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Press Release

LOS GATOS, Calif. — Anchor Bay, a leading supplier of video processing systems and video processing semiconductors (ASICs), today announced the world's first video processor for home theater systems to utilize HDMI 1.3 receiver/transmitter chips, the DVDO iScan VP50 PRO. As the new flagship video processor in the DVDO iScan family, the VP50 PRO also offers ISFccc certification and new VRS Video Reference Series technologies.

The DVDO iScan VP50 Pro marks the debut of three new Anchor Bay VRS technologies, Mosquito Noise Reduction, and Fine Detail Enhancement and Edge Enhancement, which greatly improve the quality of compressed and low resolution content coming from STBs, DVRs, DVD, IPTV, and other digital media devices when viewed on high-resolution/high-definition displays.

Like the award-winning VP50, the VP50 PRO also features 10-bit Precision Deinterlacing, 10-bit Precision Video Scaling up to 1080p, PReP (Progressive ReProcessing), Progressive Cadence Detection, and RightRate VRS technologies to maximize picture quality.

The VP50 PRO…

This original article had to do with DVDO's release of the "world's first video processor to feature THX certification," the DVDO iScan VP50 Pro. In fact, the first release of the VP50 Pro will not include the certification, but it will be, according to the manufacturer, "the world's first video processor for home theater systems to utilize HDMI 1.3 receiver/transmitter chips.

The technology allows users to connect other HDMI-compliant 1.3 devices which support high-definition audio formats and Deep Color available on some
newer sources like HD-DVD Blu-Ray and PS3. "This capability allows the VP50 PRO to provide customers with years of service as new source devices with this standard start to emerge," the company says.

Meanwhile, it does expect to receive THX certification "soon, but not today."

Read the final press release on the VP50 Pro.