DVDO Announces Latest Design Win -- DV102 Image Enhancement Engine Shipping in Latest PROTON Consumer Electronics Products Now Showing at CES2000.Business Editors & High-tech Writers CES 2000 LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2000 DVDO, Inc., a leading Silicon Valley digital video technology company, today announced the design-in of their award-winning DV102 PureProgressive(TM) Image Enhancement See image editing. Engine(TM) format conversion chip into PROTON Communications latest video display and DVD player A stand-alone device that plays DVDs. It contains a DVD drive and the electronics to decode the digital video. The device may play only manufactured DVDs, or it may be able to play DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs. DVD players are cabled to a TV or home theater system for display. products. Dr. Tzung-I Lin, Director of the PROTON Technology Center and Vice President of PROTON Communications, said, "DVDO's advanced video format conversion technology and fast time-to-market module solution allowed PROTON to get to market quickly with the highest performance solution for progressive-scan television and DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. . We are confident that PROTON's lead in applying progressive-scan technology will result in products that our customers will be satisfied with for many years to come." David C. Buuck, 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 DVDO, said, "We are pleased that our PureProgressive Image Enhancement Engine chip technology was chosen by PROTON for integration into these cutting-edge Digital Video products. Over the years, PROTON has consistently delivered the most innovative and the best value consumer electronics products available." PROTON is a consumer electronic company that designs, manufactures and markets Digital Television, stereo, Internet set-top box, and videophone (1) (VideoPhone) A line of videophones (definition #1 below) from AT&T that were introduced in the early 1990s and later pulled off the market due to poor sales. The first models came with a price tag above $1,000, and a pair were needed. See Picturephone. products. For years, PROTON has been known for its high-end TV and stereo product lines in the U.S. and European markets. A line of new PROTON Progressive(TM) products are being introduced at CES2000. They include 27" and 36" HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates Displays (DTM-2701VT), a 32" Progressive TV, a Progressive DVD Player (PDV-2001) w/built-in progressive converter for external video sources, and a 15" Progressive LCD TV (PLCD-1501). Among these, the DTM-2701 and PDV-2001 have also won the prestigious Innovation 2000 Design & Engineering Showcase Awards. DVDO is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. that designs, manufactures and markets chip and system-level solutions for the next generation of Digital Television and Digital Video Electronic products. The target markets for DVDO's products include DVD Players, Digital Television (DTV (Digital TeleVision) Transmitting TV using digital signals. The major DTV standards are ATSC (North America), DVB (Europe) and ISDB (Japan). All three use MPEG-2 video compression and Dolby Digital audio compression. DVB and ISDB also include MPEG audio compression. ), digital satellite receivers, digital cable set-top boxes, home theater, automotive and airline entertainment applications, as well as other display technologies that require high performance video deinterlacing, scaling, and processing for PC/TV convergence and Internet display applications. DVDO is home to the proprietary PureProgressive Image Enhancement Engine technology, a new high-performance and cost-effective solution for single-chip digital video processing. DVDO has 12 U. S. and international patents pending on this technology. Note to Editors: All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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