LSI DVD Recorder Processors Power New LG DVD Recorder Line

LSI DoMiNo DVD Recorder Processors Enable Feature-Rich, High Quality DVD Recorders

CES, LAS VEGAS, Nev., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE:LSI) , the pioneer in media processing technology, today announced that LG Electronics, one of the world's top DVD recorder manufacturers, has developed a new line of DVD recorders for worldwide markets using the fourth-generation LSI DoMiNo(R) recorder processor, the DMN-8604. These products will be available in 2007.

"As a leader in the DVD recorder market, LG requires solutions that not only meet our rigorous standards, but address the diversity of the worldwide DVD recorder market," said Mr. Tae Ki Shin, vice president of Video R&D, Digital Media Company, of LG Electronics. "LG was able to develop new DVD recorders for both the North American and European markets using the LSI DMN-8604. Its higher integration levels enabled us to add consumer-requested features such as USB connectivity, while simultaneously reducing our bill of materials and total system cost."

The new line of LG Electronics DVD recorders includes four models, each tailored to specific markets. The single-drive LG DR299H-S for the North American market and the DR298H-M for the European market are super-multi DVD recorders that can record content using any DVD format (DVD+R/+RW, -R/-RW, and RAM), providing consumers with the ultimate recording and playback flexibility. Other features include 1080i up-conversion with HDMI output for connection to HDTVs, USB interfaces for connection to digital cameras, and an IEEE-1394 input for digital camcorder support.

Two other models integrate VCR decks for one-touch dubbing of personal content from VHS to DVD and include the LG RC289H-S for the North American market and the RC297H-M for the European market. All LG products feature the patented LSI DVFXTM enhanced video quality processing technologies ( www.dvfx.com ) and are labeled with the DVFX logo to assure consumers that they are purchasing products with superior video recording and viewing capabilities.

"These new LG DVD recorders, based on the LSI DoMiNo DMN-8604 DVD recorder processor, give consumers the features that they want and the high quality audio and video performance that they have come to expect from LG products," said Jim Fox, director of DVD recorder marketing, Consumer Products Group, LSI Logic. "With each new generation of the DoMiNo DVD recorder processor, LSI continues to integrate additional functionality and assure backward compatibility. These features enable customers like LG to quickly deliver new products, which is critical in today's competitive consumer electronics markets."

The DMN-8604 is highly integrated, has advanced features and is optimized to address the needs of the worldwide, high-volume, DVD recorder market while reducing bill-of-materials (BOM). The DMN-8604 provides all of the functionality required for entry-level, single-drive DVD recorders and combo VCR/DVD recorders with analog TV tuners. The DMN-8604 supports not only standard DVD recording and playback using the MPEG-2 format, it also supports video encoding in the MPEG-4 and DivX(R) formats, which extends the amount of content that can be recorded on a single DVD to 12 hours.

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About LSI Logic

LSI Logic Corporation is a leading provider of silicon-to-systems solutions that are used at the core of products that create, store and consume digital information. LSI offers a broad portfolio of capabilities including custom and standard product ICs, host bus and RAID adapters, storage area network solutions, and software applications. LSI products enable leading technology companies in the Storage and Consumer markets to deliver some of the most advanced and well-known electronic systems in the market today. More information is available at www.lsi.com .