ESS Technology Offers Innovative Digital Home Products to Enable Enjoyment of Multimedia Entertainment Throughout the Home at 2003 Consumer Electronics Show
Thursday January 9, 6:45 am ET
'Video When and Where You Want It'
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ESS Technology (Nasdaq: ESST - News) today unveiled its new products for digital home entertainment designed for consumer convenience.
Highlights of the new products to be demonstrated include:
-- Digital Video Recorder (DVR): ESS's DVR product enables a consumer
to record and time shift their favorite television program while
simultaneously viewing a DVD movie. ESS silicon and software
products make this consumer device easy-to-use, feature-rich, and
cost-effective.
-- DVD Recorder: This multi-function platform allows the consumer to
replace their current VCR while adding new functions. With this
platform, the consumer can archive their existing VHS tapes to high
density DVD disks and expand their media library to include new
content from broadcast video, digital cameras, camcorders, and more.
-- Digital Media Processor (DMP): This DMP technology allows the
consumer to view video or photos from flash memory cards such as
Compact Flash, Smart Media, MMC, Secure Digital, and Memory Stick
directly on their television or other consumer products. This new
ESS product supports MP3 audio, JPEG photos, MPEG-1, and MPEG-4 ASF
video formats. With consumer platforms based on this technology,
multimedia content stored on memory cards can now be viewed anytime,
anywhere.
-- Wireless Media Player: ESS wireless media players play digital
multimedia content that has been distributed via a wireless LAN.
These new ESS platforms will allow digital audio, video, and JPEG
photos stored on a home media server to be enjoyed anywhere within
the home.
Patrick Ang, executive vice president and chief operating officer at ESS Technology commented, "Our new digital home products allow consumers to enjoy a wide range of audio, video and photo formats in their home with the maximum of convenience. ESS offers a wide range of affordable solutions that deliver "Video When and Where You Want It" in today's networked home.
These innovative ESS products will be demonstrated in a private demo room at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel. A private viewing of the demonstrations may be scheduled by contacting Carol Johnson at 510-492-1713 or by email Carol.Johnson@esstech.com
In addition, ESS's Digital Media Processor (DMP) products will be displayed at the Memory Stick Pavilion in Central Hall booth 10728 and at the Secure Digital Pavilion in Central Hall booth 7442 of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
About ESS Technology
ESS Technology, Inc. is a leading supplier of high-performance feature-rich chips, applications and solutions for the rapidly expanding digital video and digital entertainment markets. ESS provides advanced products that enable the emergence of digital home systems that deliver and manage entertainment and information in the home.
ESS, headquartered in Fremont, California, has R&D, sales, and technical support offices worldwide. ESS Technology's common stock is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol ESST. ESS Technology's web site address is: esstech.com.
NOTE: DivX is a registered trademark of DivXNetworks.
The matters discussed in this news release include certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the impact of competitive products and pricing, timely availability and acceptance of the Company's new products, the dependence on continued growth in demand for consumer multimedia products, and the other risks detailed from time to time in the SEC reports of ESS, including the reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.
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