Determine key profiles for video playback

In the near future, the modern family's living room will be equipped with a DTV with an IPTV and HDTV STB and a high-definition video disk player. Additionally, mobile devices are increasingly adding playback function for entertainment media. Soon all devices will play professionally-produced entertainment content.

Designers of next-generation home and portable devices with video support must understand what is important to consumers as they work on their next SoC design architectures. There are now a number of IP vendors offering video processor cores or hardware blocks that can be designed into SoCs. When evaluating these offerings, it is important to understand how the market is evolving to support different video standards.

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