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NEW YORK, Nov. 8 - The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®) today announced that HDMI Licensing, LLC, on behalf of the HDMI Founders, is an International CES Innovations 2007 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree for the HDMI 1.3 specification.
Products considered for this prestigious award program are judged by a preeminent panel of independent industrial designers, engineers and members of the trade press to honor outstanding design and engineering in cutting-edge consumer electronics products. The HDMI Founders include Hitachi, Matsushita (Panasonic), Philips, Silicon Image, Sony, Thomson and Toshiba.
In June 2006, the HDMI Founders announced the HDMI 1.3 specification, the most significant upgrade yet in the interface that has become the de facto standard interface for high-definition devices. HDMI 1.3 more than doubles HDMI's bandwidth and adds support for Deep Color technology, a broader color space, new digital audio formats, automatic audio/video synching capability ("lip sync") and an optional smaller connector for use with portable devices such as digital still cameras and camcorders.
"We are very pleased that the HDMI 1.3 specification was named an International CES 2007 award honoree," said Leslie Chard, president of HDMI Licensing, LLC. "This award validates HDMI's technical leadership and the great work done by the seven HDMI founding members, who have made HDMI an evolving specification that consistently enables next generation technologies to be brought to the mass market. We expect that many products with HDMI 1.3 will be announced and demonstrated at CES 2007."
As a widely-renowned consumer technology awards program that began in 1989, the Innovations Design and Engineering Awards recognize achievements in product design and engineering. It is sponsored by CEA, the producer of the International CES, the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow, and endorsed by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), the voice of industrial design, committed to advancing the profession through education, information, community and advocacy.
HDMI Licensing, LLC will be demonstrating capabilities of the HDMI 1.3 specification at the 2007 International CES, which runs Jan. 8-11, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Innovations Design and Engineering Showcase will feature honorees by product category at Innovations Plus at the Sands Expo and Convention Center, Booth #68747.
Innovations honoree products are featured on http://www.cesweb.org/Innovations, including a list of product categories, as well as each product name, manufacturer information, designer, description, photo and URL.
About HDMI
HDMI is the first and only consumer electronics industry-supported, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface. By delivering crystal-clear, all-digital audio and video via a single cable, HDMI dramatically simplifies cabling and helps provide consumers with the highest-quality home theater experience. HDMI provides an interface between any audio/video source, such as a set-top box, DVD player, or A/V receiver and an audio and/or video monitor, such as a digital television (DTV), over a single cable.
About HDMI Licensing, LLC
HDMI Licensing, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Silicon Image, Inc., is the agent responsible for licensing the HDMI specification, promoting the HDMI standard and providing education on the benefits of HDMI to retailers and consumers. The HDMI specification was developed by Hitachi, Matsushita (Panasonic), Philips, Silicon Image, Sony, Thomson and Toshiba as the digital interface standard for the consumer electronics market. The HDMI specification combines uncompressed high-definition video and multi-channel audio in a single digital interface to provide crystal-clear digital quality over a single cable. For more information about HDMI, please visit http://www.hdmi.org/.
Forward-looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of federal securities regulations. These forward-looking statements include statements related to the anticipated features, benefits, capabilities, implementation and performance of the HDMI standard and the HDMI 1.3 specification and the role of HDMI Licensing, LLC. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including those described from time to time in the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings of Silicon Image, Inc., the parent corporation of HDMI Licensing, LLC, that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by these forward-looking statements. In particular, the anticipated features, benefits, capabilities, implementation and performance of the HDMI standard and the HDMI 1.3 specification, and the role of HDMI Licensing, LLC, may differ materially from what is currently anticipated. In addition, see the Risk Factors section of the most recent Form 10-K or Form 10-Q filed by Silicon Image with the SEC. Silicon Image assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release.
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CONTACT: Kasey Holman, Media Relations - HDMI Licensing, LLC, +1-408-616-4192, or kholman@hdmi.org; or Paul Sherer of Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, +1-415-677-2715, or paul.sherer@ogilvypr.com, for HDMI Licensing, LLC
Web site: http://www.hdmi.org/
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