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Multi-Format 1394/FireWire® Digital AV Recorder for the PC

Turn any PC into a DVR

• Shares one hard drive for video and Operating System
• Microsoft Vista^TM compatible
• 5C digital content protection for recorded programs
• SATA Drive support
• Dual Firewire IEEE-1394 ports
• Hard drive can be connected as SBP-2 device
• Industry standard AV MOVE commands for transfer of copy protected material
• Japan "Dubbing - 10" AV compliance
• Capable of simultaneous recording and playback of programs
• Support for NTFS, FAT32 and proprietary video partitions
• Single PCB connects between motherboard and hard drive
• Low power, no additional cooling required
• Support for MPEG, DSS and DV streams
• Allows computer to appear as AVHD device on digital television
• Field updatable firmware
• Trick play capable
• FCP protocol compliance
• Custom firmware available for OEM applications

The iND - AVPC is the one board one drive personal computer solution for the new video age. It allows a PC to be transformed into a high definition digital video recorder without the need for additional drives. Video content is secure but movable using industry prescribed methods of copy protection.

The AVPC is powered by Shin-Digita's custom CMOS PVR/DVR solution used in set-top boxes from original equipment manufacturers. A single circuit board tucks neatly into an existing 3.5 inch disk bay and connects to the existing drive by SATA cables from the motherboard and drive. Secure video storage is possible by the use of a protected proprietary encrypted partition on the existing PC hard drive. Drive usage is automatically shared with the operating system to allow simultaneous use of the drive for video and computer purposes.

Attaching the AVPC to the computer's IEEE-1394 Firewire allows the computer to be seen to the digital television as an attached AV device without the computer's awareness. No additional software is required to run on the computer for AV functionality. The AV device is controllable through the television's remote control using industry standard AV commands. Through the TV's remote control, recording, playback and movement of recorded material are possible. Trick play controls such as pause play, fast forward and fast reverse at multiple speeds are possible.

Safe guarding of recorded material starts in the AVPC through the use of a proprietary single-chip high security AV content manager. Using DTCP 5C encryption methodology, the AVPC communicates with the digital television to receive rotating key encrypted material from the television's tuner via the IEEE-1394 bus. The stream is recorded to the PC's hard drive in encrypted form on a proprietary partition not accessible from PC's operating system. Playback of the stream to the TV is performed with the same methodology ensuring that recorded content is always safe. The AV Move command (including Japan's "Dubbing-10" technology) is available to move recorded content with copy rights to other devices like Blu-Ray recorders.

AVPC (English) Spec Sheet

AVPC (Japanese) Spec Sheet