Magnum Semiconductor Advances its Lead in DVD Recorders with New Hard Disk Combo Features.FREMONT, Calif. -- Magnum Semiconductor's DVD Recorder (1) A recordable or rewritable DVD drive that is connected to the computer. It may be an internal or external device. See DVD drives, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R and DVD+RW. (2) Platform Now Includes Support for Very Large Hard Disk Drives, Editing, and Play Lists' Functions E[acute accent acute accent n. A mark (´) indicating: a. that a vowel is close or tense, as é in French été. b. that a vowel or syllable has a high or rising pitch, as in Chinese or Ancient Greek. c. ]Magnum Semiconductor, Inc. announced today that their DVD recorder platform now supports the recording of video onto hard disk drives (HDDs), up to 400GB in capacity, and provides the ability to edit video content and compose play lists with the flexibility in playback arrangements. E[acute accent]The new platform enables consumers to collect content onto hard disk drives in a numbers of ways, including recording analog content directly, uploading personal CDs and DVDs, transferring movies from DV camcorders over built-in 1394 interfaces, and transferring content from a built-in flash card reader A peripheral device that reads and writes a flash memory card. Typically connecting to the computer via the USB port, readers were first available for only one type of card. Today, readers are available for all popular memory cards. . Once the content is on the hard drive, consumers can easily remove unwanted content from videos with just a few clicks of a remote control. When the editing is complete, DVDs can be easily burned onto the optical drive, in faster than real-time, to provide archiving and portability for the audio/video content. E[acute accent]"Magnum Semiconductor has been in the forefront of cost-effective HDD (Hard Disk Drive) See hard disk and HDD caddy. HDD - hard disk drive recording platforms for a number of years," says Brian Heuckroth, its vice president of marketing. "We believe that the HDD will have a major role in the consumer's video purchases, as it simplifies DVD recorder operations by providing a temporary storage with the HDD, and the ability to select vital content for archiving on DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. . As DVD recorders continue to be more affordable, the winning combination of HDD and DVD recording will become increasingly compelling." E[acute accent]Magnum Semiconductor is currently providing this technology to its OEMs who can incorporate it as a software upgrade without any change to their hardware platforms Each hardware platform, or CPU family, has a unique machine language. All software presented to the computer for execution must be in the binary coded machine language of that CPU. Following is a list of the major hardware platforms in existence today. See platform. . Magnum Semiconductor's chips, software and platforms have been supporting HDD recording since 2002. E[acute accent]Magnum Semiconductor E[acute accent]Magnum Semiconductor is a premier provider of chips, software, reference platforms and engineering support for recording, viewing, and managing high-quality audio/video content. Magnum Semiconductor is headquartered in Fremont, California For the unincorporated community in Yolo County, California, see . Fremont (IPA: /ˈfriːmɒnt/) is a city in California that was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: and has sales and engineering offices in Korea, Taiwan, and China. Further information is available at www.magnumsemi.com. E[acute accent]All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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