Thomson Unveils RCA Alert Guard TVs

Reprinted from a Thomson press release:

LAS VEGAS, January 8, 2003 Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453) (NYSE:
TMS), the worldwide provider of video technologies, products and
services, today unveiled its new line of 2003 RCA home entertainment
products at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
designed to simplify digital technology and bring it into people’s
lives.

A new series of full-performance RCA Alert Guard color TV sets will soon
provide consumers for the first time with the means to monitor localized
and national emergencies even when the television is tuned to a cable
channel, playing a VHS tape or DVD disc, viewing a satellite channel or
playing a video game.

With the new RCA Alert Guard models, television viewers are assured of
receiving the latest information on natural disasters threatening their
area - such as hurricanes, tornados or floods - as well as nuclear power
plant alerts, chemical spills and even threats to the national welfare
in the form of terrorist attacks.

Even while the consumer is sleeping (and electricity is available), the
RCA Alert Guard TV can be set to sound a built-in chime or alarm when
danger is imminent.

The six RCA Alert Guard models ?in 20-, 27- and 32-inch (diagonal)
screen sizes are designed to receive Federal Information Processing
Standard (FIPS) codes and Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) data
covering National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) advisories
and alerts, State and County civil emergency alerts and Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) alerts broadcast over the all hazard
NWR network. Additional advisories can include school closings and
emergencies and AMBER (America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response)
alerts where provided from counties and states.