ArcSoft announce support for NVIDIA PureVideo HD in player
Monday 03rd September 2007, 01:01:00 PM, written by Rys
ArcSoft, creators of the Digital Theatre video player software for
Windows, have announced that version 2 will support NVIDIA PureVideo HD
technology.
The announcement of PureVideo HD support by an ISV isn't all that interesting on the face of it, but when the supporting players from other ISVs can be counted on the fingers of one hand and cost more than some of the graphics card that support the technology, new player offerings are more than welcome.
At $69.99, ArcSoft Digital Theatre 2 isn't cheap, but it's a decent amount less than the $99 Cyberlink want for a PureVideo HD-supporting copy of PowerDVD, and matches Intervideo's price for WinDVD 8 Platinum.
With PowerDVD and WinDVD far from perfect in terms of interface and usability, here's hoping Digital Theatre does things a bit better there, making it worth the outlay.
There's no word on whether NVIDIA AIB partners will strike up bundle deals with ArcSoft to get the player into the hands of users for a bit less than $69.99, but if the app is good then we hope so, since the Cyberlink/Intervideo bundling can seem like an unbreakable cabal at times.
You can check out the software on ArcSoft's product page.
The announcement of PureVideo HD support by an ISV isn't all that interesting on the face of it, but when the supporting players from other ISVs can be counted on the fingers of one hand and cost more than some of the graphics card that support the technology, new player offerings are more than welcome.
At $69.99, ArcSoft Digital Theatre 2 isn't cheap, but it's a decent amount less than the $99 Cyberlink want for a PureVideo HD-supporting copy of PowerDVD, and matches Intervideo's price for WinDVD 8 Platinum.
With PowerDVD and WinDVD far from perfect in terms of interface and usability, here's hoping Digital Theatre does things a bit better there, making it worth the outlay.
There's no word on whether NVIDIA AIB partners will strike up bundle deals with ArcSoft to get the player into the hands of users for a bit less than $69.99, but if the app is good then we hope so, since the Cyberlink/Intervideo bundling can seem like an unbreakable cabal at times.
You can check out the software on ArcSoft's product page.
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