NVIDIA and TeraLogic Enable HDTV For The PC Market; Reference Solution Delivers Premium-Quality Cost-Effective DTVPC Solution
04/07/99
Business Wire
(Copyright (c) 1999, Business Wire)
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 1999--At the 1999 Windows Hardware Engineering Conference ( WinHEC ) today, NVIDIA(TM) Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) announced support for TeraLogic's Janus chip, the industry's first single-chip high-definition DTVPC decoder. In combination with the Janus chip, NVIDIA is able to provide true high definition capabilities in their digital TV offerings. By leveraging each others technical expertise, the two companies have developed a reference design that provides premium image quality for both HDTV and 3D/2D graphics for the mainstream PC market.
"TeraLogic has a reputation for developing technology which significantly advances products for the consumer electronics market," said Michael Hara, vice president of corporate marketing at NVIDIA. "By combining the strength of TeraLogic's HDTV hardware with our award-winning graphics family, we are able to demonstrate a complete and cost-effective digital television solution for 1999 and beyond."
Based on TeraLogic's proven TL850 HD decoder, TeraLogic's Janus is the PC industry's first chip capable of decoding and displaying onto a PC all 18 ATSC digital TV formats, including true high definition formats like 1080i and 720p. Also, the Janus's on-chip line doubler and advanced video scaler can up-convert native NTSC and DVD video-streams to HD video formats. Native NTSC (such as cable TV) and DVD broadcasts display 150K pixels per frame. True HD displays one million pixels per frame -- the same resolution available on most PC monitors. With TeraLogic's single chip solution, only one PC card is needed for PC users to receive high-quality, true HD signals. In addition, the Janus chip and card can output to HDTV set monitors.
TeraLogic's DTVPC solution is being demonstrated with the award-winning RIVA TNT at WinHEC in Los Angeles from April 6-9 in booth No. 215 (TeraLogic) and No. 701 (NVIDIA).
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