Thomson start HDTV module begins production.......................
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INDIANAPOLIS--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE) viaNewsEdge Corporation --
"Brain" Moves From Indianapolis Lab toAssembly Line
HDTV's Electronic Brain ReceivesOver-The-Air and Satellite HDTV
Thomson Consumer Electronics, the nation'sleading manufacturer and marketer of
television products, has begun production of
the digital "electronic brain " that powers the
new RCA and PROSCAN high definition TV(HDTV) receivers making their debut for
demonstrations at select retail locations laterthis fall.
Described as the future of homeentertainment, Thomson will unveil fully
integrated RCA and PROSCAN brand HDTVmodels at consumer electronics retailers in
key U.S. markets in a few weeks. Factory production of the first digital
television module began this week at the
same high-volume electronics manufacturing
facility in Juarez, Mexico that produces the
RCA Digital Satellite System. From Thomson's
facility, the digital module will be shipped to
the Hitachi plant that will be assembling RCA
and PROSCAN HDTV projection televisionproducts. Under a previously announced
agreement, Thomson will provide the digital
modules for RCA, PROSCAN, and Hitachi HDTV
units while Hitachi will provide the displaytechnology.
"Assembly of the digital module is truly a
milestone in our development of digitaltelevision. HDTV is the most advanced,
complex product that our technical team has
ever designed. Today's production is asignificant achievement for Thomson, since
this lectronic brain' will serve as the
foundation for an entire line of new consumer
entertainment products," said digitaltelevision engineering manager Dave Badger,
Manager - U.S. Digital TV. |
