“21:9 widescreen TVs provide an interesting new differentiator to TV OEMs, making it possible to view movies closer to cinema size in the comfort of your living room, or create more space for other applications on the TV,” said Vincent Vermeer, product marketing director for digital TV systems, NXP Semiconductors. “The TV550 platform makes it possible for TV manufacturers to offer 21:9 widescreen displays using a single integrated chip, and will help to make 21:9 TVs more affordable and more accessible to consumers in the near future.”
The NXP TV550 is a global DTV platform featuring NXP’s proprietary Motion Accurate Picture Processing (MAPP2) technology on a single chip. The TV550 brings HD TV and Internet content with unparalleled picture quality on mid-range TVs. Using an extremely efficient 45-nm SoC, the NXP TV550 supports key features such as DVB-T, MPEG4/H.264 decoding, HDMI reception, decoding of digital SD and HD content, CI+ security, and Internet connectivity on TV.