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MPEG-4 Hardware Decoder For $99

Posted by timothy on from the remote-control-included dept.

secondsun writes: "Tom's Hardware has the story. Apparently sigma designs has made a PCI card that decodes DiVX movies in reltime with little processor overhead." Under a hundred bucks, too.

4 of 286 comments (clear)

  1. It shouldn't be that bad by unformed · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wouldn't mind being flashed every month.

    Actually, I wouldn't even mind being flashed every day.

  2. Re:DivX != MPEG4 by duren686 · · Score: 3, Funny

    why not use a good one like [...] Real 9

    Parse error: You used "good" and "Real 9" in a way that I do not understand.

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  3. Re:DivX is NOT MPEG4 by delus10n0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thanks for posting anonymously and being a jackass.

    And if you think DivX 3 with nandub is better than DivX 4/5, you are a freaking moron.

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  4. Hey, that is a breakthrough! by G0SP0DAR · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess that means that Ogg Tarkin hardware is only 10 years away now!

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