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To: John Rieman who wrote (32947)5/5/1998 6:24:00 PM
From: DiViT  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 50808
 
MICRON & CUBE!!!!!............

From the ZDNet review of 400Mhz machines you found.
zdnet.com

Micron:

"Attached to the graphics card is a Toshiba DVD drive and a Diamond Multimedia Maximum DVD decoder card that worked well on informal testing. Also included is a set of Advent AV390 speakers with a subwoofer, a motherboard-integrated Crystal 16-bit audio chip set with FM synthesis, a 56-Kbps U.S. Robotics fax modem, and Microsoft Office 97 Small Business Edition."

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Diamond Maximum uses C-Cube!
MICRON IS NEWS, they used to use Chromatic!
No PR by Cube or Diamond that I could find.

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Also in the Summary of Features
zdnet.com

For the machines that had DVD listed, Gateway G6 400, Micron Millenia Xi 400 and Dell Dimension XPS R400, <bALL used hardware.

Gateway uses Chromatic
Dell uses Quadrant Cinemaster (C-Cube)
Micron uses Diamond Maximum (C-Cube!)



To: John Rieman who wrote (32947)5/5/1998 7:35:00 PM
From: Helios  Respond to of 50808
 
"Gateway's 400Mhz machine uses hardware DVD decode. It must be better than software"

I saw that too. That pretty much settles the issue for me. Maybe when the 500 MHz machines come out they will use software. HAH.