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JVC 2000 7
such large-capacity combined media, we aim to strengthen the position of video decks as home servers.
The year 2000 marks a fundamental shift from analog TVs to large HD displays. JVC has expounded for a
decade that the enlargement of TVs is a crucial element of home theaters. Our vision of the home audiovisual (AV)
center is gradually becoming a reality. There has been a period of weak demand in Japan prior to the shift, as sales
of TVs declined across the industry in 1999. This year, however, is the first year of full-scale BS digital broadcasting
in Japan following such major events as the Group of Eight (G-8) summit and the Olympics, where test
broadcasting is scheduled. The year 2000 is foreseen as the launching platform for large high-definition displays,
with estimates of a total of ten million units sold by the start of digitization of terrestrial broadcasting in 2003. Last
year, JVC released a large, thin, lightweight ILA TV model, which employs an ILA device developed by JVC. We
also handle plasma display panels (PDP) and liquid crystal displays (LCD). JVC aims to aggressively develop
marketing for high-definition displays, positioning them in a central role as displays for information appliances.
With an eye on the fast-growing DVD market, JVC will expand the scale of production fourfold compared with
the previous fiscal year. We will begin making inroads in Asia, as DVD is backward compatible with the popular
VCD format. The Company will offer all DVD disc media, including DVD-RAM, DVD-RW and DVD-R, and work to
double production capacity amid projections of outstanding growth in demand mainly for image software.
As our digital product lineup nears completion ahead of the full-blown emergence of the digital era, we are
making enhancements to system performance made possible by digitization, including the incorporation of I/O
ports for communicating with various products and connecting with PCs. Last year, JVC introduced the mobile PC
ILA PROJECTION TV (Japan
model)
The ILA Projection TV is a large
52-inch display that incorporates
D-ILA hologram devices, which
allow for unprecedented high
luminance and high resolution in
a lightweight (52 kg) and thin (45
cm) body.
DIGITAL THEATER SYSTEM
Our Digital Theater System
combines a DVD player and
six speakers that are easy to
set up and operate for the
enjoyment of high-quality
images and sound.
Providing Products That
Enhance Consumer Lifestyles
Through Digital Networking