ViXS Systems Inc has announced that its XCode 3290, an advanced video processing system-on-chip (SoC), has been selected by Hitachi to enable its latest generation of HD flat panel TVs featuring a built-in hard disk drive (HDD) for personal video recording (PVR).
This line of HD flat panel TV recorder products feature extended 8x HD record times, claimed to be the world's longest HD record time for a TV. The XCode 3290 is included in 15 new models available in the Japanese market.
In addition to featuring extended 8x HD record times, the Hitachi HD flat panel TV recorder products provide access to Marlin IPTV content and analog home media content recording for digital archiving. This flat panel TV line also acts as a DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) server or a DLNA client, allowing streaming to/from the TV and other DLNA devices.