“In the second part of our series of articles focusing on next generation media playback on the PC, we look at HD DVD playback performance numbers, hardware acceleration techniques and CPU decoding overhead with an entry-level Intel Core 2 Duo processor.”Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
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HD playback; ATI’s AVIVO and NVIDIA’s PureVideo
With the advent of Blu-ray and HD DVD, HD playback is becoming important. Hardware Zone takes a look at how the 2 major players in the graphics field handle H.264, the main MPEG-4 codec. Read on to find out about the CPU load you can expect without proper support for HD acceleration, and the difference in frame quality.