[mpeg2] Re: REALmagic DVR?

[Dan Hollis <goemon@anime.net>]

On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Christian Wolff wrote:
> Dan Hollis wrote:
> > It uses kfir2? Does anyone know?
> > http://www.sigmadesigns.com/products/dvr.htm
> Doesn't look like kfir2, it doesn't feature AC3 audio. Also, there's
> an awful lot of chips on there for a combined encoder/decoder chip...
> I would guess they have an EM8400 as decoder and either some sigma encoder
> or a c-cube encoder. But that's only a guess, because the picture quality
> is really bad.

visiontech's press release claims the dvr uses a kfir chip (but doesn't
say if it's kfir1 or kfir2). you've evaluated its picture quality?

btw visual quality of c-cube dvxpert chipset is miles better than the
kfir.

-Dan