Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: LSI Europe | Subject: DMN-8652
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 12 August 2004
DVD processor empowers
JVC's novel recorder
JVC has selected the LSI Logic DiMeNsion 8652 (DMN-8652) DVD recorder system processor for use in the unique JVC '3-in-1' DR-MX1 digital video recorder
By tapping the diverse features integrated into the single-chip DMN-8652, JVC's DR-MX1 integrates the capabilities of a DVD recorder, VCR, and hard disk drive (HDD) recorder into a single, high-performance, full-featured product. 'Consumers are attracted to products that allow them to quickly and easily shift from analogue video to new digital video formats and applications; the DMN-8652 allows JVC to deliver products like the DR-MX1 that simplify this transition', said Susumu Sakakibara, General Manager, AV and Multimedia Company for JVC.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 August 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Based on the LSI Logic DoMiNo architecture, the DMN-8652 processor was selected by JVC for its ability to enable a convergence of consumer digital video applications with highest quality video and audio, while reducing the time, cost and complexity of system design.
The DMN-8652 accepts video from TV and other analogue video sources and encodes it for storage on hard disk or DVD discs in standard recordable formats including DVD-RAM and DVD-RW/R.
It supports simultaneous playback of video from HDD or DVD, and a range of background copying operations between the VCR, hard disk drive, and optical drive.
Leveraging the DMN-8652, JVC was able to pack a number of leading-edge features and capabilities into the DR-MX1, including the following: a 120Gbyte hard drive for recording up to 224h of video; an extremely fast dubbing feature enabling consumers to transfer video from HDD to DVD at speeds up to 32x (1h of video can be transferred in less than 2min); intelligent two-pass MPEG encoding to achieve the highest quality digital video; six-way dubbing between HDD-and-VHS, DVD-and-VHS, and HDD-and-DVD; multiformat support; and fast 1.5x video playback.
The DMN-8652 integrates a second dedicated ATAPI port, an NTSC/Pal TV encoder, video DACs and a USB controller.
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It offers key features, such as MPEG-4 video playback; concurrent operation of time-shifting (pause, rewind and fast-forward of live television) while archiving programs from hard disk to DVD.
Additional advantages of the DMN-8652 include LSI Logic's proprietary pre- and post-processing technologies, TrueView Pro and TrueScan Pro.
These unique motion compensation-based technologies provide advanced progressive scan output and impressive noise handling on analogue inputs, helping to manufacturers differentiate their products for quality-conscious consumers.
'With the DR-MX1, JVC has introduced an impressive product that provides the consumer with the ultimate in recording flexibility', said Umesh Padval, Executive Vice President of LSI Logic's Consumer Products.
'JVC has a history of designing innovative products that fit the needs of quality-conscious consumers and we're pleased that the DMN-8652 is helping them to achieve that goal'.
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