AVERMEDIA® GARNERS INNOVATION AWARD FOR AVERFOTOPLAY PLUS AT 2003 CES INTERNATIONAL

AVerFotoplay Plus Instantly Displays Digital Photos on TVs

LAS VEGAS HILTON, BOOTH #55096 - (December 16, 2002) - AVerMedia Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of digital multimedia video convergence technology, today announced that the AVerFotoplay Plus is a recipient of an Innovation Award for Digital Imaging at the 2003 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. By simply inserting the memory card into this award-winning product, the AVerFotoplay Plus can instantly display photos on a TV or a LCD projector without the use of a digital camera.

"Our Innovation award for the AVerFotoplay Plus is industry affirmation that our product is on the cutting edge of technology," stated Arthur Pait, President of AVerMedia Technologies, Inc. "To be classified among the honorees, which are considered the best of the best in the consumer electronics industry, is a real honor."

Available at a street price of only $99.99, the AVerFotoplay Plus also comes with a wide variety of innovative features, including a USB 1.1 Card R/W function, a built-in touch button control panel, a fully functional remote control, 90° clockwise image rotation, an auto slide show and a 16-picture preview. The product supports up to 6 mega pixels or a 2832 x 2128 resolution, and a 6MP display rate (< 3 seconds). Additionally the AVerFotoplay Plus supports JPEG images and includes language support in: English, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, German, French and Italian.

The AVerFotoplay Plus accepts the following memory cards: CompactFlash - Type I/II (CF), SmartMedia (SM), MicroDrive (MD), Memory Stick (MS), Secure Digital (SD) and MultiMedia Card (MMC).

For more information, call AVerMedia at 408/263-3828 or fax at 408/263-8132. AVerMedia also invites OEMs to contact the company in regards to licensing AVerMedia's Fotoplay technology for either private label or integration into TV set, DVD Player, or LCD Monitor. For more information please call John Hall, OEM Sales Director, at (408) 263-3828 X1301.

 

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About AVerMedia Technologies, Inc.
AVerMedia is the technology leader in Digital Multimedia Video Convergence Technology. Aside from its full line of TV Tuners/ Personal Video Recorder products, AVerMedia provides Document Cameras, Digital Video Maker, TV Photo Viewer and PC-to-TV Converters for consumer and corporate/educational markets. AVerMedia also partners with OEMs for the development of AVerMedia technologies for private label use.

Best of Innovations Awards
The Innovation Awards are the Consumer Electronics (CE) industry's official recognition of superior CE products launched in that calendar year, distinguished from among hundreds of other entries by a panel of prominent industry experts. Now in its sixth year, the Best of Innovations Awards are given to the most highly honored products in all facets of the consumer technology industry. See the special display in the Grand Lobby of the Las Vegas Convention Center during the 2003 International CES.

PRESS CONTACT Kristin Kolodzinski S&S Public Relations (317) 275-2275, ext. 30 kkolo@sspr.com

COMPANY CONTACT Amy Liu AVerMedia Technologies, Inc. (800) 863-2332, ext. 1204 amyl@aver.com