Santa Clara, California, United States and Shenzhen, China
Xceive(R) Corporation, developer of the world's first fully integrated multi-standard RF-to-baseband transceiver ICs for TVs, PC TVs, and set-top boxes, today announced the availability of advanced picture-in-picture (PIP) television technology called ChannelVista(TM). By incorporating ChannelVista using Xceive silicon tuner ICs, television manufacturers can offer consumers multiple PIPs, updated in near real-time. Xceive has partnered with Excelpoint to offer a reference design using the technology.
ChannelVista enables one additional tuner to provide anywhere from four to 12 pictures surrounding the main television picture. The user can choose the number of pictures to run simultaneously based on the refresh rate desired. Previously, a separate and bulky CAN tuner was required for each picture, making the feature impractical for today's flat-screens and modern television devices.
"As the number of technology-savvy consumers increases, television manufacturers look to meet the demands for high quality and new functionalities," said Shyam Nagrani, principal analyst, iSupply. "With ChannelVista, as well as other advanced features provided by their ICs, Xceive proves that increased functionality does not require a compromise on quality or design."
Excelpoint Vice President of Field Applications, Samuel Ge, said: "Partnering with Xceive to provide OEMs with this ChannelVista reference design is a great opportunity to demonstrate to our customers that we offer today's most advanced technology. This reference design, based on Xceive's TV tuner chip, demonstrates how TVs can show more channels more quickly. For example, a viewer can monitor a number of news broadcasts on a major event and then, more quickly than previously possible, select a specific channel for sound and main screen viewing."
Xceive products are the world's fastest channel-locking TV tuners available today. More than 10 times faster than traditional CAN tuners, Xceive's QuickTune(TM) technology enables near real-time viewing of up to 12 multiple channels simultaneously. All functions of these fully integrated tuner ICs - Fast PLL (phase lock loop), programmable filters, on board analog demodulator and comprehensive firmware - are optimized for fast channel scanning.
ChannelVista and QuickTune are unique features available on Xceive's TV tuner ICs, the XC2028/L and XC3028/L. The integrated analog demodulator and comprehensive firmware support all worldwide television standards.
"With the evolution of flat-panel displays and innovations in silicon tuner technology, Xceive has the opportunity to enrich the television experience in new ways," said Alvin Wong, vice president of marketing for Xceive. "Benefiting both manufacturers and consumers, ChannelVista will replace conventional picture-in-picture technology. We are pleased to work with Excelpoint to offer the world's first ChannelVista reference design to be demonstrated at this year's China's High-Tech Fair in Shenzhen."
About Xceive Corporation
Venture-backed Xceive Corporation, headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., enables fast, high-quality TV signal reception in any consumer electronics device worldwide. First to market with a one-design-fits-all-TV-standards analog and digital single chip design, Xceive's QuickTune(R) RF-to-baseband single integrated circuit (IC) TV tuners provide superior performance, low power, and smaller form factor for the development of advanced TV and PC-TV applications. Xceive's universal RF-to-baseband analog -- and breakthrough RF-to-baseband analog and digital -- TV tuner ICs reduce the need for OEMs to maintain multiple inventories in order to service a global market. Visit www.xceive.com, e-mail info@xceive.com, call (408) 486-5610 more information.
About Excelpoint
Excelpoint Technology Limited, headquarter in Singapore, is publicly listed on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange. It is one of the region's established electronics component distributors and emerging industry player in design innovation and technology development. Its geographic reach spans the Asia Pacific through a network of more than 30 offices across the region. Excelpoint caters to the needs of the telecommunications, networking, consumer electronics, industrial and instrumentation electronics, automotive, computers and computer peripherals industries. For further information please call: (65) 6741 8966 or visit www.excelpoint.com
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Source: Business Wire (Business Wire India)