Livingston-based Elonics has developed a tuner chip for what is thought to be the world's smallest TV receiver - a DVB-T USB dongle for consumer firm Hama, designed by Taiwanese consultant Vencer.
"What is remarkable is that the plug-in-and-play TV receiver is not constrained to high-spec PCs," claimed Elonics. "The tuner, combined with a Realtek demodulator, allows easy TV reception on all laptop, desktop and netbook Windows-based PCs."
The receiver is claimed to surpass NORDIG and MBRAI requirements and allow TV reception even under demanding conditions.
"This is a fantastic consumer device showing what is possible with Vencer's product design using Elonics chips to create a world class product for Hama," said Elonics CEO and founder David Srodzinski.