Sony DVD-Video Player Using Genesis Chip for Progressive-Scan Video

Japanese A/V Magazine Also Reports Toshiba And Panasonic DVD-Video Players Utilizing The Same Chip

6-Sep-00

Genesis Microchip (NASDAQ: GNSS) acknowledged that Sony and Toshiba are using a Genesis ""progressive processor chip"" in new DVD-Video players, as reported by Japanese audio-visual magazine ""HiVi."" The processor chip is the company's flagship digital line doubler, the gmVLX1A-X. In a detailed review of the Sony DVP-9000ES progressive-scan DVD-Video player, eminent Japanese AV critic Reiji Asakura cites many of the product's outstanding features. He reports the Genesis ""progressive processor chip"" is also used in the Toshiba SD9200 and Panasonic DVD-H1000 DVD-Video players. (Panasonic was the first to use the gmVLX1A-X in a DVD-Video player.) ""The Genesis chip is distinguished in that it supports 4:3 aspect ratio conversion,"" Asakura writes. ""And because of this excellent/attractive function, the use of this chip is rapidly increasing."" Non-disclosure agreements prevent Genesis from publicizing their customers' products unless permission is secured or the information is made public via other means. ""We're delighted to be working with the major DVD manufacturers, which includes Panasonic, Sony and Toshiba,"" said Peter Mandl, Genesis Microchip's Marketing Director for Consumer Video. ""We consider progressive-scan video to be an essential element in many next-generation consumer video products."" Asakura's review appears in the September issue of HiVi. HiVi's Web site is located at http://www.stereosound.co.jp/hivi. The gmVLX1A-X integrated circuit (IC) uses Genesis Microchip's most advanced vertical/temporal filtering and scaling algorithms to convert interlaced (television-style) video for display on high-resolution, non-interlaced displays (e.g., digital TVs, progressive-scan DVD-Video players, LCD TVs, video projectors, high-end home entertainment systems etc.). The Genesis chip claims to ensure that digital output video is always clean, sharp and stable, while other processing methods often produce ""jaggy"" or ""blocky"" images. Further information on Genesis is available at www.genesis-microchip.com.

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