The trend of DVD recorders and other video equipment is towards higher performance and more functionality, increasing the number of inputs / outputs required in order to accommodate the growing number of data formats, such as digital broadcasting (via BS, terrestrial digital tuners, STB (Set Top Boxes)). The result is a more complicated I/O system. In response to this ROHM has developed a lineup of interface ICs that integrate the complicated video and audio blocks on a single chip.
