NXP is Out With the World’s First Triple-Mode PC TV Global Receiver
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NXP surprised the entire world with the very first triple-mode PC TV tuner using a low-power half-mini card form factor that allows excellent viewing experience because of the widest-ever access to global content. How is it done? The technology used is the integrated NXP SAA7231 single-chip that has the ability to join the concurrent decoding and capturing of digital and analog TV broadcast signals with refined power managements. These can be done simultaneously with supporting Windows 7 that has Quad-Pulse remote control standards.
Because of the support the NXP SAA7231 renders to combined features of the analog/DVB-T/ATSC or the analog/DVB-T/DMBT-H reception, viewers all over Europe, Asia and North America can now enjoy the better quality high-definition TV content directly while using their notebook PC. The special design of NXP SAA7231 half-mini card meets the demands of users when it comes to advanced functionality and longer battery life. This implies decreased form factor and lesser power consumption but with extended viewing and TV recording right on desktop computers and notebook PCs.
Microsoft has claimed the beauty in using Windows 7 – how it reflects the top priorities as well as interest of its users because of how it simplifies and hastens applications in multimedia use. The NXP SAA7231 tuner is an addition to the beauty of PCs using Windows 7 because of the great viewing experience.
All media lovers are getting worked up as they look forward into going beyond the normal home TV experience. The ability to view whatever content wherever they are is a thing that drives them nuts. The new PCTV platform now gives them the chance to view more content but minus the power consumption. Therefore, there is no worry that the screen of your notebook PC will suddenly go blank while you’re watching your favorite program because it ran out of battery.
The SAA7231 PC base is a hybrid TV reception and capture device that includes with it a full infrared-enabled remote control functionality for its Windows Media Center available in Windows 7 in both RC6 and Quad Pulse standards. This means that it has the perfect foundation for computers that run on Windows 7. The NXP SAA7231 also has other features like 2D noise reduction to improve videos, FM radio reception, color decoding and VBI data capture.
The device can also accept IF signals from three RF tuners for DVB-S, DVB-T and analog TV and also can allow a combination of a couple of broadcast stream signals to be captured and decoded at the same time. What’s more is that the SAA7231 device can also catch signals for stereo, S-video, YPbPR/RGB and CVBS. It can even share one tuner for analog TV and DVB-T reception for applications that are cost-sensitive and space-restricted.
The NXP SAA7231 comes with support from a device driver package for Microsoft operating systems like Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows XP.
The wonderful features of NXP SAA7231 are all packed to give viewers the greatest viewing experience ever!