VizionWare's Hi-Wireztm Receives MRAV Award

Revolutionary Active HDMI Cables Recognized for Innovation

AUSTIN, TX – November 27, 2006 – VizionWare, a Texas-based audio and video digital interconnect manufacturer, is pleased to announce Hi-Wireztm revolutionary active HDMI cables 10 meter has been chosen as a 2006 Multi-Room Audio/Video (MRAV) Award winner. Hi-Wireztm 10 meter was chosen in the No New Wires Transmission Technology Category. Sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and held in conjunction with Electronic House Expo Fall 2006, the MRAV awards recognize significant contributions to the multi-room audio and video market. The awards were announced during EHX Fall 2006, November 14-17, 2006 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, Calif. In recognition of the honor, Hi-Wirez™ will be featured in the December issue of CE Pro.

"We are thrilled to be chosen for this prestigious award," said Ben Jamison, vice president of Sales and Marketing for VizionWare. "Hi-Wireztm is an amazing product that demonstrates exceptional video performance and installation flexibility. We were excited to have shared this cutting-edge technology with audiences at EHX Fall 2006."

Hi-Wireztm cables feature numerous innovative and proprietary technologies such as Image Enhancing Circuitry, Signal Balancing, Digital Signal Processing, Enhanced Transmission Technology and Optimal Spectral Diffusiontm. The combination of these technologies with unique manufacturing materials and processes has resulted in superior video quality cables that are lighter and more flexible.

Hi-Wireztm HDMI interconnect cables are available in 1 meter, 2 meter, 5 meter, 7 meter, 10 meter and 15 meter lengths.

A Quick Overview of Hi-Wireztm Technology and Benefits:

  • They are lighter and less bulky, making them easier to handle and install.
  • Do not degrade the signal, regardless of their length and thus do not require signal repeaters or boosters.
  • Are constructed with a patent-pending material that rejects electromagnetic interference (EMI), reducing interference with other wired and wireless connections and minimizing the need for bulky, inflexible shielding.
  • Incorporates – embedded in the cables themselves – patent-pending custom chip technology, which delivers theater-quality images regardless of cable length.
  • Utilizes sophisticated signal balancing circuit techniques which eliminate the "pixelation" and reach limitation of existing cable technology, providing unsurpassed viewing clarity.
  • Incorporates a digital signal processing technique added to the cable through an innovative manufacturing process, resulting in a reduction of the detrimental impact of incoming signals on subsequent ones, providing for a richer viewing and listening experience – again, regardless of cable length.
  • Minimizes signal coupling into shielded structures and device impedance mismatches, resulting in higher quality images delivered over longer distances at resolutions up to and including 1080p.

Talking Points

  • VizionWare's Hi-Wireztm 10 meter was selected as a 2006 MRAV Award Winner.
  • The award was announced during EHX Fall 2006 November 14-17, 2006 in Long Beach, Calif.
  • Hi-Wireztm incorporates numerous proprietary technologies which afford a wide array of benefits.
  • Hi-Wireztm unequalled performance is not effected by cable length ("reach-independent")
  • Hi-Wireztm are lighter, thinner and more flexible than competing high quality cables for easier installation.
  • Hi-Wireztm is available in lengths from 1 to 15 meters.

About VizionWare
VizionWare has developed and applied a patented core silicon technology to create a complete family of next generation digital interconnect products. The company's award-winning digital technology delivers numerous unique technological advances - including image enhancing circuitry, signal balancing, enhanced transmission technology between the source and sink cable ends, Optimal Spectral Diffusiontm, and pixel clock re-timing - leading to unprecedented improvements to HDMI and DVI digital interconnect cables and adapters. These key advances overcome the limitations of passive analog and pseudo-active cables, enhancing transmission between the source and sink cable ends and lowering EMI radiation and interference with other wired and wireless connections, while delivering theater quality signals to the display independent of cable length.

About RPM Ventures
Founded in 2000, Ann Arbor, Mich.-based RPM Ventures, previously Waypoint Ventures, provides capital and guidance to entrepreneurs starting and building innovative technology companies. The firm has a reputation as a national specialist for its unique insight and access to the automotive and manufacturing industries, and as a regional generalist helping to create companies based on novel technologies from Midwest research centers. For more information, please visit www.rpmvc.com.

Contact:
For more information about VizionWare and its innovative products, please visit www.VizionWare.com or call 512-493-9660.