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4th January 2005, 23:52
As reported by Doom9 (05 Jan 2005) over on the main site: -
How about a standalone DVD recorder that not only knows how to encode to MPEG-2, but also supports DivX?
LSI Logic's new DiMeNsion 3 (http://www.virtualpressoffice.com/presskit/index.jsp?showId=1088445512472&companyId=1100524291252) is the first DivX certified single chip DVD recorder that not only plays DivX content, but also records to the DivX format.
The chipset can also handle SACD and DVD Audio.Sadly to obtain more information from LSI about this player/recorder, you'll need to fill out a registration form :rolleyes:
But I've managed to find a bit more here: -
http://news.corporate.findlaw.com/prnewswire/20050103/03jan2005011547.html
http://www.lsilogic.com/news/product_news/2005_01_03.html
http://www.lsilogic.com/products/recorder_dvd_dvr_dtr/dmn_8603.html
Some of you may also be interested to know that the Panasonic DMR-E100 also offers Mpeg4 recording. Detailed information about this player/recorder is "thin on the ground". But here's what the UK's T3 magazine said about it: -
Panasonic DMR-E100
The world's most flexible digital video recorder puts the multi back into multimedia and half an oak tree into its instruction manual
Convergence products don’t come much more converged than this. The DMR-E100 has everything: DVD-RAM, a chunky 80GB hard drive, an SD card slot and a PC Card interface for CompactFlash, xD-picture card, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, Microdrive and even a mobile hard disc. With the right cables, this machine could probably record onto a kitchen sink.
Add to this compatibility a real-time MPEG-4 video encoder and the ability to dub to and from any format, and the possibilities keep growing. If you have Panasonic’s SV-AV20 (T3 85, 3/5) multifunction device, for example, you can record TV direct to SD card and play back on the hoof. OK, VHS is out and DVD+RW doesn't get a look-in, but your grand still buys you the world’s most flexible video recorder.
Unfortunately, it simply doesn't look or feel like four figures’ worth of kit. It shares the same flimsy tin case as the 50-per-cent-cheaper DMR-E60, suffers from the same limited connectivity (no component video or multichannel DVD-Audio), the same cheap plastic fascia and a disc tray that feels less solid than a Skoda drinks-holder.
Thankfully, beauty is more than skin deep – so we keep telling ourselves, anyway – and the electronics and firmware are absolutely inspired. Hook up the AV connections and the aerial, switch on, and in minutes the E100 is fully tuned in, with the channels labelled and the clock set. Dip into the gorgeous-looking on-screen user interface and the mysteries of this hideously complex device are laid out before you in a logical and breathtakingly simple fashion. So you don’t have to tackle the frightening 76-page instruction manual after all.
ON THE RECORD
Both the DVD-RAM and the hard disk use the same variable bit-rate MPEG-2 encoding, and recordings are indistinguishable from one another. Better still, in the XP high-quality recording mode, they’re indistinguishable from the source material too. Recordings don’t just mirror the sharpness and contrast of the original, but manage to replicate colour depth and overall integrity to boot. Quite stunning – so it’s a damn shame you only get an hour on a DVD-RAM disc and less than 20 hours on the hard drive in this mode.
Knocking the bit rate back to the standard SP mode effectively doubles your recording time for a very small trade-off in softened detail. Recordings remain so near to the original that this would be the recording mode of choice for most people.
For heavy video users, the LP mode doubles recording time again to around an hour per GB of space – 80 in total – but the recordings do become flat and grainy. The EP mode gleans another 50 per cent more footage per GB, but picture quality is stunningly grim.
Conversely,dubbing a recording into superfine-quality MPEG-4 causes few problems – especially considering the massive amount of compression that delivers. With a 128MB SD card, you get 20 minutes of quality video in this mode, twice as much in the acceptable fine mode, around double again for normal and double again for economy – although by this point, the image looks like a bad Internet download. Of course, buy yourself a 512MB SD card and you have a serious 165-minute capacity in the highest-quality mode – ample to burn a complete movie to SD for playback in SV-AV20. How neat is that?
The DMR-E100 is poorly finished for a grand’s worth of kit, but its flexibility, quality and sheer ease of use as a video recorder cannot be faulted. It’s very clever, very competent and lots of fun to use. Definitely worth considering.
KEY FEATURES:
DVD-RAM recorder, 80GB hard disk storage, DVD/DVD-R/VCD/CD/CD-R/CD-RW/MP3/MPEG-4, DVD-A stereo only, SD card slot, PC card slot, JPEG viewer, Time Slip function, connections: 1 x FireWire, 2 x Scart with RGB, 2 x stereo phono inputs, 1 x stereo phone output, 2 x composite video inputs, 1 x composite video output, 2 x S-Video inputs, 1 x S-Video output, 1 x optical digital output,1 x RF aerial in/out, dimensions: 430 x 79 x 296mm, weight: 5.5Kg
Cheers
How about a standalone DVD recorder that not only knows how to encode to MPEG-2, but also supports DivX?
