DVD (Blu-Ray, HD DVD, DVD-Recorder, …) News

ViXS Debuts Next Generation HD Multi-stream Transcoder/Encoder/Decoder SoC
Jan 3, 2008 – ViXS Systems has announced the North American debut of the XCode™ 3290, the world's most advanced MPEG4 AVC (MPEG4 Part 10/H.264) Transcoder/Encoder/Decoder System-on-a-Chip (SoC).
News categories: ViXS Systems, CES2025, Content Protection, DRM, DVR, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor

Sunplus Delivers Latest HDMI DVD Player SoC SPHE8203
Jan 3, 2008 – Sunplus Technology (TAIEX: 2401, LSE: SUPD) will reveal its new single chip solution, SPHE8203, for DVD players with the HDMI DVD 1080p HD format output and DivX HD 720p source playback at 2008 International CES.
News categories: Sunplus, CES2025, DVD, Semiconductor

ArcSoft Demonstrates Multimedia Solutions at CES
Jan 3, 2008 – ArcSoft is demonstrating several of its multimedia solutions next week, January 7-10, at CES including TotalMedia Extreme, Print Creations, PhotoStudio Darkroom, and its embedded imaging technologies, and at Digital Experience! on January 6th, 7pm, at Caesars Palace, Augustus Ballroom, Las Vegas.
News categories: ArcSoft, Blu-ray, CES2025, DVD, HD-DVD, Media Player, Software, Streaming

Fujitsu and Sigma Designs Announce Wireless HDAV Technology Collaboration
Jan 2, 2008 – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) and Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) will collaborate to deliver Wireless HDAV™ technology solutions for consumer electronics manufacturers serving the High-Definition (HD), A/V, cable-replacement market.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Fujitsu Microelectronics, CES2025, Digital TV, DVD, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

Sunplus Group Demonstrates New Chip Solutions for Digital TV, Home Entertainment, and Multimedia Personal Applications at 2008 International CES
Dec 27, 2007 – Sunplus Technology (TSE:2401) (LSE:SUPD), and its subsidiary Sunplus mMedia, will jointly exhibit at 2008 International CES and demonstrate the latest chip solutions for Digital TV, Home Entertainment, and Multimedia Personal applications.
News categories: Sunplus, ATSC 3, CES2025, DVD, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Tablet, Terrestrial

Sigma Media Processor to Power Sharp's AQUOS Line of Blu-ray Disc Players & Recorders
Dec 19, 2007 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) has announced that its highly integrated SMP8634 media processor was selected by Sharp Corporation to power its new line of AQUOS® Blu-ray disc players and recorders.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Sharp Electronics, Blu-ray, CES2025, Digital TV, DVD, Optical Disc Recorder, Semiconductor, USA

Samsung's New Home Theater-in-a-Box (HTiB) Powered by Sigma Designs
Dec 14, 2007 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) has announced that its highly integrated SMP8634 media processor was selected by Samsung Electronics to power its new HT-BD2 home theater-in-a-box (HTiB), the first home theater product to combine a Blu-ray player and sound system into one product offering.
News categories: Sigma Designs, Samsung Electronics, Blu-ray, Digital TV, DVD, Semiconductor

Samsung Develops World's First 65nm Digital TV Receiver Chip
Dec 13, 2007 – Samsung Electronics has announced the development of a new digital TV receiver chip (S5H1432) using 65nm process technology for terrestrial digital video broadcasting (DVB-T), the digital broadcasting standard in Europe, Southeast Asia, and Australia.
News categories: Samsung, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, Optical Disc Recorder, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

DVD Players UK: the first ten years
Dec 12, 2007 – To date, approximately 35 million DVD Players have been sold in the UK, with a total retail value of £3.7 billion.
News categories: GfK, Digital TV, DVD, Market Research, Optical Disc Recorder, UK