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To: Carnac who wrote (3316)	5/3/1999 4:14:00 PM
From: Marc	Respond to of 5927

<<Nvidia has passed DVD WHQL recently. Do your homework.>> Even the Rage Pro is as better quality than the TNT: Our conclusions were pretty simple and obvious: If you can, use ATI 3D Rage for your DVD computer If you can't use ATI, use the Matrox G200 The i740 and the RIVA series pretty much suck. Anybody who doesn't have ATI wants Cinemaster BAD! lanroom.com

To: Carnac who wrote (3316)	5/3/1999 4:24:00 PM
From: Marc	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5927

The bundled Software DVD player is based on an ATI-modified Quadrant core. This is one of the best software players I have seen. Just like the stand-alone Sony DVD players, ATI's DVD Player was capable of crystal clear fast-forward and reverse. No longer do you get flashing images reminiscent of CLV laserdiscs, but instead a viewable 8x time-acceleration perfect for finding the exact spot you are interested in. Nonetheless, it does not match CAV laserdisc navigation. One feature that I would have liked is the Video Desktop feature, which will be covered in greater detail in the Digital TV portion. 3dgaming.com Marc By the way i wonder what's wrong with CUBE management tscn.com

To: Carnac who wrote (3316)	5/3/1999 5:40:00 PM
From: NTT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5927

I don't know whether just VLD would cost a million or not. And even if the chip did support VLD, you'd be complaining that they don't do the iRLE for the DCT blocks or something. By the way, if a company can't get a PIII/500 to VLD a 1920 stream, then they need to hire something other than high school students to do their coding for them. This isn't brain surgery. >>>Thomson's SOC (no x86) decoder sells for roughly $15 and integrates NTSC out, Audio decode, system transport decoder, and video decode<<< So? That just proves my point. What else does it do? Nothing. For twice the cost you can get a multifunctional chip that does the same thing and two dozen other things as well. If a 'mere $15' weren't such a big issue why would everybody be working their butts off trying to push SoftDVD solutions? $15 is a huge cost at the component level. Just ask Compaq, Dell, Apple, HP, Gateway etc. >>>Nvidia has passed DVD WHQL recently. Do your homework.<<< Whoops, sorry. They passed it last week, I must have missed that NR. What's that, almost a year since they shipped the chip? Oh yeah.. and about 2 years after the RagePro passed the same thing. And even then it doesnt even come close to the efficiency of a Rage128 in decode. Damn, they are one helluva progressive company!! I should invest some money there, surely they are going to lead the pack!