Digital-terrestrial platform enables Mexico's TV transition

Featuring FastRTV technology, the device allows viewers to scan through channels up to five times faster. Volume aberrations that can occur when changing channels are eliminated by audio levelling. Other features include an 8VSB digital channel demodulator, an MPEG2 and H.264 HD video decoder, a fast graphic processing unit, a HD display output and a USB 2.0 port.

The BCM97543, which has a complete hardware and software turnkey system design, is offered with a tuner scan and lock, signal strength meter, software device drivers, electronic programme guide and applications software for fast time-to-market.

"Since Broadcom began engineering STB solutions more than 15 years ago, we have established a trusted and broad offering of innovative, high-quality set-top solutions around the world," commented Rich Nelson, Senior Vice President, Broadband & Connectivity Group. "Broadcom's offering for Mexico's digital TV transition builds on our expertise in STB design and provides an easy-to-use experience for the consumer that combines superior value and performance."

"We expect that the DTV transition will foster the growth of more HDTV programming, as well as the development of content offers, taking into account the possibilities of multicasting," said Fernando Borjon Figueroa, Commissioner of the Federal Institute of Telecommunications. "Mexico faces the challenge of analogue switch-off in 2015 and the need to rapidly increase DTV penetration. Therefore, counting on DTV receiving options for the public, such as low-cost televisions and set-top boxes, is an important issue for the continuity of service."