iVDR
Powered by The Shin-Digita Total Solution
Information Versatile Disk for Removable Usage (iVDR^TM)
Digital Video Recorder

Use removable drives for video storage

• Provides a direct connect to an iVDR^TM device
• High Speed Data Ports for direct connection to DTV
• 5C digital content protection for recorded programs
• Optional standard 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 DTV to hard drive
• Low power, no additional cooling required
• Support for MPEG, DSS and DV streams
• Appears as AVHD device on the attached digital television
• Field updatable firmware
• Trick play capable
• FCP protocol compliance
• Custom firmware available for OEM applications

The iVDR-AVHD is a single board solution for any HDTV lacking the ability to record and play on an "Information Versatile Disk for Removable usage" better known as "iVDR". The iVDR system allows removable drives to be used by the end user to create large libraries of video content.

The iVDR-AVHD is powered by Shin-Digita's Total Solution, a combination of a high performance custom HD video chip and state-of-the-art firmware that provides a rich AV feature set and also allows the OEM to realize a quality product with a very short development cycle. A single circuit board tucks neatly into a flat panel or DLP DTV and requires only 5 volts for power. The High Speed Data Ports connect to the tuner and decoder using I₂C communication to control the MPEG transport stream.

The iVDR-AVHD interacts with the end user by appearing as an attached AV device on the screen menu of the DTV. Using the DTV's remote control the end user is able to control the iVDR-AVHD 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 iVDR-AVHD through the use of a 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 removable iVDR hard drive in encrypted form allowing the accumulation of a disc library that can only be played on the original iVDR-AVHD. 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.

iVDR-AVHD (English) Spec Sheet

iVDR-AVHD (Japanese) Spec Sheet