Faroudja Digital Video Processor/Scalers Honored By Series Of Awards

DVP5000 And DVP3000 Earn Industry, Magazine And Webzine Kudos For Powerful, Innovative Picture Processing Capabilities

10-Jan-01

Faroudja, a division of Sage, Inc. (NASDAQ: SAGI) and widely considered a leader in video-enhancing technologies for professional and home environments, is pleased to announce that its DVP5000 and DVP3000 Digital Video Processor/Scalers have received a series of awards, including presented at the 2001 International Consumer Electronics Show.The awards testify to the quality and innovation represented by the flagship DVP5000 and companion DVP3000, as well as the high regard in which they are held. At CES, the DVP5000 was the recipient of an Innovations 2001 Award by the Consumer Electronics Association. The awards, presented during the show, honored significant advances in the design and performance of audio/video equipment. The DVP5000 also received a prestigious Editor's Choice Award for Video Processor Of The Year from Stereophile Guide to Home Theater, which called the DVP5000 ""an amazing technological accomplishment"" in its awards citation and also urged readers to ""check out"" the DVP3000.Both processors, the DVP5000 and DVP3000, received a Best Stuff 2000 Award by BestStuff.com, a Web site devoted to consumer product news and reviews with an emphasis on technology and lifestyle reporting. ""The Faroudja family of processors is simply the best and has been for years,"" said BestStuff.com in its awards citation.Faroudja's family of home theatre products also received a Best of Convertors designation by Knews and Presentation Master in their Best Of 2000 Awards. The online industry news services noted in their awards citation on PresentationMaster.com that Faroudja ""really zoned in to the home market and created products to meet most customers' needs. Most Faroudja home systems are really incredible.""The DVP5000 and DVP3000 Digital Video Processor/Scalers are powerful picture processing tools that combine advanced, proprietary circuitry with features designed to make them easy to use and integrate into home theatres. While the extraordinary DVP5000 is the first video processor on the market to automatically upconvert 1080i (interlaced) high definition signals to 1080p (progressive) resolution, all of Faroudjaís digital video processors incorporate numerous refinements designed to optimize CRT projectors as well as other projector technologies, including DLPô, LCD and plasma.For more information about Faroudja and Sage Inc., visit www.sageinc.com.

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