Theater™ 200 - Features

Benefits

• Integration of the video decoder, stereo audio processor and other support functions required to decode analog television signals, including input signal selection muxes, ADCs, and anti-aliasing filters
• High quality video and audio performance with significantly less system components resulting in a cost and space effective analog TV solution
• Supports major analog television broadcast standards throughout the world, allowing designers to target worldwide markets with one product
• Theater 200 incorporates industry standard interfaces to seamlessly integrate with standard TV tuners and multimedia processors
• Option to power down blocks not being used and reduce overall system power consumption

Applications

• The wide range of video input formats and digital audio ports makes THEATER 200 an ideal solution for a variety of multimedia applications including:

  • Set-Top Boxes
  • PC & Internet Televisions
  • Analog PVRs
  • LCD TVs
  • Entertainment/Home Theater PCs
  • Videoconferencing
  • Video Editing

Video decoder

• Captures video signals from all standard video sources, such as broadcast systems (tuners), high-end VCRs, and DVD players in all transmission formats
• Theater 200 supports:

  • Composite, S-Video, and Component (including High Definition) video inputs
  • Universal formats:

    • NTSC North America and Japan
    • PAL I, B, G, H, M, D, N
    • SECAM D, K, L, B, G
    • Support for multiple inputs:

      • Y:Pr:Pb Component input and
      • 5 Composite signals or
      • 4 Composite and 1 S-Video signal or
      • 3 Composite and 2 S-Video (Front & Rear Panel)

• Dual 12-bit ADCs
• Advanced AGC & Clamp circuitry increases immunity to noisy input signals
• Adaptive 2D Comb Filter
• Integrated high quality horizontal and vertical downscalers
• VBI data capture
• Macrovision detection circuitry

Stereo audio processor

• Demodulates and decodes the audio accompanying a TV channel to baseband left and right channels
• Supports major worldwide broadcast standard, including BTSC, Dual FM, EIA-J, and NICAM
• Additional features include:

  • 16-bit audio
  • Multiple sampling rate support

    • 32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 96kHz

  • Automatic Stereo and SAP/Second Language detection and processing
  • Programmable Volume/Mute control
  • Automatic Volume Control maintains constant volume even as volume of incoming signal varies
    
    

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