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Technology Stocks : Faroudja FDJA -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Nasser who wrote (41)	12/16/1997 7:50:00 PM
From: Gerald Thomas	Respond to of 249

It's beginning to look a lot like christmas... I hope this company does half as well as I think it's going to... The applications are countless... Faroudja Inc. To Deploy Prototype Upconverters Next Month; Revolutionary Delivery of HDTV-Quality Images From Conventional Broadcast Sources 354 Words 3258 Characters 12/16/97 16:06 Business Wire (Copyright (c) 1997, Business Wire) * SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 1997--Faroudja Inc. (Nasdaq NMS: FDJA) a recognized world leader in video signal processing and video image enhancement products, Tuesday announced that it expects to deploy beta versions of its Picture Plus Upconverter in the field during January 1998 with Tribune Broadcasting, Four Media and Modern VideoFilm. * Faroudja's product for professional broadcasters utilizes the company's patented technology to deliver HDTV-quality video images from today's analog (NTSC) and digital sources. The upconverter is intended to provide broadcasters with the ability to leverage their existing studio equipment and systems to produce programming in various digital television (DTV)/high-definition television (HDTV) formats. * Faroudja's products substantially reduce the imperfections inherent in interlaced analog NTSC, digital serial 4:2:2 and D2 signals and they dramatically improve displayed images, resulting in a far richer viewing experience. The technology incorporated into the Picture Plus Upconverter includes * Faroudja's broadcast decoder, noise reducer, de-interlacer, scaler and video enhancer. * Since 1971, Faroudja has specialized in the development, manufacturing and sale of products to the broadcast industry. Over its 26-year history, * Faroudja has sold equipment to ABC, CBS, NBC, The Dish Network (Echo Star), PrimeStar, USSB, AlphaStar, TV Com and CCTV (China). Today, images are displayed on a variety of electronic media, including color TVs, projection systems and PCs. Historically, there has been a substantial difference in the quality of these various media, ranging from low quality TV pictures to very high quality cinema pictures. The difference resulted from a number of technical issues related to the * capture, transmission and display of video images. Faroudja's technology platform makes it possible to replicate cinema quality on high scan rate TVs, projection systems and PCs. * Faroudja has also been actively engaged in projects that apply its video * processing technology to cable set-top boxes. Faroudja's capabilities in this arena were prominently displayed at the recent Western Cable Show, in the ENCORE Television booth. * Faroudja designs, develops and markets a range of video image enhancement products that significantly improve displayed images to achieve cinema-like quality. The company has received numerous awards, including an Emmy Award for Broadcast Excellence and a National Association of Broadcasters award for its technology. CONTACT: OPUS Group Mary McCarthy, 310/440-8600 mmmcc@pacbell.net 15:51 EST DECEMBER 16, 1997 I0607 * End of document.