MediaTek announces Pentonic 1000 SoC for 4K 120Hz TVs

Pentonic 1000

What They Say

Mediatek has added a new SoC to its Pentonic line for premium 4K HDR 120Hz TVs with support for up to 144Hz using VRR. The device features:

  • hardware-based decoding of HEVC, AV1, AVS4 and VVC(H.266)
  • Dolby Vision and Atmos
  • Integrated voice assistant
  • Functions to allow 8 views on a 4K |TV for multi-angles and multi-window applications
  • An AI engine with Super Resolution 2.0, AI-Picture Quality Scene Recognition 2.0 and AI-Picture Quality Object Recognition 3.0 with’ depth and richer PQ enhancement’
  • Wi-Fi 6 at up to 48Gbps
  • 4 HDMI 2.1 support
  • Arm Cortex-A73 with Arm Mali-G57 MC2

The full specification is here.

What We Think

Mediatek has already got the Pentonic 700 in its range for more mainstream UltraHD sets. MediaTek Launches Pentonic 700 Chipset for Premium 120Hz 4K Smart TVs. I recently wrote an article for the 8K Association about why an 8K TV that you already have may be a great solution for 4K 120Hz gaming. (BR)

Pentonic 1000 – click for higher resolution