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News Release from: Broadcom Corp | Subject: Broadcom BCM7440 SoC solution
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 08 November 2007
DVD solution chosen for dual-format
player
By combining full support for both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats in a single SoC, Broadcom enables leading consumer electronics manufacturers to build universal high-definition players.
Broadcom's Blu-ray Disc/HD DVD system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution has been selected by LG Electronics to power its dual-format Super Blu BH200 high-definition disc player By combining full support for both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats in a single SoC, Broadcom enables leading consumer electronics manufacturers to build high-definition players capable of playing back both formats
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 19 Oct 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Broadcom BCM7440 SoC solution is a single-chip platform that provides the multiple processing cores and the necessary performance required to support next-generation interactive technologies and network-connected applications currently being developed by Hollywood studios using sophisticated BD-Java (Blu-ray Disc) and HDi (HD DVD) technologies.
This includes enhanced interactive menus, gaming capabilities, real-time director's commentaries and full support of networked interactivity from Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD titles.
The Broadcom BCM7440 SoC fully supports both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats in a single monolithic IC.
Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD are the next generation of optical disc formats for recording, rewriting and playing high-definition video and digital formats.
It incorporates the decoding, processing and memory functions for both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD media players, eliminating the need for manufacturers to build two different hardware platforms.
The BCM7440 SoC also supports a wide variety of mandatory audio and video compression standards required for Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD optical disc formats, including H.264/AVC, VC-1, MPEG-2, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD.
The SoC also provides full backwards compatibility for current DVD video titles as well as DVD-R, DVD-VR and audio CDs.
The LG Super Blu player, model BH200, is a second generation dual-format, high-definition disc player, available from LG Electronics.
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