Sigma Integrates DVD Player With Microsoft TV

Sigma Designs reported a Microsoft TV-compatible reference platform for adding DVD playback to the Microsoft Windows CE operating system at the 1999 National Cable Television Association Conference (Cable '99) held in Chicago at the McCormick Place Convention Center. The combination of DVD video playback with a Microsoft TV-based device represents a major breakthrough in home convergence appliances. ""Microsoft TV is designed to provide a rich television and Web experience for consumers,'' said Alan Yates, Director of Platform Marketing, Microsoft Corp. ""The integration of the Microsoft TV experience and Sigma Designs' DVD player creates a consumer electronics product that can deliver new levels of interaction into the living room.'' ""Our award-winning single-chip DVD decoders have become the world's best-selling hardware DVD solutions for Windows-based computers,'' stated William K. Wong, Sigma's Vice President of Marketing. ""Our OEM relationships with Panasonic, Sony, Hitachi, Toshiba, Philips, and IBM have proven that we can deliver world-class DVD compatibility and performance in OEM solutions for Windows CE-based set-top boxes.'' For more information, contact Sigma Designsí Web site at www.sigmadesings.com.Source: DVD Insider Weekly.