NEC to realize a cheap terrestrial digital tuner of 5000 yen

Based on the complete transition to the terrestrial digital broadcasting conducted in July 2011 by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,To be able to enjoy terrestrial digital broadcasting even on the current analog TV It is intention to make cheap terrestrial digital tuner of less than 5000 yen appearAlthough I tell last year, apparently terrestrial digital broadcasting tuner that can really buy it for 5000 yen seems to come out with the newly developed LSI.

Details are as follows.
Development of system LSI enabling reception of terrestrial digital broadcasting on analog TV | News Releases | News & amp; Events | NEC Electronics

According to this release, NEC Electronics has developed a system LSI for a simple tuner that allows viewing of terrestrial digital broadcasting even on the current analog TV.

This LSI conforms to the specification guidelines of simple tuners formulated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the Digital Broadcasting Promotion Association (Dpa), and by using a simple tuner equipped with this LSI, the use of terrestrial digital broadcasting It will be possible to watch.

In addition, this LSI integrates "Full Seg OFDM channel decoder circuit" which had been composed of different semiconductor products so far and "image processing circuit" which compresses and decompresses images for the first time in the world on a single chip, And the integration of peripheral circuits such as D / A converter for audio and smart card interface, we have realized substantial cost reduction, and in autumn we are planning to develop a simple tuner for manufacturers etc. We are going to sample shipment.

According to the Asahi Newspaper Company, using this LSI seems to be enough to sell a simple tuner with an over-the-counter price of 5000 yen.

Asahi.com (Asahi Shimbun): for terrestrial digital broadcasting, 5 thousand yen tuner realization NEC elec - business

Given the cost of replacing all analog TVs at home in preparation for a complete transition, it is extremely wonderful that a simple tuner that can cheaply and effectively use analog TV can be used effectively ....