Peripherals / Accessories / USB Dongles News

Auvitek's AU8522 Demodulator IC Drives Hauppauge's HVR-950q PC-TV Solution
Jan 10, 2008 – Auvitek International has announced that Hauppauge (NASDAQ: HAUP) has selected Auvitek's AU8522 ATSC/QAM/NTSC demodulator for use in its WinTV HVR-950q PC-TV USB stick.
News categories: Auvitek, Hauppauge, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial, USA

ViXS and Legend Silicon Collaborate on GB20600-2006 DTTV Tuner Card for Growing Chinese Market
Jan 10, 2008 – ViXS Systems has announced a low-cost, feature-rich digital terrestrial TV tuner card reference design for the rapidly growing GB20600-2006 market in China.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Legend Silicon, CES2025, China, Digital TV, DTMB, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Broadcom's Media PC Technology Enables High Quality Blu-ray Disc® and HD DVD Playback for Acer's Aspire® Notebook Computers
Jan 7, 2008 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced that Acer has selected its media PC technology for a new line of affordable Aspire® notebook computers.
News categories: Broadcom, Acer, Blu-ray, CES2025, Digital TV, DVD, HD-DVD, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor

Hauppauge Selects Xceive's XC5000 Hybrid Silicon Tuner for New PC TV Tuner Line
Jan 7, 2008 – Xceive Corporation has announced that Hauppauge Computer Works, a division of Hauppauge Digital (NASDAQ: HAUP), has selected the XC5000 for its WinTV-HVR-950Q USB and WinTV-HVR-1500 ExpressCard PC TV receivers.
News categories: Xceive, Hauppauge Digital, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, USA

Mobile-Pedestrian-Handheld Digital TV Products Unveiled at 2008 International CES®
Jan 6, 2008 – LG Electronics, co-developer of the MPH™ in-band mobile digital television (DTV) system, has previewed a series of products that will support local TV stations' plans to launch DTV broadcasts for mobile devices in 2009.
News categories: LG Electronics, Automotive, CES2025, Digital TV, Mobile, Peripherals / Accessories, Portable, Tablet, USA

Samsung Develops World's First 65nm Digital TV Receiver Chip
Dec 13, 2007 – Samsung Electronics has announced the development of a new digital TV receiver chip (S5H1432) using 65nm process technology for terrestrial digital video broadcasting (DVB-T), the digital broadcasting standard in Europe, Southeast Asia, and Australia.
News categories: Samsung, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Germany: Consumer Electronics Market Index CEMIX Q1-Q3
Dec 6, 2007 – Results from Q1-Q3 2007 of the Consumer Electronics Market Index (CEMIX), a German market indicator for Consumer Electronics markets, are now available for download.
News categories: GfK, BVT, gfu, Digital TV, DVD, Germany, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

New NXP Solutions Bring Most Advanced PCTV Capabilities to Notebook and Desktop PCs
Nov 26, 2007 – NXP has announced the arrival of two brand new additions to its PCTV family. The SAA7164BE and SAA7163AE are new PC TV processors designed to bring multi-streaming and PVR capabilities to desktop and notebook multimedia PC TV USB applications.
News categories: NXP, CES2025, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor

IMS Research Finds HP Primarily Responsible for Doubling of U.S. Market for Digital TV Tuner Cards on the PC
Oct 30, 2007 – "HP has taken an aggressive first step in transforming the PCTV market from one driven by the aftermarket to one driven by the OEMs," said Stephen Froehlich, analyst at IMS Research.
News categories: IMS Research, ATSC 3, Canada, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, North America, Peripherals / Accessories, Terrestrial, USA