Samsung, LG use Silicon Image HDMI for consumer electronics units

Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics have both selected Silicon Image Inc. as their preferred High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) supplier for their 2005 consumer electronics product lines. The supplier agreements span Silicon Image's PanelLinkHDMI transmitter and receiver ICs, which will be designed into 2005 models of DVD players, set-top boxes (STBs), digital video recorders (DVRs), A/V receivers and digital TVs (DTVs) offering HDMI functionality from both manufacturers.

Samsung and LG are charter members of Silicon Image's PanelLink Cinema Partners Program, which provides consumers with a simple means of identifying High-Definition (HD) TVs and other consumer electronics devices capable of receiving and playing the most valuable digital content. LG and Samsung are committed to HDMI interoperability and are submitting products to the PanelLink Cinema Test Center for testing of HDCP functionality and interoperability with HDMI/HDCP devices from other manufacturers.