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Microtune Support for Digital TV Transition

The worldwide digital television transmission is both a historic and monumental technology transition. Microtune believes that one of the greatest risks to this successful transition, and to a good consumer opinion of DTV, is poor tuners. The quality of the tuner will dictate consumers’ TV viewing experiences, determining, for example, whether or not they will receive signal coverage in the area in which they live, or whether they can use an indoor antenna or must mount one on the roof.

Digital TV: An ‘All or Nothing’ Signal

With analog TV, consumers could receive “marginal” quality TV signals, with fuzzy edges and shadows. DTV is an ‘all or nothing’ signal. If the tuner cannot pick up a signal within the house, then there will be no picture. There is also some risk to picture quality based on the specifications of the demodulator. But by far, the greatest risk to a quality consumer TV experience is the grade of the tuner.

Microtune DTV Tuners Support Industry Standards

As a result, Microtune has been a vigorous supporter of industry standards for digital television and believes that conformance to these standards ensures reliable, stable, error-free TV viewing for consumers. Additionally, Microtune has engineered a portfolio DTV products specifically designed to meet or exceeded industry standards for DTV, while meeting legacy analog and cable standards, as well.

Microtune’s White Papers and Backgrounders on Digital Television

Microtune’s Tuner Products that Enable the Digital TV Transition

Microtune’s Public Comments Supporting Worldwide DTV Reception Standards

NTIA-Certified Converter Boxes that Contain Microtune Technology

Microtune’s MT2131 tuner is featured in a number of coupon-eligible converter boxes that have been certified by the NTIA. They are, according to the NTIA certification date:


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