Sonic Solutions, the leader in digital media
software, announced today it is demonstrating its Sonic AuthorScript CE engine
on a new digital video recorder (DVR) recently launched by Pace Micro
Technology, a leading digital set-top box provider specializing in the
development of emerging technologies across all television platforms.
Pace's recently announced Tahoe HD DVR is expected to be one of the first DVRs
with DVD burning and playback functionality to be compatible with several
different North American cable conditional access systems. With
AuthorScript CE running on the Broadcom BCM7038 chipset, Multiple System
Operators (MSOs) can offer their customers easy, powerful, and reliable DVD
play-and-burn features. The Pace Tahoe HD DVR is being demonstrated at the
Pace booth (#5958) at this week's National Cable Television Association (NCTA)
Show.
'Sonic is powering the new generation of CD- and DVD-enabled
set-tops," said Jim Taylor, senior vice president and general manager of Sonic's
Advanced Technology Group. 'AuthorScript CE makes it possible for cable
customers to have a simple, all-in-one device that can save their favorite
programs to standard, play-anywhere DVDs while freeing-up recording space on the
hard drive. AuthorScript CE is crafted from Sonic's powerful Hollywood and
PC recording technology, optimized for the consumer electronics environment,
providing device manufacturers with an ideal, ready-made solution that makes it
easier and faster to integrate these new capabilities into a variety of set-top
products."
Sonic's collaboration with Pace is the latest in a series of
recent licensing and development relationships that Sonic has formed to broadly
deploy its AuthorScript technology beyond the traditional PC and into the CE
market. At CES in January 2005, Sonic announced that Broadcom, a leading
provider of highly-integrated semiconductor solutions for broadband
communications, has licensed AuthorScript CE for inclusion in Broadcom's set-top
box reference platforms; in late 2004, Sonic announced that cable hardware
provider Scientific-Atlanta is embedding AuthorScript CE into its popular DVR
set-top boxes. TiVo recently released its popular TiVo ToGo service which is
based upon the AuthorScript engine; AuthorScript also provides the DVD
formatting and burning functionality built into Microsoft's Windows XP Media
Center Edition. 'The traditional lines between PCs and CEs are definitely
blurring," explained Taylor, 'and at Sonic we expect our technology to foster
new digital media experiences on both sides of the convergence equation."
Pace is demonstrating its complete
family of products for use in all of today's current US cable systems. The
newest members of its set-top box family include the Tahoe HD DVR and Chicago SD
all digital products.
About Sonic AuthorScript
CE
Optimized for the consumer electronics environment,
AuthorScript CE allows CE manufacturers to easily and flexibly incorporate
DVD/CD recording and playback into consumer electronics devices such as DVRs.
The AuthorScript CE software development kit (SDK) supports video and audio data
conversion, formatting and burning to DVD-Video and Video CD, data recording to
disc, and music CD ripping, burning, and playback. AuthorScript CE is part of
the AuthorScript family of media engines and offers all the advantages that have
made Sonic's software the preeminent solution for DVD/CD recording and authoring
on the PC, including comprehensive support for multiple formats, unsurpassed
playback compatibility, and OpenDVD® for reading and re-editing recorded discs.
AuthorScript has been licensed by industry-leading companies including Adobe,
AOL, Avid, Broadcom, Kodak, Microsoft, Scientific-Atlanta, and Sony. It is also
the underlying engine in Sonic's DVD applications including MyDVD®, DVDit®, and
RecordNow™, which are bundled by major OEMs such as Adaptec, Compaq, Fujitsu,
Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, Matrox, NEC, Panasonic, Philips, Plextor, Pioneer,
Sony, ViewSonic, and many others.
About Sonic
Solutions
Sonic Solutions is the leader in digital media
software, providing a broad range of interoperable, platform independent
software tools and applications for creative professionals, business and home
users, and technology partners. Sonic's products range from advanced DVD
authoring systems and interactive content delivery technologies used to produce
the majority of Hollywood DVD film releases, to the award-winning Roxio- and
Sonic-branded CD and DVD creation, playback, and backup solutions that have
become the premier choice for consumers, prosumers, and business users
worldwide.
Sonic products are globally available from major
retailers, online at Sonic.com and Roxio.com, and are bundled with PCs,
after-market drives, and consumer electronic devices. Sonic's digital media
creation engine is the de facto standard and has been licensed by major software
and hardware manufacturers, including Adobe, Microsoft, Scientific-Atlanta,
Sony, and many others. Sonic Solutions is headquartered in Marin County,
California.
Source: Sonic
