Broadcom Enters Consumer Television Market with HDTV/PVR Chip

Broadcom Corporation made its entrance into the consumer television market by introducing a single-chip, dual-channel HD video/audio/graphics and personal video recording (PVR) solution for digital televisions, as well as for cable set-top boxes, satellite receivers and HD-DVD players. Broadcast predicts its chipset, priced at $60 in volume, will enable consumer electronics manufacturers to deliver HDTV solutions at consumer price values. Additionally, the dual audio and video channels and PVR features in the solution offer advanced capabilities such as support for the delivery of HD broadcasting to multiple-televisions in the home, separate HD programs with picture-in-picture (PIP), and HD program watch and record PVR capabilities. http://www.broadcom.com