Faroudja Showcases Breakthrough Native Rate Series Digital Video Processor

Ingenious New Processor Delivers Unrivalled Image Quality For Fixed-Installation LCD, DLPô, And Plasma Displays At Affordable Price

23-Apr-01

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 (NAB). The Native Rate Series processor is specifically designed to optimize mid-priced fixed-installation digital LCD, DLPô, and plasma displays at a new more affordable price. As with all Faroudja processors, it inputs standard video sources and up-converts 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 or home theatre 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 plasmas, and D-ILAô 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 bandwidth expansion Rear panel connections include component, S-Video, and composite inputs, and HDTV/computer pass-through. RGB/Y-Cr-Cb 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, during the NAB convention. For more information about Faroudja and Sage, visit www.sageinc.com.

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