46.1: Adaptive Video Converters A New Family of Video Conversion ICs for High-Definition A/V Systems

High‐Definition (HD) video is proliferating across numerous platforms, countries and market segments. HD products include A/V systems with format conversion, HD TVs, HD Recorders and DVRs, and new HD storage formats such as Blu‐Ray and HD‐DVD. As HD rapidly advances into a mainstream consumer phenomenon there is a need to develop high‐performance but low‐cost system solutions that work well for a wide variety of display technologies, by optimal partitioning of functionality. This paper describes a new family of ICs that have been designed to meet this need.