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In March 2005, Philips Semiconductors announced "the industry's first integrated PCI Express dual global video and stereo decoder for digital home PC desktops and notebooks" ([http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/phi/phi309.html press release]). The new analog decoder chip, the saa7162, uses the increased bandwidth of the PCI Express bus to capture to two simultaneous analog channels of live tv or baseband video (cf. [http://www-us.semiconductors.philips.com/acrobat/literature/9397/75015389.pdf product flyer]). |
In March 2005, Philips Semiconductors announced "the industry's first integrated PCI Express dual global video and stereo decoder for digital home PC desktops and notebooks" ([http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/phi/phi309.html press release]). The new analog decoder chip, the saa7162, uses the increased bandwidth of the PCI Express bus to capture to two simultaneous analog channels of live tv or baseband video (cf. [http://www-us.semiconductors.philips.com/acrobat/literature/9397/75015389.pdf product flyer]). |
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Around the same time, Micronas Semiconductors announced the APB 7202A nGene dual-channel PCI-Express multimedia controller |
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In August 2005, ViXS Systems announced the Diamond PCI Express TV tuner reference design. The design provides for analog and hybrid (analog/digital) video processing, combining ViXS' XCode II-L Dual MPEG Encoder with Philips' SAA7162 Dual Video Decoder and Philips' TV tuner ([http://www.vixs.com/sub_sections/news_events/press/press_ViXS_Philips.html press release]). |
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PCI Express TV cards are clearly attractive, but new drivers for the saa7162 decoder will take time to develop. |
PCI Express TV cards are clearly attractive, but new drivers for the saa7162 decoder will take time to develop. |
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==PixelView PlayTV PCX600== |
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This card, from Prolink Microsystems in Taiwan, was demonstrated already at CeBit 2005 as the first PCI Express dual channel multimedia controller; cf. [http://www.prolink.com.tw/mailnews/PixelViewNews20050103_E.htm press release]. It uses the Ngene controller. |
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They claim their PV-A425E model will be available "soon", but a year later there is no trace of it. |
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==KWorld PCI Express Hybrid== |
==KWorld PCI Express Hybrid== |
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Revision as of 04:13, 17 March 2006
Introduction
In March 2005, Philips Semiconductors announced "the industry's first integrated PCI Express dual global video and stereo decoder for digital home PC desktops and notebooks" (press release). The new analog decoder chip, the saa7162, uses the increased bandwidth of the PCI Express bus to capture to two simultaneous analog channels of live tv or baseband video (cf. product flyer).
Around the same time, Micronas Semiconductors announced the APB 7202A nGene dual-channel PCI-Express multimedia controller
PCI Express TV cards are clearly attractive, but new drivers for the saa7162 decoder will take time to develop.
PixelView PlayTV PCX600
This card, from Prolink Microsystems in Taiwan, was demonstrated already at CeBit 2005 as the first PCI Express dual channel multimedia controller; cf. press release. It uses the Ngene controller.
They claim their PV-A425E model will be available "soon", but a year later there is no trace of it.
KWorld PCI Express Hybrid
An early example of a card that uses the saa7162 decoder chip is this hybrid card, which also supports Intel's serial digital video out (SDVO):
See product page.