STMicroelectronics has announced a new dual-video-stream high-definition (HD) decoder chip, the STi7200, intended for STBs, digital video recorders (DVRs) and DVD players. This very highly integrated ...

NEC announced that their MPEG decoder chip for digital set-top boxes (STBs), the µPD61128, has been integrated into an entry-level STB receiver from DIRECTV. A derivative of the µPD61126 MPEG decoder, ...