Activa
®
200 + Activa
®
250
DVD Recorder
System-on-a-Chip + RF Amplifier
Driving the Digital Lifestyle
Product Brief
Features Description (continued)
Programmable Audio DSP
The programmable audio DSP encodes or decodes in real-time Dolby
Digital Consumer Encoder (DDCE), MPEG1-L2, MP3, and WMA formats.
DV25 A/V Decoder
The DV25 decoder decompresses the 1394/DV camcorder input. The
decoded data can be real-time transcoded to MPEG-2 and be previewed
on the PIP. Activa 200 provides convenient, direct control of 1394/DV
camcorders using the DVD recorder remote control. This feature
facilitates an integrated environment for simple editing and archiving of
home movies.
Analog Video Decoder with 3D Y/C, TBC
The embedded analog video decoder supports decoding of NTSC, PAL,
and SECAM TV signals. Inputs of RGB, S-Video, and composite video
signals are supported. For best quality recording, native recording from
RGB inputs is supported. For composite signal input, a high quality, pro-
grammable 3D Y/C separation circuit partitions the luma and chroma
signals. To compensate for video artifacts from unstable sources such as
a VCR, a time-base correction circuit resynchronizes the video signal
prior to the MPEG encoding process.
VBI Bitslicing and Decoding
The Activa 200 offers a programmable circuit for hardware Vertical
Blanking Interval (VBI) bitslicing. Hardware VBI and VPS/PDC bitslicing is
important for extracting closed captioning, electronic program guide
(EPG), Teletext, widescreen signaling, and other VBI standards efficiently,
without burdening the CPU.
DVD Playback Processor
The Activa 200 leverages the robust design of the Zoran Vaddis line of
chips, providing full support for DVD-Video playback, DVD-Video and
DVD+/-VR authoring, and copy protection. The DVD processor performs
DVD demultiplexing and parsing, MPEG-1/2/4/DivX video decoding,
subpicture decoding, highlight processing, and audio/video
synchronization.
Integrated support for Content Protection for Prerecorded Media (CPPM)
and Content Protection for Recordable Media (CPRM). The graphics
processor and OSD units provide great flexibility in creating sophisticated
EPG and user interfaces, which are easier to use than competing
solutions.
A unique capability of the Activa 200 is the ability to deliver high quality,
intelligible, 1x-2x variable audio playback while in fast forward mode,
allowing the consumer to view a movie faster than real-time.
DVD Recorder Processor
The Activa 200 is the core component of a digital recorder system. With
256Mb-512Mb of DDR SDRAM support and integrated RISC CPU,
real-time authoring of DVD-Video and DVD+/-VR is simplified. The larger
memory also allows for various watch and record options, like best quality
variable bitrate (VBR) encoding simultaneous with DVD disc playback,
and HDD playback with DVDR disc record. The flexible Activa 200
architecture supports DVD-R/-RW/-RAM/+R/+RW and CD-R/-RW
formats.
Video Content Protection System (VCPS) and Content Protection for
Recordable Media (CPRM) modules are provided. Additional proprietary
security is provided for protecting content stored HDD and delivered via a
network.
The high-performance ATAPI w/UDMA interface allows for connection to
optical drives.
DivX Decoding
Activa 200 has hardware accelerators for optimal DivX decode
performance and compatibility and can play streams up to 10Mbps at up
to 720x480/30fps. With support for Quarter PEL (QPEL) and Global
Motion Compensation (GMC), Activa 200 provides full compatibility with
high resolution streams. Activa 200 is Home Theater Level Certified with
DivX.
DVD Authoring
Activa 200's authoring software enables easy real-time archiving of home
movies from DV tape onto DVD disc or HDD. Formatting to DVD-R/-RW/-
RAM/+R/+RW is supported. All logical formats for DVD recording
(DVD+VR, DVD-VR, and DVD-Video) are supported.
Interfaces
Activa 200 concurrently outputs progressive and interlaced video, with
OSD optionally displayed allowing simultaneous viewing of progressive
video to TV while dubbing to VCR.
Application Programming Interface
the Activa 200 is accessed via a simple but powerful application
programming interface (API) allowing quick time to market. Parameter
driven commands such as “Start Encode and “Stop Encode” enable
OEMs to develop a rich feature set for digital recorder products.
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ZR35200+ZR35250
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