Data Sheet

Cisco Explorer 8640HDC DVR with M-Card Interface

The Cisco® Explorer™ 8640HDC DVR with Multi-Stream CableCARD™ (M-Card™) interface provides high quality video, audio, DVR, and two-way capabilities that cable operators have come to expect. The platform provides faster processing of applications while also supporting bandwidth management objectives.

The 8640HDC becomes the multimedia service gateway for the home – sharing and managing video and audio experiences between the television and other home network devices.

Figure 1. Cisco Explorer 8640HDC DVR (image may vary from actual product and specification)

Features

Network Utilization Enhancements

●1 GHz Tuning allows service providers to expand network bandwidth to provide additional services such as HD and VOD, VoIP video, and high speed data

●MPEG-4 (H.264) Decoding supports compression technology that provides better video quality at about half the data rate of MPEG-2

●DOCSIS® 2.0 provides increased upstream throughput for future advanced services and provides a path for future IP video services (optional software)

●Digital-Only Tuning enables service providers to improve bandwidth efficiency and accelerate the transition to an all-digital network by migrating analog subscribers to digital services

tru2way™ and Conventional Network Support

●M-Card Interface uses a Multi-Stream CableCARD for separable security

●Axiom™ DVR Middleware supports OpenCable™ tru2way (formerly OCAP™) applications such as Service Navigators, Games, and many other future applications (optional software)

●DOCSIS Set-top Gateway (DSG) provides a powerful standard transport mechanism for command and control signaling between the set-top and service provider network (optional software)

●SARA DVR Software on a set-top provides native navigator and user interface in a non-tru2way environment (optional software)

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