Sonic and Avtrex create integrated DVD recording and DVR solution

Sonic Solutions has signed a strategic agreement where Avtrex will include Sonic’s AuthorScript CE CD/DVD burning and playback engine with its DVR software, to provide a complete DVD/DVR solution for its set-top box and consumer electronics OEM and ODM customers.
By incorporating Sonic’s AuthorScript CE, Avtrex can now offer its OEM/ODM customers a complete, brandable, Linux-based software solution for DVD and DVR. Portable to a wide variety of processor platforms, the Sonic-Avtrex solution also offers the maximum flexibility in product implementation. For consumers, the combined technology allows home users to burn DVDs of their recorded TV programs, freeing hard disk space on the DVR for recording additional content from standard definition and high definition television (HDTV).
“We chose to work with Sonic because of their solid reputation for providing powerful, reliable technology for CD/DVD burning with AuthorScript CE,” said Steve Francis, President and CEO of Avtrex. “The collaboration will allow our OEM and ODM customers to benefit from CE-optimised software solutions that are flexible, cost-effective, and that allow them to brand their products more effectively.”
Sonic’s strategic agreement with Avtrex further underscores Sonic’s move to deploy its technology beyond the traditional PC and into consumer electronics products.
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