Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : C-Cube -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Rieman who wrote (33384)	5/23/1998 2:16:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

Diamond DVD Kit Model MC20 integrates DVD and 2D/3D graphics... 06/01/98 Windows Magazine Page 58 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