from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in Blonder Tongue's "forward-looking" statements