Marvell Award-Winning Qdeo Video Processing Powers Meridian's 810 Reference Video...

Marvell Award-Winning Qdeo Video Processing Powers Meridian's 810 Reference
Video System
Marvell 88DE2710 powers new 10 megapixel projector, delivering consistently
high-quality HD viewing for the ultimate luxury home-theater experience

SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marvell
(http://www.marvell.com/) (Nasdaq: MRVL), a leader in storage, communications
and consumer silicon solutions, today announced that its 88DE2710 digital
video format converter with Qdeo(TM) video proce
ssing (http://www.ClearlyQdeo.com) is a featured component of the Meridian 810
Reference Video System. The new digital video projection system offers high
quality and true-to-life reproduction of images and furthers the integration
of Marvell technology into the consumer electronics marketplace.
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The Meridian 810 Reference Video System is comprised of two elements: a
D-ILA-base digital projector offering 10 megapixels and a video scaler
designed to optimize the imaging of high-definition (HD) and standard
definition (SD) inputs. Marvell's Qdeo technology is used in the most
exclusive, highest-performing consumer video products, and this latest
partnership with Meridian reaffirms Qdeo as a leading video technology in the
market today.
Bob Stuart, chairman and co-founder of Meridian Audio Ltd. stated, "We
felt it was essential to combine what we believe is the gold standard in video
processing with our gold standard in audio to complete the Meridian Digital
Theatre. We are thrilled to partner with performance leader, Marvell, and its
Qdeo technology, to build our 810 Reference Video System. Marvell's Qdeo suite
provides unsurpassed video quality and realism, which was essential for the
810 Reference Video System."
At the core of the Marvell(R) 88DE2710 digital video format converter,
Qdeo delivers rich, high-definition video quality through a suite of advanced
technologies, providing quiet and natural video, free of noise and artifacts.
Per-pixel noise and compression artifact reduction removes noise typically
inherent in digital video. Per-pixel motion-adaptive 3-D de-interlacing
removes jaggies and eliminates feathering. Adaptive Contrast Enhancement (ACE)
and Intelligent Color Remapping (ICR) render rich and vivid images. The unique
adaptivity of award-winning Qdeo processing allows it to serve a very broad
range of applications spanning from low-resolution internet video to pristine
4K x 2K.
"Meridian's 810 Reference Video System is believed to give consumers the
most realistic home-theater performance in the world," said Dr. Nikhil Balram,
vice president and general manager of the Digital Entertainment Business Unit,
Communications and Consumer Business Group at Marvell. "With our Qdeo
technology built into the Meridian 810 Reference Video System, this projector
is intended to deliver superior quality video that is vivid, quiet, and free
of distractions so the viewer can be fully immersed in the home theater
experience. We are proud to align with Meridian to bring such a premium
innovation to market."
The Meridian 810 Reference Video System featuring Qdeo will be available
in limited quantities by the end of Q3, and fully available by the end of
2008.
For more information on Marvell's Qdeo video processing technology, visit
http://www.ClearlyQdeo.com.
About Marvell
Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) is a leader in the development of storage,
communications, and consumer silicon solutions. Marvell's diverse product
portfolio includes switching, transceiver, communications controller,
wireless, and storage solutions that power the entire communications
infrastructure including enterprise, metro, home and storage networking. As
used in this release, the term "Marvell" refers to Marvell Technology Group
Ltd. and its subsidiaries. For more information, visit http://www.marvell.com.
Marvell(R) is a registered trademark of Marvell or its affiliates.
Qdeo(TM) is a trademark of Marvell or its affiliates. Other names and
brands may be claimed as the property of others.

For Further Information Contact:
Marvell Media Relations Ogilvy PR
Diane Vanasse Serena Tesler
Tel: 408.242.0027 Tel: 312.451.4278
dvanasse@marvell.com serena.tesler@ogilvypr.com

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dvanasse@marvell.com; or Serena Tesler of Ogilvy PR, +1-312-451-4278,
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