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| | (Post a comment) » NVIDIA announces Personal CinemaINTEL DEVELOPER FORUM – SAN JOSE - AUGUST 27, 2001 - NVIDIA® Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) today introduced NVIDIA Personal Cinema, the industry’s most complete digital entertainment solution, offering consumers an sophisticated blend of consumer-friendly video functionality, industry leading DVD playback and award-winning 3D graphics technology all in one consumer friendly package. NVIDIA Personal Cinema is the first product of its kind to implement a multi-function remote control, ensuring users of a simplified and intuitive interactive PC/video experience.
"With the universal remote and seamless integration among DVD, DVR, and live TV viewing, using Personal Cinema appeared to bring a new level of user-friendliness to multimedia PC functions—making it more like a traditional consumer electronics device," said Patrick Megenity, contributing editor of the Stereophile’s Guide to Home Theater.
With its impeccably integrated hardware and software suite, NVIDIA Personal Cinema allows users to watch, record, and control live TV, enjoy superior DVD playback, and use the PC to create personal home movies. Personal Cinema’s Intelligent TV feature allows users to pause live TV, instantly replay an exciting scene, skip over a commercial, or automatically program the PC to record future shows or movies. Users will also be assured of the outstanding graphics, fast frame rates and superior performance that are synonymous with NVIDIA.
“Personal Cinema is the first product from NVIDIA targeted at delivering a full-range of multimedia and graphics technologies in one package to the PC home entertainment market,” said Dan Vivoli vice president of marketing at NVIDIA. “By merging high-end graphics and professional level video features with a consumer friendly, universal remote control, Personal Cinema is a breakthrough in both power and ease of use for all-inclusive video/graphics solutions.”
Consisting of an NVIDIA based graphics board, a video-in/video-out module, a high quality TV Tuner, a breakout box which connects to the PC via a single nine pin cable, and the multifunction remote for controlling all Intelligent TV and DVD playback features, NVIDIA Personal Cinema is the premiere digital entertainment solution for any PC user.
NVIDIA Personal Cinema will be available in the fall of this year and from VisionTek and Compro Technology.
You can find more information on Personal Cinema at NVIDIA's site. Look for further details in our IDF report.
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Anonymous at 10:01am 08/30/2001
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This is a correction to my post below:
What was I thinking, I mean microsoft bought WebTV not TiVo.... =)
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Anonymous at 09:56am 08/30/2001
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Nvidia rules... they are diversifying themselves to expand into new
markets. like Microsoft has done. Microsoft started out as a
software-only company and now it makes mouses, gaming pads, game
consoles, keyboards, etc. They even bought TiVo.
Nvidia is just trying to increase its revenue, 3dfx did not expand,
it just wanted to buy STB to manufacture their own 3d cards. 3dfx
lost because of the distraction of buying STB. They lost a product
cycle. Its death to be behind schedule like 6 months in this video
card world. Nvidia has a strict policy of 6-month product cycle,
which means that every 6 months, there is a new video card. The way
i see it, as long as Nvidia sticks to their policy instead of going
offtrack like 3dfx did, then they will be on top.
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GUTB at 04:22pm 07/11/2002
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If one wants to upgrade their video card right now, they are faced
with an intresting choice between the Radeon, GeForce and Kyro II.
The Radeon LE costs as much as a MX, but it can be registry-hacked
to turn on disabled core features and then overclocked to make it
exactly the same as a full Radeon SDR, which is much faster than the
MX, and in the same ballpark as the GTS. It supports T&L
accelerations, and it's DVD playback is widely known to be
superior.
However, the MX has much better Win2k drivers. The Redeon Win2k
drivers work, but poorly. There are glitches and issues. No one can
overlook this vital point. The GTS is honestly not THAT much more
expensive, it competes at every level with the Radeon while
benifiting from superior driver support, as well as supporting the
same T&L features for games which are just now appearing. DVD
playback is excellent.
Kyro II is faster than either at most games and cheaper, but is
laden with glitches and issues and has no T&L support.
