Silicon Image Si9251 debuts InstaPort fast HDMI switching tech

by Richard Lawler, posted Jul 3rd 2008 at 11:48AM

Silicon Image is back and its latest chips aim to offer improved video quality and innovations in connectivity. The SiI9251 and SiI9261 processors are destined for TVs and receivers, respectively, supporting up to 4 HDMI 1.3 inputs with x.v. color, as well as "InstaPort" technology that claims to enable high speed switching between HDMI jacks. Silicon Image's own Mobile High Definition Link (MHL) tech is in there too, as well as ChromaViv to ensure accurate color calibration. These chips may find themselves buried deep within your next consumer electronics purchase, and will quietly go about their business of HDMI input switching and color correcting (hopefully) without a peep.

Filed under: Displays, Other hardware, Receivers

Tags: chromaviv, hdmi, hdmi 1.3, Hdmi1.3, mhl, mobile high definition link, MobileHighDefinitionLink, sii9251, siI9261, silicon image, SiliconImage

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burndive @ Jul 3rd 2008 3:34PM

Will this maintain an HDCP connection over HDMI while displaying content from another source? My HDCP Blu-ray player stops whenever I pause and switch to another source.

That's annoying.

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HD4Eva @ Jul 4th 2008 12:01AM

Is it just me, or is the "Component Game Console" a PowerMac G5?

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