Faroudja Showcases Native Rate Series Digital Video Processor at NAB 2001
Summary
Faroudja, a division of Sage Inc., unveiled its Native Rate Series Digital Video Processor at NAB 2001 in Las Vegas, targeting mid-priced fixed-installation LCD, DLP, and plasma displays. The processor uses patented upconversion technology including DCDi deinterlacing and bandwidth expansion, priced between $3,995 and $4,995.
Faroudja Showcases Breakthrough Native Rate Series Digital Video Processor
Ingenious New Processor Delivers Unrivalled Image Quality for Fixed-Installation LCD, DLP and Plasma Displays at Affordable Price
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 20, 2001-- Faroudja, a division of Sage, Inc. (Nasdaq:SAGI - news) 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, beginning today in Las Vegas.
The Native Rate Series processor is specifically designed to optimize mid-priced fixed-installation digital LCD, DLP and plasma displays at a new more affordable price. As with all Faroudja processors, it inputs standard video sources and upconverts 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 Theater 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 DILA 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<all for color processing; as well as advanced 3/2 film logic and advanced edit detection to handle film motion processing and DCDi for accurate, artifact-free deinterlacing of original video material; and rate-optimized luma Bandwidth Expansion for superb detail processing. The processor also features built-in aspect ratio control, a test pattern generator, and HDTV transcoding from YPrPb to RGB signals.
Rear-panel connections include component, S-video, and composite inputs, and HDTV/Computer pass-through. RGB/YPrPb 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 NAB.
Faroudja is a world leader in high-performance video processing technologies for markets requiring superior image quality solutions. Faroudja provides innovative products for the HDTV broadcast, home theater, digital television and PC/TV convergence markets. Faroudja's technologies are protected by more than 60 patents. Faroudja has received numerous awards, including an Emmy award for Engineering Development and a Lifetime Achievement Emmy presented in June 1998 to its founder, Yves Faroudja.
Headquartered in Milpitas, Calif., Sage Inc. (NASDAQ: SAGI - news) is a leading provider of digital display processors, enabling superior picture quality for a variety of consumer technology and PC-display products, ranging from web appliances to TVs and flat-panel monitors. More information about Sage can be found on its Web site at www.sageinc.com; the Company may be contacted directly at (408) 519-6500.
Ingenious New Processor Delivers Unrivalled Image Quality for Fixed-Installation LCD, DLP and Plasma Displays at Affordable Price
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 20, 2001-- Faroudja, a division of Sage, Inc. (Nasdaq:SAGI - news) 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, beginning today in Las Vegas.
The Native Rate Series processor is specifically designed to optimize mid-priced fixed-installation digital LCD, DLP and plasma displays at a new more affordable price. As with all Faroudja processors, it inputs standard video sources and upconverts 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 Theater 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 DILA 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<all for color processing; as well as advanced 3/2 film logic and advanced edit detection to handle film motion processing and DCDi for accurate, artifact-free deinterlacing of original video material; and rate-optimized luma Bandwidth Expansion for superb detail processing. The processor also features built-in aspect ratio control, a test pattern generator, and HDTV transcoding from YPrPb to RGB signals.
Rear-panel connections include component, S-video, and composite inputs, and HDTV/Computer pass-through. RGB/YPrPb 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 NAB.
Faroudja is a world leader in high-performance video processing technologies for markets requiring superior image quality solutions. Faroudja provides innovative products for the HDTV broadcast, home theater, digital television and PC/TV convergence markets. Faroudja's technologies are protected by more than 60 patents. Faroudja has received numerous awards, including an Emmy award for Engineering Development and a Lifetime Achievement Emmy presented in June 1998 to its founder, Yves Faroudja.
Headquartered in Milpitas, Calif., Sage Inc. (NASDAQ: SAGI - news) is a leading provider of digital display processors, enabling superior picture quality for a variety of consumer technology and PC-display products, ranging from web appliances to TVs and flat-panel monitors. More information about Sage can be found on its Web site at www.sageinc.com; the Company may be contacted directly at (408) 519-6500.