Sunnyvale, CA - July 24, 2002 - Newnex is contributing its expertise in 1394 technology at Mitsubishi’s Digital Universe 2002 Training Tour. Mitsubishi begins its four-month tour this month, traveling to sixteen different cities all across the U.S. in order to provide its retail partners the latest information in Bigscreen TV, HDTV, DLP, IEEE 1394 and NetCommand technology.

As part of the joint efforts of 1394 Trade Association members, Newnex is playing a large role in demonstrating the easy interconnectivity and high performance of 1394 technology in Mitsubishi’s home networking systems during the training tour. Essentially, Newnex is using its RPT1394-O FireNEX 1394 Long Haul Optical Repeater to enable longer transmissions between different consumer electronics. The demonstration shown at the latest training session at San Francisco displayed a digital camcorder connected to a HDTV two hundred meters away using the FireNEX long haul repeater. In addition, the picture taken by the digital camcorder was successfully transmitted to two other HDTV’s through IEEE1394 connections. The array of capabilities and applications for IEEE1394 technology amazed the participating trainees.