Yamaha Corporation Turns To DLPô Technology For New Line Of Home Entertainment Projection Systems

Projector Will Debut At 2001 Consumer Electronics Show

17-Nov-00

Yamaha Corporation, traditionally known as a specialist in high-class audio equipment, announced that it will enter the home entertainment projector market, targeting audiovisual users by introducing new integrated home-theatre systems. The first wave of Yamaha's new product line is a high-resolution projector, based on Digital Light Processingô technology, dedicated to home theatre use. The projector is due to be released next spring.""The rapid uptake of DVD technology, together with the accelerating development of digital broadcasting in North America, Japan and Europe are together creating an exciting new entertainment experience for consumers around the world,"" said Kunihiro Maejima, Managing Director of Yamaha Corporation. ""By adding the DLP-based projector to our product line, Yamaha will be able to offer a complete home entertainment solution which will offer not only - thanks to DLP technology - best-in-class images, but best-in-class sound as well. We believe this announcement will further reinforce Yamaha's standing as an innovator and leader in home entertainment systems."" The new projector is expected to see its debut on the Yamaha booth at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January 2001. It is also expected to be featured on the Texas Instruments booth at CES, which will showcase all the latest home entertainment developments enabled by DLPô technology, with an exciting product lineup never before seen in public.""We are delighted to welcome a market leader such as Yamaha to the rapidly-growing number of companies who are selecting DLP technology for their home entertainment projection needs,"" said Dale Zimmerman, Product Manager for DLPô Home Entertainment Products for TI's Digital Imaging division. ""Yamaha has an outstanding reputation for excellence in the home entertainment market, and this announcement will enable them to deliver the new level of visual and aural experience which discerning consumers are increasingly demanding.""Today, TI supplies DLPô subsystems to more than thirty of the world's top projector manufacturers, who then design, manufacture and market projectors based on DLPô technology. There are now over fifty products based on DLPô technology in the market. Since early 1996, over 500,000 DLPô subsystems have been shipped. Over the past four years, DLPô technology-based projectors have consistently won some of the audio-visual industry's most prestigious awards, including, in June 1998, an EmmyÆ Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.At the heart of TI's Digital Light Processingô technology is the Digital Micromirror Deviceô optical semiconductor chip. The DMDô switch has an array of up to 1,310,000 hinged, microscopic mirrors which operate as optical switches to create a high resolution, full color image. For information about DLP, visit www.dlp.com. For more information about Yamaha, visit www.yamaha.com.

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