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News Release from: LSI Europe | Subject: DoMiNo DMN-8603
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 04 September 2006

System processor powers DVD recorders

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Vestel has selected the DoMiNo DMN-8603 DVD recorder system processor for its new line of DVD recorder products.

Vestel, a leading manufacturer of consumer electronic products for the European market, has selected the LSI DoMiNo DMN-8603 DVD recorder system processor for its new line of DVD recorder products The market-leading feature set and high integration level of the DMN-8603 processor enables Vestel to offer affordable DVD recorders with superior audio and video quality that are optimised for Europe, the largest regional DVD recorder market

According to Arizona-based In-Stat market research firm, Europeans are expected to purchase more than 8 million DVD recorders in 2006 - almost 40% of total worldwide demand.

Not only is Europe the largest DVD recorder market, it continues to be one of the fastest growing, with an annual growth rate expected to be approximately 50%.

"As one of the leading providers of consumer electronics products for the European market, it was critical for us to select a partner with advanced DVD recorder technology to extend our leadership position into the DVD recorder market", said Ugur Savas, Deputy R and D General Manager of Vestel.

"We selected LSI Logic because of their rich feature-set and proven DVD recorder solutions".

Vestel was able to speed product development of the RW3050 by leveraging the DMN-8603 manufacturing kit (MK), a complete hardware and software reference platform that streamlines the development of DVD recorders.

"We are pleased that Vestel, a leading European CE manufacturer, selected the LSI DoMiNo processor for their new line of DVD recorder products", said Tim Vehling, Vice President of Marketing, Consumer Products Group, LSI Logic.

"Vestel's choice of DMN-8603 reinforces LSI leadership in the global DVD recorder market and our ability to deliver the right products at the right time to the fast-growing European market".

LSI offers a range of highly integrated DoMiNo DVD recorder system processors for either high-performance or entry-level devices.

Key features include: MPEG-4 encoding and decoding, DivX certified playback, integrated IEEE1394 (Direct Digital Dub) interface, high-speed dubbing from HDD to DVD, and motion compensated noise reduction of analogue video inputs for the highest-quality video.

The DMN-8603 is designed to support single-drive, analogue-tuner DVD recorder products and is in volume production.

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