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To: stak who wrote (36825)	10/22/1998 8:18:00 PM
From: DoggyDogWorld	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

>> i noticed that the aptiva se7 has soft dvd and i guess that more will follow soon. Many more.... >> explain why s/w may never replace hardware dvd in this market? A CPU powerful enough for software decode is more expensive than a decode ASIC. If your device requires such a CPU for other reasons, however, s/w decode is "free". DSS boxes and DVD players don't need a powerful CPU so h/w is more cost effective. On the other hand, new PCs have fast CPUs so s/w is the obvious choice. OpenCable settops with their requirements for HTML, Java, etc. might be better served by a single programmable chip which does everything. Or maybe not. Only time will tell.