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Trident's DPTV™ Video Processor employed by Sony in new Aiwa-brand LCD TVs sold in Japan Sunnyvale, California, June 13, 2003: Recognized as the world-wide leader in developing cutting-edge “We are very honored that Sony has chosen DPTV™MV for Aiwa-brand LCD TVs. This is a testament to Trident's unrelenting efforts to provide the best video processing technology to the consumer electronics industry,” said Dr. J.H. Chang, president of Digital Media business unit, Trident. “The LCD TV market is projected to grow at a significant 87% CAGR for the next several years according to the DisplaySearch's LCDTV shipment forecast. We are determined to be a leading player in this fast growing market segment. Our DPTV™ product family continuously offers pin-to-pin compatible parts with the highest integration level and the best video quality and thus, is the ideal choice for LCD TV applications.” Trident's DPTV™MV integrates an advanced digital comb video decoder for NTSC, PAL, and SECAM formats. With film-mode recovery, DPTV™MV can accurately detect the frame rates of incoming video sources, and then correctly restore the video source to the original film mode sequences in play back. The motion adaptive de-interlacing and edge-smoothing feature of the DPTV™MV further refines the video display quality. There are 14 dynamic picture enhancements available for fine-tuning video display quality. The DPTV™MV chip enables a SDTV signal to display in Picture-In-Picture mode, Picture-Out-Picture mode, and 16:9 or 4:3 aspect ratio modes. DPTV™MV supports non-linear scaling in panorama mode to ensure the most natural picture aspect ratio for the viewers. DPTV™MV's integrated digital comb video decoder has a built-in VBI circuit for closed captioning and V-chip for parental control that is EIA 608 compliant. Furthermore, DPTV™MV's graphic-based On-Screen Display provides the most user-friendly and graphic-oriented TV menu control interface. The video stream can be refreshed in either the Interlace or the Progressive mode. Forward-Looking Information About Trident Microsystems, Trident is a registered trademark of Trident Microsystems; Inc. DPTV™ is a trademark of Trident Microsystems, Inc. Sony and Aiwa are registered trademarks of Sony Corporation. All other company and product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Features, pricing, availability, and specifications are subject to change without notice. For Press Releases: For Investor For Technical
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