Grandstream Networks today announced the new GXV-3000, a next generation advanced IP video phone based on SIP standard. GXV-3000 is optimized for evolving video and imaging standards by Texas Instruments’ TMS320DM643 digital media processor.

“GXV-3000 IP video phone is the most exciting IP video product Grandstream has developed since the company’s inception, and it is the first of a series of significant video-over-IP offerings the market will see from Grandstream in the future,” said David Li, chief executive officer, Grandstream.

GXV-3000 supports the latest H.264 international real-time video codec standard (base profile) with QVGA or CIF resolution, up to 30 fps frame rate, and at bit rates between 64Kbps and 1Mbps. This makes commercial quality, personal video conferencing practical for all broadband users, even those who have access to only modest bandwidth.

“Increasing demands for high-quality digital video, more options at lower system cost and an ever increasing number of formats are driving an evolution in the video IP phone market,” says Danny Petkevich, C6000 platform product manager, TI. “Grandsteam Networks is a market leader in IP phones and we are excited to see that they are entering this emerging market. GXV-3000 is leveraging the programmability of TI’s TMS320DM643, a high-performance digital media processor with two configurable video ports to support multiple video formats, to ensure that the designs of their video phones can be painlessly upgraded with expanded functionality.”

GXV-3000 features an adjustable advanced VGA resolution camera sensor (with 1-touch ON/OFF switch for privacy control), a 5.6-inch TFT color LCD (2-dimensionally rotatable to allow nearly all viewing angles), 5 navigation keys, 3 line indicators (each of which supports independent SIP account), visual voice/video message indicator, hands-free speakerphone with advanced acoustic echo cancellation, dual 10M/100M Ethernet ports (switch or router mode configurable), 2 USB ports, 2.5mm headset jack, and RCA style audio/video output jack to allow simultaneous video output to TV. In addition, it also supports video call Hold/Transfer/Forward, 3-way conference, audio mute and camera block, video phone book, mirror camera, picture-in-picture, 4xzoom (2xoptical plus 2xdigital), on-screen-display, auto focus and auto exposure, anti-flickering, video capture & save, configurable screen-saver pictures, downloadable music ring tones, and intuitive graphic user interface.

Grandstream expects to start volume shipment of GXV-3000 in March 2006.