Zenith Launches Digital HDTV Terrestrial/Satellite Set-Top Box

Zenith Electronics Corporation introduced a digital high-definition television (HDTV) set-top box that receives both local terrestrial and satellite HDTV signals at the 2001 Consumer Electronics Show.
Planned for Spring availability, the $699 Zenith set-top box receives 'HDTV and standard definition television (SDTV) signals from terrestrial broadcasts, HDTV and SDTV signals from DIRECTV, and NTSC analog broadcasts.

The flexible satellite/terrestrial decoder also has switchable component outputs for 1080i, 720p, 480p and 480i displays, and features 16:9 and 4:3 aspect ratio correction. Onscreen menus use crisp bit-mapped graphics.

DIRECTV is the nation's leading digital satellite television service provider with more than 9 million customers. DIRECTV and the Cyclone Design logo are trademarks of DIRECTV, Inc., a unit of HUGHES Electronics Corporation. HUGHES is the world's leading provider of digital television entertainment, and satellite and wireless systems and services. The earnings of HUGHES, a unit of General Motors Corporation, are used to calculate the earnings per share attributable to the General Motors Class H common stock (NYSE: GMH). Visit DIRECTV on the World Wide Web at www.directv.com .

Zenith Electronics Corporation is a long-time leader in consumer electronics and a primary developer of digital HDTV. Armed with advanced display technologies from its parent company, LG Electronics Inc., Zenith is committed to becoming the digital leader in the new millennium. Visit Zenith on the World Wide Web, www.zenith.com .

Source: Zenith Electronics Corporation