David, I thought that Toshiba had endorsed the ZiVA single chip solution:
Monday February 24 8:08 AM EDT
C-Cube Introduces Most Complete Family of End-to-End DVD Solutions
Endorsed by Toshiba, Samsung and Aiwa
C-Cube Delivers Industry's Most Integrated DVD Decoder and Breakthrough
Encoder Technology for Generating DVD Content
TOKYO, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- C-Cube Microsystems Inc today launched
its revolutionary new ZiVA(TM) DVD product family providing end-to- end
DVD solutions and enabling industry leading consumer electronics and PC
companies to easily deliver the complete DVD home-theater experience at
a reasonable cost to the consumer.
Consumer electronics and PC market leaders including Samsung, Aiwa and
Diamond Multimedia have already adopted C-Cube's highly-integrated ZiVA
DVD decoder solutions for high-fidelity DVD players and PCs. The ZiVA
decoder enables these manufacturers to easily develop innovative DVD
players that not only achieve the highest-quality audio/video
performance, but also offer a full-featured product line at a price
point critical to driving volume adoption of DVD.
"The DVD format will revolutionize the home video experience just as the
audio CD transformed the music listening experience," said Alex
Balkanski, president and CEO for C-Cube Microsystems. "C-Cube is not
only delivering on the superior audio/video performance of DVD, we are
providing a solution that achieves the lowest overall system cost. This
powerful combination will enable C-Cube to lead the adoption of DVD
worldwide."
C-Cube's ZiVA DVD family offers complete DVD solutions that accelerate
the development of playback platforms and drive title development. In
addition to highly integrated DVD decoders, the ZiVA family includes the
most complete DVD system-level PC reference design, most complete DVD
player manufacturing kit, and the most efficient DVD encoding technology
available for this emerging market.
C-Cube is also working actively with the Hollywood community to expedite
title delivery to consumers by providing critical DVD encoding
technology to leading post-production companies including Sunset Post,
Laser Pacific and Minerva Systems. C-Cube's DVD Encoding solution is the
first chipset that will allow a full 133 minute movie to be encoded in
real-time onto a single disc. |
