Home Theatre Projectors Featuring DLP Technology Command 64 Percent Market Share

8-Jul-02

Texas Instruments (TI, NYSE: TXN) announced that, in the first quarter of 2002, four of the five best-selling home theatre projectors in the USA were based on DLPô technology. The four projectors were the InFocus ScreenPlay 110, the RUNCO VX-1000c, the Sharp XV-Z9000, and the SIM2 Grand Cinema HT300. Moreover, according to the Home Theatre Research Group (www.htrgroup.com) projectors featuring DLP technology accounted for 64 percent of all projectors sold for home entertainment applications during the period. The Home Theatre Research Group specializes in market research studies for high-end TV systems used in residential applications.""While this is exciting news for us,"" said Bharath Rajagopalan, Manager of Home Portable Entertainment Products for Texas Instruments DLP Products division, ""it's our customers who really should take the credit for turning a great technology into great products. We believe that the products they're developing that feature DLP technology deliver a unique combination of outstanding image quality, ease of use, flexibility, and affordability -- and it seems that consumers agree. With second generation large-screen TVs based on DLP technology also beginning to come to market, we believe we're now in a position to be able to deliver an appropriate home entertainment solution for a broad range of requirements.""""DLP technology has a unique value proposition for the home theatre market,"" said Alessandra Almgren, President of the Home Theatre Research Group. ""We attribute the great success of projectors featuring DLP technology to the accurate colorimetry, depth of black, and film-like quality that this technology has been able to deliver. Add to that the ease of installation and maintenance, and we expect DLP technology to contribute greatly to the growth of this market.""

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