REPEAT/First High-Resolution Home Theater Projector Under $5,000 Now Available

Business Wire, Feb 20, 2003

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

REPEATING DUE TO EARLY TRANSMISSION

MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 20, 2003

Optoma H56 DLP Projector Delivers High Contrast, Crisp Images at a

Price that Puts Quality Home Theater within Reach

Optoma Technology, Inc., an award-winning developer of projection and digital display products for the business and home, today announced the availability of the Optoma H56(TM), the world's first XGA Digital Light Processing(TM) home theater projector priced below $5,000. Using advanced DLP(TM) technology, the H56 brings every detail to life, displaying clear, vivid images as large as 16 1/2 feet on the diagonal. In addition, the projector delivers a high contrast ratio of 2000:1, two times greater than professional film-based movie theaters. With an estimated street price of $4,399, the Optoma H56 is the lowest cost high-resolution home theater projector on the market.

"The H56 projector builds on our multiple award-winning H55(TM) and takes home theater to a whole new level," said A.J. Abrams, Director of Products and Marketing for Optoma Technology, Inc. "For starters, we've added more advanced DLP technology and boosted the contrast ratio of the H56 by 100% -- from 1000:1 to 2000:1. The end result is the highest-quality projector at a price that makes home theater affordable for more people than ever before."

Power of the Projector

The power of the Optoma H56 projector can be seen in the details -- from its high resolution to its robust capabilities and brilliant true color. In 4:3 ratio, H56 delivers a resolution of 1024 x 768, and in 16:9 format, the resolution is 1024 x 576, a 61% increase over standard TVs in this same mode. H56 also offers a unique Native Mode feature that allows the incoming video signal to be displayed at its native resolution -- without scaling. This means viewers see the best possible image.

Optoma combines only the best technology in the H56, beginning with Double Data Rate (DDR) DLP technology from Texas Instruments(R). The projector also uses the advanced Silicon Image(TM) Sil504(TM) de-interlacer. As a testament to H56's proficiency in de-interlacing, Optoma recommends that users defeat line doubling on many DVD players to allow the process to be accomplished inside the H56. In addition, the projector's flawless reverse 3:2 pulldown and other processing technologies allow movies to be displayed as the director intended them to be viewed -- without artifacts and annoying jerkiness, a common problem with other projectors.

With the same attention to quality, the H56 is optimized for vivid, true color projection and features a new six-segment color wheel coated with an advanced material that achieves superb color saturation -- especially in the area of projecting rich reds. The brightness, contrast, color, and aspect ratio settings are optimized for each video source at the factory, and because of this, users will notice video quality that is higher than other projectors right out of the box. The H56 also enables users to make adjustments to these image settings, offering more user controls than other projectors -- from gamma controls to viewing formats. Users can even save different settings for each video source.

The Optoma H56 is an extremely quiet projector -- at only 32 dB -- thus allowing users to hear the movie and not the projector. Additionally, the H56 accepts HDTV connections in the form of component video cables as well as next-generation DVI-I digital video. It also supports present-generation signals including S-Video and composite video and "up-converts" them. Moreover, the H56 converts these signals so well that users will swear they are viewing content from a high-definition, digital source.

About Optoma Technology, Inc.

Optoma Technology, Inc. is a leading developer of projection and digital display products for business and home. The company manufactures multimedia projectors for mobile users, fixed installations and home theater, HDTVs, LCD flat panel displays, and thin-client terminals. Optoma products combine superior image processing technologies and exceptional engineering and innovation to deliver images that are bright, crystal clear, and finely tuned for tone and color. Optoma's award-winning products are sold through the company's global network of pro AV dealers, major consumer electronics retailers, and internet resellers. Optoma's headquarters is located in Milpitas, CA. For more information contact Optoma at 408-383-3700 or 888-942-2929 or visit www.optoma.com.

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