DVR / PVR (Digital Video Recorder/Personal Video Recorder) News

Maxell Introduces High-Definition Digital Broadcast Technology For Consumer Applications
Jan 8, 2009 – Maxell has announced a line of storage and recording products for consumer application. The products connect homes, offices, autos and mobile lifestyles and include the new Information Versatile Disk for Removable (iVDR) and 6X Blu-ray media.
News categories: Maxell, Blu-ray, CES2025, DVR

Silicon Image™ Introduces The First LiquidHD™ Display Processor
Jan 8, 2009 – Silicon Image™ (NASDAQ: SIMG) has introduced the SiI6100 HD display processor, the first device supporting Silicon Image LiquidHD™ technology. LiquidHD is designed to connect TVs, CE devices, PCs, PMDs and home theaters into a seamless network.
News categories: Silicon Image, Blu-ray, CES2025, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV

DivX Inc. and Cabot Communications Announce Technology Agreement
Jan 8, 2009 – DivX (NASDAQ: DIVX) has announced an agreement with Cabot Communications that will enable Cabot technology partners to include DivX® support on a variety of silicon platforms powering home consumer products including HDTVs, DVRs and STBs.
News categories: Cabot Communications, DivX, DVR, Media Player, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Streaming

ViXS Showcases a Wide Range of Video Products Powered by XCode 3000™ at CES 2009
Jan 8, 2009 – ViXS Systems will be showcasing a wide variety of CE, set-top and blu-ray disk recorder solutions based on the XCode™ series ICs. At CES 2009 ViXS will be showcasing an industry first: a fully compliant DLNA server stack with real-time transcoding.
News categories: ViXS Systems, Blu-ray, CES2025, DVR, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

ViXS XCode™ provides Media Processing For Blusens blu:brain Home Entertainment Device (HED)
Jan 8, 2009 – ViXS Systems has announced that Blusens is using the ViXS XCode™ 2100 Series video processor to digitize analog video in its new blu:brain Home Entertainment Device (HED).
News categories: ViXS Systems, Blusens, CES2025, Digital TV, DVR, Mobile, Placeshifting, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial

EchoStar Unveils World's First Placeshifting HD DVR at 2009 CES
Jan 8, 2009 – EchoStar Technologies (NASDAQ: SATS) has introduced at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show the EchoStar SlingLoaded™ 922 HD DVR, the world's first high definition digital video recorder that incorporates Sling Media's placeshifting technology.
News categories: EchoStar, Sling Media, CES2025, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Placeshifting, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, USA

Broadcom Announces Industry's First MoCA®-Integrated SoC Solutions for High Definition Set-Top Box and Gateway Applications
Jan 8, 2009 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced the industry's first high definition (HD) set-top box (STB) system-on-a-chip (SoC) with Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA®) integration.
News categories: Broadcom, CES2025, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

IWEDIA to complement its added-value offer with software components
Jan 7, 2009 – IWEDIA Middleware has announced it will be complementing its current product portfolio of turnkey software solutions with a range of standalone software components.
News categories: IWEDIA, Content Protection, DVR, MHEG-5, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV

Sezmi Announces First Public Demonstration of Complete Personal Television System
Jan 7, 2009 – Sezmi Corporation has announced that it is broadcasting live in Las Vegas for the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show. This marks the first time that Sezmi has publicly demonstrated the full capabilities of its breakthrough personal TV system.
News categories: Sezmi, Broadband, CES2025, Digital TV, DVR, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming, Terrestrial, USA