Activa® 220 / Activa® 230
+ Activa® 250
Driving the Digital Lifestyle
DVD Recorder
System-on-a-Chip + RF Amplifier
Product Brief
Features Description (continued)
Programmable Audio DSP
DVD Recorder Processor
The programmable audio DSP encodes or decodes in real-time Dolby
Digital Consumer Encoder (DDCE), MPEG1-L2, MP3,
and WMA formats.
The Activa 220 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 220
architecture supports DVD-R/-RW/-RAM/+R/+RW and CD-R/-RW
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 220 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.
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.
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,
programmable 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.
The high-performance ATAPI w/UDMA interface allows up to two drives
(HDD and optical), allowing multiple product SKUs by changing the drives
and software.
DivX Decoding
Activa 220 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 220 provides full compatibility with
high resolution streams. Activa 220 is Home Theater Level Certified with
DivX.
VBI Bitslicing and Decoding
The Activa 220 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.
HDMI Output I/F
High Definition Multimedia Interface is an emerging display standard to
allow direct digital high definition connections between the DVD recorder
and the display. When used with the Zoran's companion HDXtreme IC
(ZR36721), Activa 220 based products deliver a stunning high definition
video quality from standard definition content. In addition, JPEGXtreme
allows the viewing of JPEG images in native HD (2MP) resolution.
Digital Video Broadcasting
The Activa 230 supports two transport stream inputs in DVB-T/DVB-S
format. Free-to-Air broadcasts are natively supported in the Activa 230,
while PayTV broadcasts are supported by attaching an external Smart
Card or Common Interface Module. Many simultaneous scenarios are
supported, including watching one program while recording the other, or
watch a DVD while recording a digital broadcast in the background.
MaestroLink Networked Multimedia
The Activa 220's powerful bitstream processing capabilities make it ideal
for a digital recorder-centric A/V client or server, I.E. Zbox, enabled by
Zoran's MaestroLink technology. Video-on-demand and home networking
are also supported.
DVD Playback Processor
The Activa 220 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.
DVD Authoring
Activa 220'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.
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.
Interfaces
Activa 220 concurrently outputs progressive and interlaced video, with
OSD optionally displayed allowing simultaneous viewing of progressive
video to TV while dubbing to VCR.
A unique capability of the Activa 220 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.
Application Programming Interface
the Activa 220 is accessed via a simple but powerful application
programming interface 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.
02/06 IN
ZR35220/ZR35230+ZR35250
ZORAN [ ZORAN CORPORATION ]
