Faroudja Showcases Breakthrough Native Rate Series Digital Video Processor.Business Editors NAB2001 LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 20, 2001 Ingenious New Processor Delivers Unrivalled Image Quality for Fixed-Installation LCD, DLP (Digital Light Processing) A data projection technology from TI that produces clear, readable images on screens in lit rooms. DLP is used in all types of projection devices, from data projectors that weigh only a few pounds to large rear-projection TVs to electronic and Plasma Displays at Affordable Price Faroudja, a division of Sage, Inc. (Nasdaq:SAGI) and widely considered a leader in video-enhancing technologies for professional and home environments, exhibits its groundbreaking Native Rate Series Digital Video Processor at the annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters, beginning today in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . The Native Rate Series processor is specifically designed to optimize mid-priced fixed-installation digital LCD, DLP and plasma displays at a new more affordable price. As with all Faroudja processors, it inputs standard video sources and upconverts them using patented, award-winning Faroudja technology to optimize the specific display. Very clean progressive signals are input through each display's computer path and sent to the display engine. The processor achieves all this at a breakthrough price and with a unique degree of customization, as each processor is adjusted by Faroudja to deliver the best possible image quality for each customer's Pro 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 or Home Theater An audio/video entertainment center that has a large-screen TV and hi-fi system with three speakers in the front (left, right and center) and left and right speakers in the rear. Starting in the early 1990s, video inputs were added to stereo receivers and preamplifiers. system. When an NR Series processor is ordered, the unit is customized for the specified digital display. The processor is optimized for that display, and includes 12 different fine-tune adjustments for the Bandwidth Expansion circuit. Scan rates can be optimized for these displays: 480p Big Screens, 852 x 480 Plasmas, 800 x 600 Digital Projectors, 16:9 HD Displays, 1024 x 768 Digital Projectors, 1366 x 768 Plasmas, ALIS ALIS Alberta Learning Information Service ALIS Alternate Lighting of Surface Method (Fujitsu and Hitachi plasma displays) ALIS Access Lines in Service (telecommunications) Plasmas, and DILA DILA Deaf Independent Living Association, Inc. DILA Digital Direct Drive Image Light Amplifier Projectors. Patented technology in the NR Series processor includes adaptive comb filtering, cross-color suppression, 10-bit processing, two-line time-base correction, and chroma Short for "chrominance." The attributes of a color, which include its hue (frequency) and saturation (amount of black). See hue and saturation. bandwidth expansion<all for color processing; as well as advanced 3/2 film logic and advanced edit detection to handle film motion processing and DCDi for accurate, artifact-free deinterlacing of original video material; and rate-optimized luma Bandwidth Expansion for superb detail processing. The processor also features built-in aspect ratio control, a test pattern generator, and 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 transcoding from YPrPb to RGB (Red Green Blue) The computer's native color space, which is the color system for capturing and displaying images. RGB was derived from our own perception of color because human eyes are sensitive to red, green and blue (see trichromaticity). signals. Rear-panel connections include component, S-video, and composite inputs, and HDTV/Computer pass-through. RGB/YPrPb outputs maximize flexibility, and the unit can be controlled with an included infrared remote, or via the RS-232. The Native Rate Series Video Processor/Scaler is available now at suggested retail prices of $3,995 and $4,995. Faroudja will be demonstrating the new Native Rate Series Scaler in Booth L4421, South Hall, Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. , during NAB. Faroudja is a world leader in high-performance video processing technologies for markets requiring superior image quality solutions. Faroudja provides innovative products for the HDTV broadcast, home theater, digital television and PC/TV convergence markets. Faroudja's technologies are protected by more than 60 patents. Faroudja has received numerous awards, including an Emmy award for Engineering Development and a Lifetime Achievement Emmy presented in June 1998 to its founder, Yves Faroudja. Headquartered in Milpitas, Calif., Sage Inc. (NASDAQ: SAGI) is a leading provider of digital display processors, enabling superior picture quality for a variety of consumer technology and PC-display products, ranging from web appliances to TVs and flat-panel monitors. More information about Sage can be found on its Web site at www.sageinc.com; the Company may be contacted directly at (408) 519-6500. Photos available on request from Stan Pinkwas. |
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