HISTORY
Faroudja Laboratories, located in northern Califor-
nia’s Silicon Valley, was founded in 1971 by Yves
and Isabell Faroudja to develop state-of-the-art
video processing technology. Over the last 26
years, Faroudja Laboratories has developed
hundreds of advanced electronic processes to
improve video enhancement, noise reduction and
NTSC encoding/ decoding technologies. Many of
these processes are used under license by
the world’s leading electronics companies in a
wide range of high performance video products.
Faroudja professional video equipment is also
currently hard at work in hundreds of television
studios. Thus Faroudja technology is utilized and
enjoyed in millions of American homes every day.
Yves Faroudja has devoted his career and his
company to the goal of enabling home video
systems to achieve the image quality of 35mm
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motion pictures. In pursuit of this goal, Faroudja
Laboratories has made use of techniques from
Faroudja professional video equipment and incor-
porated these in the VP251/VP201/VP201U/ line
doublers, VP301 line multiplier and the 401/VP401U
line quadruplers. Faroudja’s unique approach
focuses on critical problem areas in the NTSC and
PAL broadcast format. With patented engineering
and design work, Yves and Faroudja Laboratories
have created an exceptional product that brings
new levels of visual reality to the enjoyment of dis-
cerning video enthusiasts around the world.
This booklet will provide the reader with a hands-on
look at the VP251, its operation and benefits.
Also supplied is an overview of the proprietary tech-
nologies utilized in this extraordinary device and an
explanation of the visual improvements it provides
in home video and corporate playback systems.
Some Video History and the Faroudja Approach
This manual is for use with the VP251 which handles both NTSC and PAL sources. For simplici-
ty the documentation references NTSC. All instructions for installation and operation are the
same for PAL sources
