| Real-World Technology Ltd |
| The UK's Set-Top Box Tuner Specialist |
| Important Note (January 2003) : This Website represents the company's status in 1999/2000, and is long overdue for an update. We now have a large number of new tuner designs and clients, and haven't had time to revise the publicity! Please contact us for details of our current offerings. |
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| Digital Terrestrial TV Tuners, VHF/UHF 2k/8k DVB-T | ||||
 Complete DTT front-end ('NIM') solution, UHF to MPEG TS, incorporating the new Oak Technology OTI-7000 chip | ||||
| Our new alignment-free module production-ready design gives you all you need to bring DVB-T to your existing MPEG set-top box. Save on component cost and time-to-market! Ideal also for PCMCIA 'sidecar' modules, IDTVs, VCRs and PC cards | ||||
| 6 MHz (Latin America) and 7 MHz (Australia) versions also available | ||||
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| Digital Satellite Tuners, DVB-S, 1 - 45 MS/s | ||||
| Smallest-ever satellite tuner | DCR (zero-IF) NIM and tuner designs available | |||
| Need a complete front end (NIM)? We can integrate our tuner with your channel receiver chip | ||||
(provisional image -- cable tuner has 'F' connectors)
DVB-C / MCNS Compliant CATV Tuner
for Set-Top Box or Cable Modem
We can now also offer designs for a digital cable tuner to DVB-C
RWT designs tuners which need no alignment.
They're production-ready designs, simple in concept and assembly and with
Don't ask us to quote for delivery of production volumes - we don't do that!
If you wish to use our designs you must enter a licensing agreement with us -
New pages - read more about:
The Museum - other pages on the RWT site:
Important Note - just in case you missed the point (some do!):
or other specifications, for modulation schemes up to 256-QAM.
This has a lower parts count than our DVB-T tuners, resulting in
a BoM cost saving of more than $2.00. Specification coming soon.
a performance margin so tolerant of manufacturing spreads that they can be
assembled without risk on your own set-top box production line, either as
a daughter module or fully integrated into your DSTB motherboard layout.
RWT is not a manufacturer or supplier.
we will then customise one of our designs for you, if necessary, and provide
you with full manufacturing data to enable you to start in-house production.
If your volumes justify it, this will give you a decisive cost, performance and
flexibility advantage over the conventional route of buying-in the tuner pack.
Our company and clients
RWT's licensing philosophy
The new DTT (DVB-T) tuner
Our range of satellite tuners
Integrated satellite front ends
(some of these are embarrassingly overdue for updating - we've been too busy designing tuners!):
