Diamond DVD Kit Model MC20 integrates DVD and 2D/3D graphics...
06/01/98
Windows Magazine
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Copyright 1998 CMP Publications Inc.
The Diamond DVD Kit Model MC20 integrates DVD and 2D/3D graphics into a single chip to give you high-performance gaming, video playback, and graphics and hardware acceleration. Powered by Chromatic Research's Mpact 2 3DVD processor, the PCI-based accelerator provides full-screen MPEG II video decoding and six-channel Dolby Digital Surround Sound. The 3D engine includes trilinear filtering, specular highlighting, full transparency and alpha blending support. The drive offers a 2X read rate (160-millisecond average random access speed) for DVD -ROM media and a 24X read rate (105ms average random access speed) for CD-ROMs. The unit supports CD-R and CD-RW media.
$299. Diamond Multimedia Systems, 800-468-5846, 405-325-7000. Winfo #766
The Pioneer New Media DVD -102 and DVD -302 drives achieve a 2.6X improvement over first-generation DVD -ROM drives and feature 24X CD-ROM support. The drives come with an ATAPI ( DVD -102) or SCSI ( DVD -302) interface and offer 512KB of buffer memory. Average access time is less than 140ms for DVD -ROM discs and less than 110ms for CD-ROM discs.
DVD -102, $175; DVD -302, $275. Pioneer New Media Technologies, 800-444-6784, 310-952-2111. Winfo #767
June 01, 1998
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