Activa
®
220 / Activa
®
230
+ Activa
®
250
DVD Recorder
System-on-a-Chip + RF Amplifier
DVD
Digital Camera
Driving the Digital Lifestyle
Digital TV
Imaging
IP Core
Product Brief
Zoran Corporation
1390 Kifer Road
Sunnyvale, CA 94086-5305
Te l 408.523.6500
Fax 408.523.6501
www.zoran.com
Activa 220 / 230 + Activa 250 Benefits Overview
Zoran's Activa 220 is a DVD Recorder System-on-a-Chip Multimedia
Processor that integrates a high performance, all-digital read/write
front end (write strategy, DSP, and servo controller) and high quality
back end (DVD playback, DVB demultiplexing and decode, and
MPEG encode). Activa 220 has direct interfaces to multiple Optical
Pickup Units (OPUs) via the Activa 250 RF amplifier chip.
The Activa 220+250 chipset is designed to deliver a broad portfolio of
cost-effective products, from entry level Optical Disc Drive (ODD)-
only systems to combo systems (e.g., ODD+Hard Disc Drive (HDD),
ODD+VCR, and ODD+TV). All Zoran Activa 220/250-based recording
solutions are 100% application and middleware software compatible
with previous generation products, providing a turnkey solution that
reduces product development cycles.
Zoran's Activa 220+250 based DVD recorders provide:
• Support for DVD recording formats (DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW)
• Intuitive, easy to use On Screen Display (OSD) for multiple devices
(ODD, HDD, flash card, etc.)
• Convergence solutions for DVDR+DTT and Networking
• Customizable HW/SW platform for next generation application
development
• 100% compliance to DVD-video, -VR, and +VR verifiers
• Native RGB input recording
The Activa 220+250 chipset is specifically designed to support
standalone DVD recorders with support for value-added applications
including:
• Multiple file format support, including MPEG-4 and DivX
• HDD/PVR functionality
• HDMI Digital Output w/HDCP, HD-JPEG
• USB Connectivity to digital cameras, printers and storage devices
• Flash Card Connectivity
• EPG services including Gemstar and tvtv
• YesDVD authoring
The Activa 220+250 solution is tuned for multiple Optical Pickup
Units (OPUs) and media types allowing OEMs to develop
differentiating features in the application software.
The Activa 220+250 chipset is the ideal IC solution for DVD
Recorders, Digital Entertainment Media Centers and combo DVDR
systems (DVDR+HDD, DVDR+DTT, DVDR+VCR, DVDR+TV, DVDR
A/V Receiver).
The Activa 230 adds to the Activa 220 features dual Digital Video
Broadcast Terrestrial and Satellite (DVB-T/S) support for a high
performance European solution.
The Activa 220 and 230 are footprint and software compatible.
Features
General
• System-on-a-Chip solution for DVD recorder/player
• Digital Front End (DSP, Servo, Write Strategy)
• Back End (MPEG Encoder, DVD Decoder, DVB Demultiplexer and
Decoder)
• Unified Memory Architecture
• Powerful 162 MHz 32-bit RISC CPU enables next generation
applications
• Intuitive DVDR application and user interface
• Enables time-shift and "Watch and Record" applications
Recording
• Real time, 100% compliant DVD-Video, DVD-VR, and DVD+VR
authoring
• Rich DVD-Video menus with Thumbnails
• Supports DVD-R/-RW/-RAM/+R/+RW, CD-R/-RW formats
• Certified Dolby Digital Consumer Encoder
• VCPS, CPRM content protection
• 1.4-10 Mbps VBR/CBR (2-/4-/6-/8-hr record modes) bitrates
• DV25 Decode, Real-time Transcode to MPEG
• 256Mb to 512Mb SDRAM configurations
Digital Video Decoder
• DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, CVD, SVCD, VCD, CDDA Decoding
• DivX 3.11/4.x/5.x/6.x(Ultra), XviD full-D1 (with QPEL and GMC)
• MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile Level 5 (720x480 @ 30fps)
• Glueless HDMI i/f to ZR36721 (HDXtreme)
• JPEGXtreme enables image display at true HD resolution
w/ZR36721
Analog Video
• NTSC/PAL/SECAM/480P/576P analog video encoder with five
12-bit/108Mhz video DACs
• Horizontal Resolutions: 720, 704, 544, 480, 360, 352
• 3-field de-interlacing , de-blocking and de-ringing filters
• Simultaneous interlaced/progressive video output with independent
OSD control
• Embedded NTSC/PAL Video Decoder with Time Base Correction
(TBC) and 3D Y/C Separation
• Input video noise filtering (horizontal, vertical, temporal)
• Closed Captioning/Teletext/EPG VBI Bitslicing/Decoding and
Insertion
• Input analog video: RGB, CVBS, or Y/C
• Picture-in-Picture for external source preview
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