Texas Instruments Salutes Customer Achievements At Consumer Electronics Show

Fifteen Products Featuring DLP Technology Honored

25-Feb-03

Customers whose Texas Instruments (TI) technology-enabled products have been singled out to receive awards at the recent Consumer Electronics Show were saluted by Texas Instruments. Seventeen companies exhibited products based on DLPô technology at CES, and more than half of them were recognized by the CES Innovations Awards judging panel. Also recognized were six companies whose products featured other TI technologies.""We're delighted by the outstanding job our customers are doing in taking our award-winning DLP technology and creating award-winning products,"" said Dale Zimmerman, Business Manager for Home Entertainment Products at TI's DLP Products division. ""Although the winning products are very diverse in nature, they all share certain common characteristics: they deliver outstandingly clear, sharp images; they are attractive products that look good in any home; they feature industry-leading reliability; and they are very affordable. The combination of our customers' expertise and DLP technology is creating products that are rapidly establishing leadership in the market.""The winning products are:CES Innovations Awards: Best Of Innovations- Sharp Theago home theatre projectorCES Innovations Awards: Honorees- Archos Jukebox Multimedia 20- InFocus ScreenPlay 7200 home theatre projector- InFocus X1 projector- Marantz VP12-S2 home theatre projector- Optoma RD-50 HDTV- Optoma RD-65 HDTV- Palm Tungsten T- Pioneer Elite VSX-49TXi A/V receiver- Samsung HLM617W HDTV- SIM2 Grand Cinema HDTV- Sharp Z10000 home theatre projector- Toshiba TLPMT8U home theatre projector- Yamaha DPX-1000 cOther Awards- Archos Video AV140: TechTV CES Best of the Show- Digital Innovations ""Neuros"" Digital Audio Computer: CNET Best of CES 2003 Awards- Marantz VP-12S2 home theatre projector: Popular Mechanics--Editor's Choice - Marantz VP-12S1 home theatre projector: Stereophile Guide To Home Theater--Editor's Choice- Marantz VP-12S1 home theatre projector: E-Gear Editor's Choice- Panasonic e-Wear SV-AV30: Popular Mechanics Best of Show- RCA LYRA A/V Jukebox: CNET Best of CES 2003 Awards, Popular Mechanics Best of Show- Samsung HLM507W HDTV: Popular Science ""Best Of What's New"" Grand Award""We are excited to have been recognized again for design excellence in home theatre projection with our award-winning ScreenPlay 7200 and InFocus X1,"" said Scott Hix, Vice President and General Manager for Business Development at InFocus. ""InFocus has established itself as a contender in the market for home entertainment, and awards such as these demonstrate how InFocus projectors are attracting a great deal of positive attention. Their combination of features--including DLP technology--and performance are positioning InFocus as bestsellers in the home market.""""Samsung was a strong proponent of DLP technology from its inception,"" said Steve Panosian, Senior Marketing Manager for Samsung's Visual Display Group. ""The potential impact of DLP technology on the television market led Samsung to join forces with Texas Instruments to aggressively invest in the development and engineering of a first-generation DLP TV. As the first manufacturer to market, Samsung achieved immediate commercial and editorial success."" Panosian continued, ""This year, we expect our market share to grow as we expand our second-generation DLP technology-based product line to include a full range of screen sizes including 42, 46, 50, 56 and 61 inches, as well as a new slim-bezel and table-top designs.""Now in its sixth year, the Best of Innovations Awards are given to the most highly honored products in all facets of the consumer technology industry.For more information about DLP, visit www.dlp.com. For more information about Texas Instruments, visit www.ti.com.

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