Horizon Offers Multiple Standard Support With Smallest Form Factor

Horizon Semiconductors now has available the smallest form-factor, multi-standard HD stand-alone transcoder reference platform for cable, satellite, IPTV and terrestrial distribution, broadcast, home media server, and set-top box markets. Based on the company’s Hz4010 multi-channel multi-standard HD transcoder SoC, the new HzR4010 stand-alone platform is designed for professional and consumer apps. HzR4010 enables real-time transcoding of HD or multiple SD video streams, as well as faster than real-time transcoding of HD to SD or lower resolution video. HzR4010 supports the leading video compression standards including AVC (up to [email protected]), MPEG-2 (MP@HL) and VC-1 (AP@L3 and MP@HL). The highly integrated and programmable SoC features advanced video pre/post-processor supporting spatial linear and non-linear noise reduction, motion compensated temporal filtering, frame rate conversion and ultra-flexible video scaling, a high performance audio CODEC engine enabling transcoding from and to various audio formats such as MPEG-1, AC-3, Dolby Digital Plus, AAC and WMA, a programmable high-bandwidth transport processor, as well as a multi-standard conditional access/digital rights management security processor. HzR4010 allows transferring of video/audio content in and out of the Hz4010 using wide variety of methods and interfaces, including real time streaming through DVB, 1G Internet, USB or IEEE 1394. There’s far more information here…—Herzliya, Israel