Konka's New LCD DTV Leverages Broadcom's Expertise in Developing Highly
Integrated, High-Performance, Cost-Sensitive HDTV Silicon Solutions
LAS VEGAS, 2005 International CES, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a leading provider of highly integrated
silicon solutions enabling broadband communications, today announced that
Konka Group, a leading television and mobile phone manufacturer in China, has
introduced a new 37-inch liquid crystal display (LCD) digital television (DTV)
that incorporates two solutions from Broadcom's digital television product
family. Konka's new LCD DTV (the KLC-3728UG) was introduced today at the 2005
International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Las Vegas Convention Center,
Booth number 25352.
Konka's KLC-3728UG LCD DTV is based on the Broadcom(R) BCM7038 high
definition (HD) audio/video/graphics chip and the BCM3517 DTV receiver chip.
The BCM7038 enables Konka's new LCD DTV to offer consumers an HD viewing
experience that is currently reserved for high-end televisions, often found
only in professional broadcast engineering environments. It is a single-chip
solution that incorporates an advanced 3D Y/C separation circuit, a
multi-frame de-interlace circuit, dual high-definition video decoders and
video scalars, as well as proprietary picture improvement functions. Together
these features significantly improve the HD picture quality by removing
unwanted noise and artifacts as the image is displayed on the screen.
The highly integrated BCM3517 receiver chip gives Konka's new LCD DTV the
ability to receive all standard definition and high definition television
(SDTV/HDTV) digital formats based on the North American digital terrestrial
broadcast television standard or the Advanced Television System Committee
(ATSC) standard, as well as the digital cable television standard.
"Leveraging Broadcom's expertise in developing integrated silicon
solutions that offer a superior TV viewing experience enabled us to bring a
high-performance, fully featured LCD DTV to the market," said Chen Yuehua,
Vice President, for Konka Group. "The exceptional level of performance and
integration offered by the BCM7038 and BCM3517, along with Broadcom's
engineering support, allowed us to develop the KLC-3728UG with a
price/performance combination that will differentiate our HDTV in the consumer
market."
"We're pleased that Konka has chosen to take advantage of the superior
picture processing and signal reception offered by the BCM7038 and BCM3517.
These chips have enabled Konka to bring to market a product that allows
consumers to enjoy an exceptional DTV experience," said Daniel Marotta, Group
Vice President of Broadcom's Broadband Communications Group. "Konka's
KLC-3728UG is an excellent example of a digital TV that provides an optimal
combination of features, performance and price."
The KLC-3728UG, with built-in HDTV tuner and DVI-HDCP (Digital Visual
Interface-High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) input, receives and
displays high-resolution images and is compatible with all HDTV formats.
Picture-in-picture/picture-over-picture/picture-by-picture features allow you
to watch more than one program at the same time. The KLC-3728UG also has some
other high-performance features, such as extra brightness and contrast, a
wider viewing angle and additional convenient connectors.
About Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation is a leading provider of highly integrated
semiconductor solutions that enable broadband communications and networking of
voice, video and data services. We design, develop and supply complete
system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions incorporating digital, analog, radio
frequency (RF), microprocessor and digital signal processing (DSP)
technologies, as well as related hardware and software system-level
applications. Our diverse product portfolio addresses every major broadband
communications market and includes solutions for digital cable and satellite
set-top boxes; high definition television (HDTV); cable and digital subscriber
line (DSL) modems and residential gateways; high-speed transmission and
switching for local, metropolitan, wide area and storage networking; home and
wireless networking; cellular and terrestrial wireless communications; Voice
over Internet Protocol (VoIP) gateway and telephony systems; broadband network
and security processors; and SystemI/O(TM) server solutions. These
technologies and products support our core mission: Connecting everything(R).
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