Sigma Designs Announces Partnership with LEA for Better Solutions

A major provider of System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions for home entertainment, connectivity and control, Sigma Designs (News - Alert) announced its partnership with an icon in broadband and home networking solutions, LEA.

LEA's new NetPlayer HD is powered by Sigma Designs' SMP8671 secure media processor and CG2210 chipset HomePlug (News - Alert) AV modem with ClearPath technology.

Embedded with HomePlug AV PLC with ClearPath technology, the collaboration provides the first-to-market Over-The-Top (OTT) Thin Client Set Top Box (News - Alert) (STB), which ensures Plug and Play installation and unmatched data transfer quality.

At a PHY layer rate of up to 200 Mbps, Sigma's CG2210 chipset allows the NetPlayer HD to stream OTT and VOD (Video on Demand) content and entertainment over the power line, and is ideal for home AV networking.

For true HD quality, ClearPath technology enables the usage of all three wires in a power line network to achieve extended coverage, higher robustness and higher throughputs.

By supporting a wide variety of audio, video, OTT and content security, the SMP8671 is optimized for a premium user experience. In addition, for personalized home automation the NetPlayer HD is the first STB with the option to integrate Z-Wave. 

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Through a Z-Wave pairing button on the back panel of the device, Sigma Designs' Z-Wave technology can be enabled.

Using the Netplayer HD as the gateway to the home, this allows consumers to remotely control home devices such as lighting, thermostats and security systems through any wireless or mobile device if enabled.

"We are thrilled to partner with LEA on their deployment of the NetPlayer HD incorporating Sigma's SMP8671 SoC, CG2210 HomePlug AV with ClearPath, and Z-Wave home control technology," said Sal Cobar, vice president of Worldwide Sales and Marketing at Sigma Designs.

A demonstration of the LEA NetPlayer HD can be viewed from October 16-18 at Broadband World Forum, Booth F57, Hall 7 in Amsterdam.