Three Products Receive Top Honors For Runco International At 1999 CES

Runco International is pleased to announce that the DTV-5800, VFC-4400, and the OVSS-8 have received the prestigious '99 Innovations Award for Design & Engineering in the Home Theater category at the 1999 International Consumer Electronics Show.Runco International continued their impressive record of industry firsts by delivering the first DTV/HDTV-capable consumer rear-projection television to their US customers. The DTV-5800, a 58-inch wide 16:9 aspect ratio HDTV compatible projection television falls into Runco's new WideVision line of television products.The VFC-4400/MultiFilm Video Format Controller is a state-of-the-art video processor that delivers pro-grade ""video scaling"" pixel-level enhancement to the serious home-theatre enthusiast. Groundbreaking digital processing, user-selectable output modes, and multiple, flexible I/O connection options combine to make the VFC-4400 the most powerful and adaptable high-end video-format processor yet devised.The OVSS-8 A/V Switcher can accept as many as eight different A/V sources utilizing a nearly limitless mix of high-end consumer-video and digital audio formats, automatically directing the active A/V source to a single output using its unique synchronizing circuit. The new Runco switcher accepts eight sources of consumer video, encompassing all currently employed formats, including the RGB option fast increasing in importance in the DTV age.The innovations program is endorsed by the Industrial Designers Society of America and sponsored and produced by the Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association (CEMA), a sector of the Electronics Industries Association (EIA).