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C-Cube , Japan's Victor Co. Develop Digital Recorder>CUBE
09/14/1999
Dow Jones News Service
(Copyright (c) 1999, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.)
MILIPITAS, Calif. (Dow Jones)-- C - Cube Microsystems Inc. (CUBE) integrated its DVxplore MPEG-2 CODEC for D-VHS with chip technology from Victor Co. of Japan (J.VIC) to develop the HM-DR 10000 advanced digital recorder.
Financial terms weren't disclosed.
In a press release Tuesday, C-Cube said the product enables users of video cassette recorders to record up to 24 hours of digital video on a single tape.
The product also allows users to record directly from digital video camcorders.
HM-DR 10000, scheduled for availability by November, will initially target Japan, the company said.
Victor Co. of Japan, which also does business under the JVC brand, invented VHS recording. JVC licenses the D-VHS format, which is all digital.
C-Cube provides digital video silicon and other related systems.
-Leah McGrath; 201-938-5400
(END) DOW JONES NEWS 09-14-99
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