Popular Science Magazine Selects Summit Wireless(TM) for 2009 Best of What's New Award in the Home Entertainment

CAMPBELL, CA, Nov 12 (MARKET WIRE) --
Focus Enhancements, Inc., a leading supplier of wireless audio technology,
wins the prestigious 2009 Best of What's New Award for its Summit
Wireless technology; an audio IC and wireless hub which sets a new
standard for wireless Home Theater audio fidelity, ease of set-up, and
sweet spot designation. Summit can be integrated into speakers,
audio/video receivers, digital televisions, gaming devices, Blu-ray
players, and set-top boxes, enabling them to broadcast high-definition
surround wirelessly and simply. It is the first and only wireless 7.1
surround solution of its kind.

Today's wired speaker Home Theater systems are laborious and complicated
to set-up and optimize. They require stringing speaker wire, connecting
speakers to the correct audio channel, and verifying correct polarities.
Audio sound optimization requires hours to properly calibrate and is
often beyond a consumer's comfort level. This complexity is one major
reason systems are rarely set-up properly, resulting in inferior audio
quality. Summit Wireless' patent pending technology solves these issues
with an elegant solution that makes the out-of-box experience of
setting-up a wireless Home Theater audio speaker system fast and easy.

Summit's SpeakerFinder(TM) integrates tried and true ultrasonic
technology used in distance measuring devices that is instant, accurate,
and cost effective to discover each speaker's location to an accuracy of
within one inch. Combined with Summit's robust wireless technology, users
simply plug in the amplified speakers like a lamp, and on power-up, the
speakers are automatically optimized for the correct audio channel, phase
delay, volume and default sweet spot. MyZone(TM), with 3D audio mapping
technology, extends the ultrasonic location technology of SpeakerFinder
by embedding an ultrasonic transducer in the remote control device. With
a press of a button, the user's location is found, and the audio sweet
spot is moved to that location by adjusting each speaker's volume and
delay, creating a cohesive sound field.

Summit Wireless delivers 8 channels of uncompressed 24-bit resolution
audio, from the source to the speakers, for a dynamic and realistic
listening experience. Summit improves the low and high frequencies for
smooth, clean, neutral, flat and dynamic sound, providing superior audio
fidelity for every situation. Summit achieves the goal of providing the
best audio reproduction, delivering the audio exactly as it was mastered,
to the speakers.

"It is gratifying to receive recognition for the technological
breakthroughs achieved by Summit Wireless' ability to solve critical
issues which have plagued the Home Theater and wireless audio industry
for years," said Tony Parker, vice president of marketing, Focus
Enhancements. "Consumers have been pleading for a wireless solution that
would deliver high fidelity audio, comparable to their hardwired system;
Summit Wireless exceeds their expectations."

To learn more about Home Theater products enabled with Summit technology
and to watch a video demonstration of Summit, please click here
www.summitwireless.com/technology/overview.

"For 22 years, Popular Science has honored the innovations that surprise
and amaze us -- those that make a positive impact on our world today and
challenge our views of what's possible in the future," said Mark Jannot,
Editor-in-Chief of Popular Science. "The Best of What's New Award is the
magazine's top honor, and the 100 winners -- chosen from among thousands
of entrants -- represent the highest level of achievement in their
fields."

About Best of What's New

Each year, the editors of Popular Science review thousands of products in
search of the top 100 tech innovations of the year; breakthrough products
and technologies that represent a significant leap in their categories.
The winners -- the Best of What's New -- are awarded inclusion in the
December issue of Popular Science. Best of What's New awards are
presented to 100 new products and technologies in 11 categories:
Automotive, Aviation & Space, Computing, Engineering, Gadgets, Green
Tech, Home Entertainment, Securities, Home Tech, Personal Health and
Recreation.

About Focus Enhancements, Inc.:

Focus Enhancements, Inc., headquartered in Campbell, CA, is a leading
designer of world-class solutions in advanced video and audio
technologies. The company's Semiconductor Division develops application
specific standard products (ASSPs), which address the audio distribution
and the TV-out video encoder markets. The Summit IC specifically
addresses the digital wireless audio (DWA) segment which includes home
theater, AVR, DTV, DVD, iPod, set-top box, PC, and PC gaming systems for
surround sound. For more information on Focus Enhancements visit
www.focusinfo.com.

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