Cirrus Logic Inc. fielded a reference design for DVD recorders at the Consumer Electronics Show here this week that aims to cut bill-of-material costs for OEMs making the units. The reference platform for DVD recording and CD-RW incorporates the company's CS98200 DVD playback processor and its CS92288 MPEG audio/video codec.
The platform can be used to build DVDRW recorders that can sell for significantly less than $500, said Terry Leeder, Cirrus' vice president for sales and marketing. While low-cost DVD recording drives are still needed to get the recorders out of the starting gate, in terms of electronics Cirrus believes it has the problem solved.
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