Certain embodiments of the invention may be found in a method and system
for a vestigial side band (VSB), quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM),
NTSC, out-of-band (OOB) receiver that is integrated in a single chip. The
single chip integrated digital television (DTV) receiver provides plug
and play DTV receiver capability for handling both North American digital
cable television and digital terrestrial broadcast television compatible
systems. The integrated DTV receiver may receive all standard-definition
and high-definition digital formats (SDTV/HDTV) and an on-chip NTSC
demodulator handles NTSC video. An output of the NTSC demodulator may be
directed to an external broadcast television system committee (BTSC) or
Zweiton M decoder, or it may be sent to an on-chip audio BTSC compliant
decoder. The single chip integrated DTV receiver may also comprise an
integrated out-of-band QPSK receiver, which may be adapted to, for
example, handle a CableCard compliant with the CableCard Specification.