HDTV Lounge

uvitek announced its breakthrough Durante reference design, a hybrid USB TV tuner device utilizing the company’s highly successful AU8502 demodulator.

Auvitek’s attractive USB reference design is already being adopted by several cutting-edge ODMs and OEMs such as Leadtek International, Yuan Technology, Ya-Hsin, VVmer, Goodway, Itemstech, and Prolink, all of whom will be showcasing their products this week at Computex Taipei.

The AU8502, an ATSC/NTSC HDTV demodulator, is the world’s only demodulator IC for both digital ATSC 8-VSB and analog NTSC/BTSC TV broadcasts, and builds on Auvitek’s patent-pending AccuTune(TM) technology. The Durante reference design has the smallest form factor on the market today.

“Today’s technology is in transition from analog to digital TV, and this transition is occurring in every part of the world. We believe that a successful TV tuner device must therefore be a hybrid device that can receive both analog and digital TV signals,” said Victor Ren, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Auvitek. “Our AccuTune(TM) technology makes the Durante capable of tuning in weak or noisy TV signals. Last but not least, as a hybrid USB device, the Durante has the world’s smallest form factor due to the high integration of AU8502. These factors all contribute to a high performance and low cost device.”

A PCI card version of this device is also available.