CX23880/CX23881 Distinguishing Features Single-Chip Solution Allows TV, Radio, Digital TV and Broadband Data Capture Over the PCI Bus Conexant’s highly-flexible audio and video broadcast decoder supports all analog broadcast video and audio formats in use worldwide. This single-chip solution enables the host PC to perform audio/video capture, video display, audio playback, or storage and playback at a later time through software or hardware audio/video codecs. The CX23880/CX23881 is fully compatible with Conexant’s family of digital channel demodulators for capture of (HDTV) High Definition Television and Standard Definition Television (SDTV) streams, as well as broadband data over terrestrial, satellite or cable links. The CX23880 interfaces directly to the CX23490 HDTV hardware decoder for offloading the CPU of high-level MPEG-2 decoding tasks. A variety of third-party peripheral connectivity options are supported by the CX23880/CX23881. Its General Purpose Input/ Output pins and CPU host port interface enable vendor-specific board functionality and marketplace differentiation.