[opendtv] Re: New Microtune tuner
- From: Mark Aitken <maitken@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:53:03 -0500
If it works in strong multi-channel/signal environments without
overload. ATSC A/74 does not cover the real needs in this area, and was
a subject of much discussion.
Dale Kelly wrote:
>This may be good news.
>Low-cost 3-in-1 TV tuner chip debuts
><https://webmail.pappastv.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://broadcastengi
>neering.com/newsletters/rfupdate/20060302/Microtune-MicroTuner-MT2131-200603
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>Mar 2, 2006 8:00 AM, RF Update e-newsletter
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>Microtune unveiled a three-in-one TV tuner Feb. 27 intended to drive digital
>TV reception into the cost-sensitive consumer TV mass market.
>Integrating three tuners — analog, digital and cable — in a chip smaller
>than a thumbtack, Microtune's new MicroTuner MT2131 tuner delivers
>performance that exceeds all three existing U.S. TV requirements: ATSC, NTSC
>and Digital Cable Ready (DCR), according to the company.
>Eliminating more than 100 components from the silicon tuner bill of
>materials, BOM, the MT2131 cuts external BOM cost by 60 percent. By breaking
>through the sub-$3 cost barrier, it enables manufacturers to deploy a tuner
>across all TV models, sizes and price points.
>Microtune has published its internal benchmark tests of the MT2131 and a
>comparison of the MT2131 to the measurement test results of the FCC's study.
>For more information, visit www.microtune.com
><https://webmail.pappastv.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.microtune
>.com> .
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Mark A. Aitken
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