PurePVR

In a press release from SigmaTel an announcement has come that they will be providing their PR818S chip for the new GeCube GC-PVR100. This chip has built in codecs for various formats including MPEG-4 and MPEG-2.

I think that the real big news here is that this chip is being provided by SigmaTel. Although they are not the top quality producers of components, they are probably one of the biggest (just think of all the Dell computers that have built in SigmaTel audio). With a huge player like this getting into the PVR game, it could mean large scale mainstream acceptance of PVRs / DVRs.

On the downside, the GC-PVR100 will only be available in the Asia-Pacific market at the moment. Hopefully if it fairs well there, SigmaTel will venture into the North American and European markets.

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