LSI Logic Corporation, the pioneer in digital media processing technologies, announced two new DVD recorder system processors. With their high levels of integration and advanced features, these next-generation DoMiNo processors – DMN-8604 and DMN-8654 – are designed to address the worldwide, high-volume, DVD recorder market, expected to reach over 36 million units in 2007.

The DMN-8604 is optimised to address entry-level, single-drive and combo VCR/DVD recorders with analog TV tuners. In addition, the DMN-8604 enables a new “tunerless” single-drive DVD recorder product category in the United States.

Driven by the impending March 2007 FCC mandate, the DVD recorder market is expected to divide into two segments: digital tuner-compliant DVD recorders and entry-level “tunerless” DVD recorders. This “tunerless” product category is predicted to retail at prices below $99 and compete with many DVD players on the market today.

Designed for households receiving analog cable and terrestrial signals, the DMN-8654 processor enables advanced features for dual-drive HDD/DVD recorders with analog TV tuners. The DMN-8654 integrates dual USB 2.0 host interfaces for high-speed transfers of multimedia content and dual Ultra DMA (UDMA) 100 ATAPI interfaces for high-speed transfer between the HDD and optical disc drive. In addition, DMN-8654 integrates a serial flash memory interface to reduce bill of material costs and simplify designs. It also provides added copy protection with support for VCPS (Video Content Protection System).

Next-generation DVD recorder solutions from LSI integrate MPEG-4 and DivX Pro encoding and decoding to increase the number of hours of video that can be recorded to a single optical disc. DMN-8604/54 products also feature LSI DVFX processing technologies for visibly superior video quality, and YesVideo’s YesDVD software for easy dubbing and indexing of personal video content.

Story filed 24.05.06