Fully integrated SoC solution eases transition from CRT-based TV to LCD and digital TV
24 September 2003
Computer/Embedded Technology
Information Security
Royal Philips Electronics has announced the launch of its newest Nexpperia Home Entertainment Engine, the PNX8550, a SoC (System-on-Chip) for hybrid digital televisions and home entertainment hubs serving the needs of the connected home. Philips also announced a flexible TV reference design based on the new SoC that provides TV manufacturers with the semiconductors and software to make a cost-effective, seamless transition from analog cathode ray tube (CRT) TV to liquid crystal display (LCD) and digital TV.
The PNX8550 supports all digital and analog TV standards; CRT, LCD and plasma displays; 100 Hz progresssive scan video; high definition video decode and display; multiple picture improvement features; and decode and display for other media such as digital photos and digital home video directly from flash memory cards or memory sticks.
Building on its experience with the first generation Nexperia Home Entertainment Engine, Philips has made all of the audio/visual processing functions that the SoC supports easy for TV developers to use by implementing application program interfaces (APIs) to handle all of the tasks associated with media processing requests, including descrambling, decoding, enhancement, output selection, rendering, memory allocation, priority setting and audio-video synchronisation. This allows the TV developer to focus on the application, while media processing tasks are handled automatically by the Home Entertainment Engine.
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