Micronas introduces DVB-S2 PCIe design to tune and decode H.264 at HD-quality for media PCs

Micronas introduces DVB-S2 PCIe design to tune and decode H.264 at HD-quality for media PCs

Micronas announced the launch of MicHognose™2D-X, a dual-tuner DVB-S2 PCI Express® card reference design for home theater solutions. The MicHognose™2D-X reference design allows ODMs and OEMs to integrate affordable H.264/AVC and VC-1 content consumption on PCs, media centers, and home theater systems.

Micronas delivers world’s first HD-quality dual tuner/decoder design; enables HDTV on PC-based satellite receivers with a DVB-S2 tuner card reference design that includes complete decoding in hardware.

The MicHognose™2D-X reference design allows ODMs and OEMs to integrate affordable H.264/AVC and VC-1 content consumption on PCs, media centers, and home theater systems.

Each channel of the MicHognose 2D-X design supports DVB-S and the new DVB-S2 standard. The reference design supports watching and/or time-shifting one program while recording another. The Micronas DeCypher high-definition streaming media decoder enables additional applications on the same system, such as HDTV, HD-DVD, Blu-Ray, streaming internet video, and IPTV.