LG Electronics Selects Tvia's TrueView 5605 Processor for New Line of Surveillance DVR Products

LG Electronics Selects Tvia's TrueView 5605 Processor for New Line of Surveillance DVR Products

July 28, 2006

Tvia's TrueView 5605 Single-chip Solution Provides Industry-leading Video and Graphics Processing for LG's High-end DVR Product Range

    SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 28 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Tvia, Inc. (Nasdaq: TVIA), a leading provider of digital
display processors for advanced flat-panel TVs, broadcast
quality digital DVRs (digital video recorders), consumer
displays, and monitor products, today announced that LG
Electronics has adopted Tvia's TrueView 5605 video and
graphics display processor for its newest line of digital
video recorder systems for security and surveillance
applications. 

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    Tvia's video and graphics display processors in the
CyberPro and TrueView families are used by the world's
leading broadcast and consumer electronics companies.  LG
Electronics is one of the world's leading consumer
electronics and industrial system manufacturers and is
aggressively promoting its new security DVR products
worldwide.

    "LG Electronics surveyed a wide range of
components to sit at the heart of our new LDV-S500 range of
high-end DVR systems and Tvia's TV5605 video and graphics
processor with PCI bus was the clear choice," said
J.W. Park, Chief Research Engineer in the Digital Media of
LG Electronics. "The TrueView 5605 supported our
strict requirements for HD signal input, high-quality video
and graphics processing, and direct digital output.  All
qualities which allow us to reduce system cost while
providing the industry's leading video quality and user
interface functions.  In addition, Tvia's application
engineering group provided outstanding support to put our
products into mass production ahead of expectations."
Said Mr. Park.

    The high-end security DVR market is one of the fastest
growing technology markets due to the increased
requirements worldwide for significantly higher security
capabilities. The new generation of DVRs has enhanced
visual image capabilities with features such as High
Definition Video, increased graphics capabilities and face
recognition. Deployment estimates for high-end DVRs for
2007 are in excess of 3 million units worldwide.

    "Tvia is very pleased to count LG amongst our
expanding list of worlds' leading consumer electronics
manufacturing customers," said Eli Porat, CEO of Tvia
Inc. "LG is one of the first customers to use the
TrueView 5605 in a DVR application. We fully support their
decision to focus on the combination of security DVR with
flat-panel displays for which the TV5605 display processor
is perfectly suited" said Mr. Porat.

    About Tvia:  Tvia, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor
company that designs and develops digital display
processors for digital LCD, PDP, HD, SD, and
progressive-scan TVs, as well as other broadcast and
consumer display products.  Tvia owns and operates the
world's leading independent TV design center, providing
manufacturers with proven TV system designs, and allowing
manufacturers to produce the highest quality flat-panel
television at a significantly lower cost with the shortest
time to market.  The combination of Tvia's TrueView display
processors and leading TV system designs gives Tvia's
manufacturing customers the advantage for building the most
cost-effective, highest quality display solutions on the
market.  More information about Tvia is available at
http://www.tvia.com .

    About LG Electronics:  LG Electronics Inc., (KSE:
06657.KS) is the leader in consumer electronics and mobile
communications.  The company has more than 72,000 employees
working in 77 subsidiaries and marketing units around the
world.  LG Electronics is the world's largest producer of
CDMA handsets, residential air conditioners, optical
storage devices and home theatre systems. With total
revenue of more than USD 35 billion (consolidated USD 45
billion); LG Electronics is comprised of four business
units: Mobile Communications, Digital Appliance, Digital
Display and Digital Media. LG Electronics Digital Display
Company provides core technologies for cutting-edge digital
products and is a world leader in digital display products
including Plasma TVs, LCD TVs and Monitors, and HDTV
(high-definition televisions).  For more information,
please visit http://www.lge.com .

    For more information, please contact:

     Diane Bjorkstrom
     Chief Financial Officer
     Tvia, Inc.
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

SOURCE  Tvia, Inc.