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Telegent and Topstar Team to Deliver Industry’s First Netbook and All-in-One PC With
Embedded Hybrid Free-to-Air TV
TAIPEI, June 3 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Embedded designs deliver high quality consumer experience; hybrid TV expands OEM market
reach
Telegent Systems, the company that makes television mobile, and Topstar Digital
Technologies Co., Ltd., the leading ODM/OEM supplier in China for notebooks, today announced
that Topstar Digital will be demonstrating the industry’s first netbook and all-in-one PC with
embedded hybrid digital and analog free-to-air TV at Computex in Taiwan this week (Upper level,
booth N305, N307). The netbook and PC designs, which leverage Telegent’s breakthrough PC
TV technology, will be available in mass production later this year and are targeted at overseas
markets.
Embedded designs improve consumer viewing experience
By embedding the hybrid TV feature, Topstar’s netbook and all-in-one PC designs improve PC
TV usability and feature access while enabling the broadest coverage across both digital and
analog broadcast networks. Topstar’s 18” all-in-one PC is designed from inception for hybrid TV,
with the entire system optimized to deliver industry-leading TV performance.
“The high performance, low power and small size of Telegent’s PC TV technology has for the
first time enabled us to reliably embed high quality hybrid TV in our designs, simplifying the
addition of this desirable but technologically complex feature,” said Mr. Xiaobo Wu, chief
executive officer of Topstar. “This opens up new opportunities for Topstar to leverage the
embedded TV feature to differentiate our product offerings and expand our reach into overseas
markets.”
Hybrid TV support future-proofs solution for consumers, expands manufacturers’ market reach
The hybrid TV feature, supporting both DVB-T and worldwide analog TV broadcast standards,
future-proofs Topstar’s netbook and PC and designs in countries undergoing or planning to
undergo a conversion from analog to the DVB-T terrestrial TV standard. The hybrid support
enables consumers to leverage the benefits of digital TV where it is available and still get free,
desired analog content where DVB-T reception is less robust or not available, or when watching
cable input. In countries where DVB-T deployment is imminent, Topstar’s designs enable analog
TV access now and digital TV in the near future.
For OEMs, the hybrid TV support significantly expands market reach. DVB-T is the world’s
most commonly deployed digital terrestrial broadcast technology, with existing deployment in
more than 35 markets and a total of 100 countries committed to implementing the standard. And,
with analog broadcast TV standards still available to more than 85% of the world’s population in
2012, Topstar’s hybrid PC TV designs enable the largest market footprint for customers
interested in using their PC to watch live free-to-air television.
Based on Telegent’s TLG2300 PC TV technology
Topstar’s hybrid PC TV designs are based on Telegent’s TLG2300, the PC TV industry’s first
single-chip hybrid TV tuner delivering DVB-T, worldwide analog TV and FM stereo support in a
high-performance, small, low-power solution that integrates the RF tuner, demodulator, decoder
and a high-speed USB bridge. The TLG2300 is available in both USB dongle and embedded
half-mini PCIe card TV tuner implementations.
Weijie Yun, president and CEO of Telegent Systems, commented, “Embedded PC TV designs
will help accelerate adoption of PC TV worldwide. Our collaboration with Topstar will enable
manufacturers and consumers to benefit from this technology breakthrough.”
About Topstar Digital Technologies Co., Ltd.
Founded in 2002, Topstar Digital Technologies Co., Ltd. is a high technology company located
in Shenzhen, Guangdong province and dedicated to becoming one of the leading ODM/OEM
suppliers for notebooks in China. Since its inception, Topstar Digital has highly emphasized
product quality and design and has established cooperative relationships with the top three
computer companies in China, such as Haier, Tongfang and Founder. From 2007, Topstar grew
fast, especially in the overseas market and is now cooperating with customers in more than 30
About Telegent Systems, Inc.
Telegent Systems is a leading fabless CMOS semiconductor company providing high
performance, single-chip solutions enabling free-to-air and subscription mobile TV in mobile
handsets, laptops and netbooks, and other portable devices. Telegent’s solutions make
television mobile, delivering both analogue and digital broadcast reception with unparalleled
sensitivity and picture quality in mobile and portable environments, ultra-low power consumption
and the highest integration simplifying device design and manufacture. For more information,
SOURCE: Telegent Systems
CONTACT: Diana Jovin
VP Corporate Marketing of Telegent Systems
+1-408-990-7092
djovin@telegent.com; or
Jessie Chen
Sales Manager of Topstar Digital
+86-755-83417999-309
chenjx@topstardigital.cn
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