MITSUBISHI DIGITAL ELECTRONICS CONTINUES ANTI-THEFT PROTECTION WITH XL8 Natural Color Matrix™ PROJECTOR

XL8 Natural Color MatrixT Offers Programmable Theft Alarm, New Cover Color

IRVINE, Calif., September 16, 2003 – Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America’s Presentation Products Division, maker of award-winning, high-quality presentation and display products, announced today that its lightest ultra-portable projector boasts the newest in product security features. Requested by the AV community, these added security protection elements are proving necessary in today’s open and high-theft AV equipment environments.

Mitsubishi Digital’s XL8 Natural Color Matrix™ has an on-screen numeric keypad that is programmed with a PIN known only to the projector’s operator. This security feature is initiated through the remote control upon start-up of the projector, and allows users to completely block operation of the projector and/or edit its splash screen or menu settings.

"If someone steals an XL8 Natural Color Matrix™, and doesn’t have the password, the projector can be useless,” said James Chan, director, projector product marketing for Mitsubishi Digital. “So what would be the point in stealing something you can’t use?”

With an attractive, metallic ocean-blue color matching the most advanced computer product lines, the XL8 Natural Color Matrix™ is also the first projector perfect for a presenter who has style and flair.

“The XL8 is designed as a personalized choice for a presenter,” added Chan. “The distinctive new color and security-specific features make our new little projector a great addition to our solution-oriented product line.”

Mitsubishi Digital’s XL8 Natural Color Matrix™ projector offers XGA resolution (1024 x 768 pixels), weighs in at just 5.9 pounds, provides 2000 ANSI lumens, abundantly bright for any conference or board room, and boasts a 350:1 contrast ratio, which makes whites very bright and blacks very dark. The lamp lasts for 2500 hours, 25 percent longer than most projectors.

XL8 Natural Color Matrix™ comes with a card-type standard remote control, with the option to upgrade to a Learning Remote, capable of switching inputs from various sources simultaneously, such as a computer, VCR, DVD player or television. It is also the only projector of its class to provide automatic vertical and manual horizontal lens shift, offering extreme set-up flexibility; once the XL8 Natural Color Matrix™ is in place, the picture can be readjusted digitally, regardless of the screen or surface used, without moving the projector. It is fully compatible with Mitsubishi Digital’s exclusive ProjectorView™ networking system, which connects its projectors via an external serial-to-Ethernet translator.

“Our customers tell us that security is fast-becoming one of their major issues, particularly for smaller, easily-carried projectors,” said Aki Ninomiya, director, Mitsubishi Digital. “We’re happy to bring the XL8 Natural Color Matrix™ to market with innovative, effective and desirable features that protect such an important equipment investment.”

Pricing and Availability
MRSP on Mitsubishi’s new XL8 Natural Color Matrix™ is $3495 and is currently available through authorized Mitsubishi dealers. It comes with Mitsubishi’s exclusive full three-year warranty on parts and labor plus a 90-day warranty on the lamp. And, like all Mitsubishi XGA Natural Color Matrix™ projectors, the XL8 Natural Color Matrix™ comes with the Express Replacement Assistance (ERA) Program, a nationwide comprehensive service provided for units under warranty that offers next business-day replacement for down units.

About Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America Presentation Products Division
Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America's Presentation Products Division markets an extensive line of professional presentation and front-projection home entertainment display systems and is known for its award-winning, high-quality, accurate color reproduction technology. Products are sold through authorized distributors, resellers, retailers, dealers and system integrators throughout the United States. Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America is located at 9351 Jeronimo Road, Irvine, Calif., 92618. For more information, please call 888-307-0312 or visit www.mitsubishi-presentations.com.