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Philips opens India's first HDMI authorized testing center
By siliconindia
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Saturday, 14 June 2008, 18:09 IST
Bangalore: Royal Philips Electronics has opened India's first High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) authorized Testing Center (ATC) laboratory in its Bangalore based Philips Innovation Campus. The test center will facilitate HDMI compliance testing services as per HDMI Compliance Test Specification (CTS) 1.3b. The center is Philips' only HDMI ATC globally and the 8th HDMI ATC to be opened worldwide.
The new facility will help meet market demand for HDMI technology adhered to compliance and drive interoperability with other HDMI devices.
"HDMI is poised to play a bigger role in the availability and consumption of high-definition digital media and this ATC will be catalytic in speeding the time-to-market of HDMI compliant products. Consumers will be the direct beneficiary of this test facility because HDMI compliance testing promotes interoperability and helps to ensure that purchased entertainment solutions with HDMI will work together efficiently," said Jelle Rieske, Senior Director, Consumer Lifestyle, Philips Innovation Campus.
Added S Nataraj Kumar, Manager, HDMI ATC, Philips Innovation Campus, "Philips, a founding member of the HDMI consortium, has already demonstrated its commitment to HDMI technology by introducing a complete range of HDMI compliant next-generation audio video products like TVs, DVDRs and Home Theatre Systems. This test centre is another example of Philips' commitment to HDMI which has become the de facto standard for connecting consumer electronic devices."
"With our existing competencies on HDMI Interoperability and HDMI CEC testing, setting up of the HDMI ATC lab is an indication of our growing commitment towards increasing the Innovation base at Philips Innovation Campus, Bangalore," said Alexius Collette, CEO, Philips Innovation Campus.
With over 800 companies adopting HDMI as a standard for their products globally, the market holds huge potential for the technology standard. Globally, over 200 million devices featuring HDMI are expected to ship in 2008, with an installed base of nearly one billion HDMI devices by 2010 (In-Stat).