LSI Logic's new DiMeNsion 3 (http://www.virtualpressoffice.com/presskit/index.jsp?showId=1088445512472&companyId=1100524291252) is the first DivX certified single chip DVD recorder that not only plays DivX content, but also records to the DivX format.
The chipset can also handle SACD and DVD Audio.Sadly to obtain more information from LSI about this player/recorder, you'll need to fill out a registration form :rolleyes:
But I've managed to find a bit more here: -
http://news.corporate.findlaw.com/prnewswire/20050103/03jan2005011547.html
http://www.lsilogic.com/news/product_news/2005_01_03.html
http://www.lsilogic.com/products/recorder_dvd_dvr_dtr/dmn_8603.html
Some of you may also be interested to know that the Panasonic DMR-E100 also offers Mpeg4 recording. Detailed information about this player/recorder is "thin on the ground". But here's what the UK's T3 magazine said about it: -
Panasonic DMR-E100
The world's most flexible digital video recorder puts the multi back into multimedia and half an oak tree into its instruction manual
Convergence products don’t come much more converged than this. The DMR-E100 has everything: DVD-RAM, a chunky 80GB hard drive, an SD card slot and a PC Card interface for CompactFlash, xD-picture card, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, Microdrive and even a mobile hard disc. With the right cables, this machine could probably record onto a kitchen sink.
Add to this compatibility a real-time MPEG-4 video encoder and the ability to dub to and from any format, and the possibilities keep growing. If you have Panasonic’s SV-AV20 (T3 85, 3/5) multifunction device, for example, you can record TV direct to SD card and play back on the hoof. OK, VHS is out and DVD+RW doesn't get a look-in, but your grand still buys you the world’s most flexible video recorder.
Unfortunately, it simply doesn't look or feel like four figures’ worth of kit. It shares the same flimsy tin case as the 50-per-cent-cheaper DMR-E60, suffers from the same limited connectivity (no component video or multichannel DVD-Audio), the same cheap plastic fascia and a disc tray that feels less solid than a Skoda drinks-holder.
Thankfully, beauty is more than skin deep – so we keep telling ourselves, anyway – and the electronics and firmware are absolutely inspired. Hook up the AV connections and the aerial, switch on, and in minutes the E100 is fully tuned in, with the channels labelled and the clock set. Dip into the gorgeous-looking on-screen user interface and the mysteries of this hideously complex device are laid out before you in a logical and breathtakingly simple fashion. So you don’t have to tackle the frightening 76-page instruction manual after all.
ON THE RECORD
Both the DVD-RAM and the hard disk use the same variable bit-rate MPEG-2 encoding, and recordings are indistinguishable from one another. Better still, in the XP high-quality recording mode, they’re indistinguishable from the source material too. Recordings don’t just mirror the sharpness and contrast of the original, but manage to replicate colour depth and overall integrity to boot. Quite stunning – so it’s a damn shame you only get an hour on a DVD-RAM disc and less than 20 hours on the hard drive in this mode.
Knocking the bit rate back to the standard SP mode effectively doubles your recording time for a very small trade-off in softened detail. Recordings remain so near to the original that this would be the recording mode of choice for most people.
For heavy video users, the LP mode doubles recording time again to around an hour per GB of space – 80 in total – but the recordings do become flat and grainy. The EP mode gleans another 50 per cent more footage per GB, but picture quality is stunningly grim.
Conversely,dubbing a recording into superfine-quality MPEG-4 causes few problems – especially considering the massive amount of compression that delivers. With a 128MB SD card, you get 20 minutes of quality video in this mode, twice as much in the acceptable fine mode, around double again for normal and double again for economy – although by this point, the image looks like a bad Internet download. Of course, buy yourself a 512MB SD card and you have a serious 165-minute capacity in the highest-quality mode – ample to burn a complete movie to SD for playback in SV-AV20. How neat is that?
The DMR-E100 is poorly finished for a grand’s worth of kit, but its flexibility, quality and sheer ease of use as a video recorder cannot be faulted. It’s very clever, very competent and lots of fun to use. Definitely worth considering.
KEY FEATURES:
DVD-RAM recorder, 80GB hard disk storage, DVD/DVD-R/VCD/CD/CD-R/CD-RW/MP3/MPEG-4, DVD-A stereo only, SD card slot, PC card slot, JPEG viewer, Time Slip function, connections: 1 x FireWire, 2 x Scart with RGB, 2 x stereo phono inputs, 1 x stereo phone output, 2 x composite video inputs, 1 x composite video output, 2 x S-Video inputs, 1 x S-Video output, 1 x optical digital output,1 x RF aerial in/out, dimensions: 430 x 79 x 296mm, weight: 5.5Kg
Cheers