Laurence Marchini, Editor, writes:
We see from your search that you're looking for information on the term "Digital video recorders",
and we have a large number of manufacturers' news releases and technical articles here on Electronicstalk which will be of interest.
Let me be your guide.
Start with
the news release Terabyte hard drives for personal video recorders from
Seagate Technology, which we summarised at the time by saying "Drives not only increase the amount of content which can be stored but also integrate several other key performance features to raise the bar in the high-definition marketplace".
A couple of weeks before,
we featured the news release Performance boost for Flash memories from
Silicon Storage Technology: "Flash memories feature fast effective read and program performance, which gives systems using the devices fast boot and field update times".
In September 2007, we covered the news from Tundra Semiconductor
concerning its Tundra Tsi381
- take a look at PCI Express to PCI bridge offers low latency
which says: "The Tsi381's x1 PCIe Interface enables the bridge to offer throughput of up to 2.5Gbit/s".
Take a look also at the news release from Texas Instruments (April 2006-), Digital media processor extends battery life,
as well as Hard disc cleaning technology improves reliability from Guyson International,
and Codecs are eXpressDSP Digital Media compliant from Texas Instruments (April 2006-).
See also:
Five million networking chipsets shipped
(April 2007)
The c.LINK co-ax network chip technology allows consumers to easily share high-definition content such as video, music, games and images throughout the digital home
DVD recorders - into the blue for growth
(April 2007)
Report predicts the volume of DVD recorders shipped worldwide in 2011 will reach 59 million units, generating approximately US $20.2 billion in revenues for manufacturers
PCIe low-cost switches for comms and networking
(April 2007)
New low-cost PCIe switches have eight lanes and eight ports or five lanes and five ports respectively
Second generation of storage-specific processors
(March 2007)
SteelVine storage processors facilitate drive cascading for hot-plug expansion, dual eSATA Gen2m and USB 2.0 host interfaces, automatic drive locking, single button backup and RAID features
FireWire PHYs connect home entertainment
(March 2007)
Samsung is using TI's 1394 technology for HANA home entertainment networking products such as set-top-boxes, digital televisions, TV nodes and digital video recorders
Linux versions of software for set-top boxes
(March 2007)
A specialist digital TV software developer has released Linux versions of its software for developers of set-top boxes, with ports to the leading hardware platforms complete or well under way
Wireless LAN chipset handles HDTV
(February 2007)
Demonstration at IPTV World Forum to feature WLANPlus' unique ability to deliver high-definition television (HDTV) over wireless LAN at wire line quality
Video convertors promote top picture quality
(February 2007)
The NVPxxxx series of decoders and encoders represent the latest generation of video A/D and D/A convertors from Nextchip
Alliance to help grow global digital media market
(January 2007)
ANT Software has joined the High-Definition Audio-Video Network Alliance to advance the commercialisation of connected products and services for premier high-definition content
HDMI ICs boost picture quality
(December 2006)
HDMI v1.3-compatible multiplexer, receiver and transmitter circuits help the HD video market achieve new levels of picture quality and power efficiency
Reference designs simplify in-car infotainment
(October 2006)
AverLogic Technologies Corp offers a range of reference designs that address the in-car infotainment markets
Coprocessor covers interoperability and protection
(September 2006)
Network multimedia coprocessor supports leading industry interoperability standards and is first wired Ethernet coprocessor to support Digital Living Network Alliance guidelines
Processor helps DVRs to skip the boring bits
(September 2006)
The Blackfin processor enables an innovative feature that allows Hitachi Wooo D series digital video recorders to automatically extract and play back key highlights from recorded video
JPEG chipset claims speed record
(September 2006)
The inrevium JPEG chipset combines the TE3310RPF high speed JPEG encoder, the TE3320RPF high speed JPEG decoder and the TE3410RPF video multiplexer
Transmitters, receivers and multiplexers meet HDMI
(August 2006)
Analog Devices is extending its line of High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) ICs to offer customers the industry's broadest portfolio of HDMI transmitters, receivers and multiplexers
News on the CCTV digital video recorders from Global Sources
(July 2006)
Mainland China exports of CCTV digital video recorders are expected to reach US $139 million in 2006, up 70% from last year
TV-Anytime Phase 1
(July 2006)
Early adopter incentives to parties wishing to enter into a license to use patents that are essential for the practice of the TV-Anytime standard
Chipset supports high-speed Wi-Fi standard
(May 2006)
Focus EDL will be giving live demonstrations of the capabilities of Metalink's new WANPlus chipset at 'The Wireless Event' at London's Olympia on 16th and 17th May 2006
Codec copes with H264 standard
(April 2006)
The MG1264 is a single low power chip offering full duplex encode and decode of video and audio into the new H264/AVC (advanced video codec) standard
Digital video recorders set to take off
(March 2006)
A new report predicts that digital video recorders are set to change television viewing for 130 million homes worldwide over the next five years
Quantifying the digital home opportunity
(February 2006)
US sales of IP-enabled devices in 2005 rose by over 500% to 16 million units, as consumers rushed to buy IP-enabled games consoles, entertainment PCs and digital video recorders
Core powers wireless LAN chipset to speed record
(January 2006)
WLANPlus is a new wireless LAN chipset based on the MIPS32 4KEc processor core that supports multimedia over the proposed IEEE 802.11n standard at record speeds
Distribution agreement with Silicon Laboratories
(November 2005)
Nu Horizons Electronics has announced a partnership agreement with Silicon Laboratories, which specialises in analogue-intensive, mixed-signal integrated circuit (IC) technology
SOI process promises analogue advantages
(October 2005)
A fully complementary silicon on insulator bipolar foundry technology is designed to meet the high performance requirements of DVD players, digital video recorders and ADSL modems
Switch controller needs no external compensation
(October 2005)
National Semiconductor has introduced the industry's first SOT-23 synchronous buck switching controller, the LM1770
User interface options aid DTV customisation
(September 2005)
Cabot Communications has introduced new user interface (UI) designs into Aurora, its pan-European DVB middleware stack for free-to-air digital terrestrial and satellite receivers
Microcontrollers come with IR development aids
(July 2005)
A new turnkey solution aims to make the development of universal infra-red remote controls significantly easier for design engineers working with end user device manufacturers and OEMs
Video connectors survive round-the-world epic
(April 2005)
As the world watched footage of Ellen MacArthur's round the world triumph, staff at Deutsch, the electrical connector specialist, had a particular reason to be proud
Power managers tackle more channels
(March 2005)
The SMB111 and SMB112 continue to expand Summit's system-level power supply offerings
Video engine suits high-end encoders and decoders
(March 2005)
The Sven scaleable video engine is based on the software-programmable VSP platform for high-end digital video encoders and decoders
Power managers come with four or five outputs
(February 2005)
Summit Microelectronics has added two new devices to its growing family of Programmable Power Manager integrated circuits
Direct access arrangement shrinks embedded modem
(February 2005)
Silicon Laboratories has added the industry's most integrated embedded modem solution to its ISOmodem family
Software comes with Toshiba's set-top box platform
(February 2005)
Toshiba has licensed the Espial Escape browser framework and Espial Espresso graphical user interface components as the preferred solution for the AVM49R reference platform
Broadcom signs for CD/DVD recording engine
(January 2005)
Broadcom has licensed Sonic's advanced DVD and CD recording and playback engine for consumer electronics devices for inclusion in its high-definition DVD and set-top box reference platforms