Summit Wireless Unveils WiSA Ready Platforms at CES 2019; Showcases Immersive Wireless Sound for Intelligent Devices and Home Entertainment Systems via LG Electronics, Xbox and Nine Premium Speaker Manufacturers
January 7, 2019
Global Adoption of WiSA Industry Standards by the World’s Leading
Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Accelerates; Up to 60 Million WiSA
Ready Platforms Expected in Market in 2019
LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Summit
Wireless Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:WISA), the leading provider of
immersive, hi-fidelity, wireless sound technology for intelligent
devices and home entertainment systems, and a founding member of WiSA,
the Wireless Speaker and Audio Association, today showcased an
innovative line-up of WiSA Ready™ platforms — powered by Summit’s WiSA
technology and featuring demos via LG Electronics, Xbox and nine premium
global WiSA Certified™ speaker manufacturers, all who’ve adopted the
WiSA industry standard. Products bearing the WiSA Ready logo, combined
with a WiSA USB Transmitter and WiSA Certified speakers enable the most
advanced, wireless sound experience possible for movies, music,
games/esports, and more. The company estimates there will be up to 60
million WiSA Ready platforms in market in 2019.*
From the Summit / WiSA suite in the Venetian Hotel (Suite # 29-106),
attendees can immerse themselves in a range of product demonstrations
and home entertainment audio experiences that highlight the simplicity
and interoperability of WiSA standards. WiSA-based components, devices
and systems, work together seamlessly, and most importantly, deliver
best-in-class sound capabilities that are cost-effective and easy for
consumers to set-up, even for complete 7.1 and Atmos 5.1.2 speaker
set-ups.
“WiSA is quickly becoming the new de facto standard in wireless,
immersive audio for consumer entertainment,” noted Brett Moyer,
president and CEO of Summit Wireless Technologies. “With a rapidly
growing WiSA ecosystem, including many of the world’s leading consumer
electronics companies, we believe we’re on track to see up to 60 million
WiSA Ready platforms in market this year, and before long, the WiSA
brand will be synonymous with quality and consumer confidence the world
over. We’re thrilled to be at CES this week, showcasing how our
technology is powering the next generation of immersive sound for
intelligent devices and home entertainment systems.”
The Summit / WiSA suite at CES will highlight immersive audio
experiences for home entertainment, including gaming and home theater
via WiSA demos, powered by Summit Wireless Technologies. These
WiSA-based systems, devices and components work together seamlessly to
deliver wireless, multichannel audio capabilities and authentic
concert-quality sound, which includes:
WiSA Ready Products
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LG TVs (a sampling from LG’s complete WiSA Ready 2019 lineup of
flagship OLED and UHD TVs) using a WiSA USB Transmitter (a simple
plug-in to the side of the TV) to enable hi-definition, multichannel
sound and seamless synchronization with WiSA Certified speakers -
Xbox One and Windows 10 gaming PCs that take advantage of the enormous
amount of multichannel audio gaming content to deliver picture-perfect
wireless audio when paired with a compatible WiSA USB Transmitter and
WiSA Certified speakers
WiSA Certified Speakers and Transmitters
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Smart, wireless speakers (along with WiSA transmitters) from leading
brands, including Harman International, Klipsch, Enclave,
Electrocompaniet, Golden Ear, System Audio, Platin, sync flawlessly
with WiSA Ready devices and displays
Atmos Wireless Sound Bars
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Summit’s WiSA technology enables Dolby Atmos certified sound bars to
seamlessly add immersive wireless multichannel sound
WiSA Technology Capabilities
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Summit’s WiSA technology enables up to 8 channels of uncompressed
24-bit audio capable of supporting the latest audio decode formats,
including Dolby ATMOS and DTS X for an immersive sound experience -
Summit’s network performance reduces latency to a negligible 5.2ms
that doesn’t vary with network loading, up to 20 times better than
standard Bluetooth and WiFi technologies -
Summit’s patent pending ADAPT algorithms for active detection,
avoidance and prioritization technology more than doubles wireless
network capacity, virtually eliminating interference from surrounding
wireless networks to deliver a consumer experience that is
best-in-class where the picture and sound are always synchronized
perfectly
About WiSA, LLC
WiSA, the (Wireless Speaker and Audio)
Association is a consumer electronics consortium dedicated to creating
interoperability standards utilized by leading brands and manufacturers
to deliver immersive sound via intelligent devices. WiSA Certified
components from any member brand can be combined to dramatically
increase the enjoyment of movies and video, music, sports,
gaming/esports, and more. WiSA also ensures robust, high definition,
multi-channel, low latency audio while eliminating the complicated
set-up of traditional audio systems. For more information about WiSA,
please visit: www.wisaassociation.org.
About Summit Wireless Technologies, Inc.
Summit Wireless
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: WISA) is a leading provider of immersive,
wireless sound technology for intelligent devices and next generation
home entertainment systems. Working with leading CE brands and
manufacturers such as Harman International, a division of Samsung, LG
Electronics, Klipsch, Bang & Olufsen, Xbox, a subsidiary of Microsoft,
and others, Summit Wireless delivers seamless, dynamic audio experiences
for high-definition content, including movies and video, music, sports,
gaming/esports, and more. Summit Wireless is a founding member of WiSA,
the Wireless Speaker and Audio Association and works in joint
partnership to champion the most reliable interoperability standards
across the audio industry. Summit Wireless, formerly named Summit
Semiconductor, Inc., is headquartered in San Jose, CA with sales teams
in Taiwan, China, Japan, and Korea. For more information, please visit: www.summitwireless.com
* WiSA Ready TVs, gaming PCs and console systems are “ready” to transmit
audio to WiSA Certified speakers when a WiSA USB Transmitter is plugged
in and a user interface is activated through an APP or product design
like LG TVs.
© 2019 Summit Wireless Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Summit
Wireless Technologies and the Summit Wireless logo are trademarks of
Summit Wireless Technologies, Inc. The WiSA logo, WiSA, WiSA Ready, and
WiSA Certified are trademarks, or certification marks of WiSA LLC.
Third-party trade names, trademarks and product names are the
intellectual property of their respective owners.
Contacts
Media Contacts:
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Mary Magnani
Investor Relations
Summit Wireless Technologies
415.433.3777
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