In the end, people should ignore the temptation of going with the
Radeon if they use a Win2k system. The bugs and issues are not worth
it. Settle for the safe bet of a GeForce.
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Anonymous at 02:20am 08/29/2001
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Remember a few years back when 3dfx was king and Nvidia pretty much
sucked? I remember, because I used a Matrox, which made great 2D
cards back then, and used several 3dfx products - Voodoo, Voodoo2,
Voodoo2 SLI for the 3D. When the Geforce came out, I made it my 3D
card of choice mainly due to the fact that it had 32-bit color, even
though Glide games still required me to use my SLI setup. After
Unreal was patched enough to run well on my Geforce, I basically
never used the Voodoo cards again. I have upgraded my Geforce to an
Geforce 2, and then a Geforce 2 GTS Ultra that came with my new
system.
My point is that I am willing to give anyone's card a chance to
prove themselves, even if their track record isn't good. ATI cards
pretty much sucked for 3D until the Radeons came out, but Nvidia
still had the best high end card out. Now that ATI has a legitimate
card to compete with, we will all benefit from the competition on
the high end. In a few months, I will upgrade my card once again.
It will be whatever is best out, be it Nvidia,ATI, or a dark horse.
Ah, these are great days for PC gaming enthusiasts!
P.S. Until Bitboys actually release a card, I doubt it will be
them, but who knows.
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Anonymous at 04:48pm 08/28/2001
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Okay, E-Mail missed TV shows to friends?! Heck yeah! But I bet it's
going to be like starting "Napster" all over again. TV
stations will be upset about the shows which you can buy a tape for
at the end of the show. Let them, they can lower the cost of the
tape or E-mail it to me for $0.50 if they don't like it. Either way,
I'm all for it and you guys just totally sold me on this idea! I
think I just found my need for a device like this. :)
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Anonymous at 02:50pm 08/28/2001
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I have seen a high end DVD player on a wall mounted HDTV Plasma TV.
It owns anything I have ever seen, sorry to burst your bubble. On
my computer system, I get the best DVD playback for the price I have
seen, and I have seen a lot. I have also watched movies on other
boards and nVidia boards, and my ATi Radeon doesn't even have
anything of them in it's rear view mirror for DVD playback.
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Anonymous at 02:24pm 08/28/2001
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This is why ATI is so important. If they can do the BEST of both
worlds, then Nvidia can kiss the fannie, ya know?
ATI Rules.
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beergod at 04:22pm 07/11/2002
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if only nvidia would spend their time making decent 2d instead of
trying to butt in on ati, matrox, and everyone else with their huge
lead in the market, reminds me of that old v3 model that 3dfx made
trying to get in on it, my old g400 absolutely destroys my GeForce
in 2d quality and 3d quality, but the fools had to go and make
business cards
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Anonymous at 11:24am 08/28/2001
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It's just nVidia isn't known for Quallity 2D anything why they would
make attempts at stuff that needs HIGH end 2D is beyond me
and I also agree that there spreading them selfs to thin
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Anonymous at 08:54am 08/28/2001
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Actually, Nvidia just seems to be going in too many directions at
once, and that is worrysome.
For instance, not only is their ATI, there is Matrox, Pinnacle and a
host of other good, solid capture and tuner options out there. How
are they expecting to make a real dent? There is no crying need for
such a product, is there?
In regards to Nforce, users have already shown their distaste for
integrated solutions like this. Intel has the 810 market sewn up,
and other attempts by other board makers have failed. Why buy
Nforce?
Nvidia cannot even get its 2D configured right - why bother
expanding? Their Geforce 3 is not nearly as popular as they would
have liked, their Geforce 2 MX 400 is nothing of an improvement over
their original Geforce 2 MX at all.
Maybe buying 3DFX has caused Nvidia to inherit the same rudderless
course control???
ATI has a card that competes with and in places blows away the
Geforce line - giving users much more value for the money. They
have a place. ATI has better 2D, better 3D pic quality, more stable
drivers with the Radeon, way better DVD playback and is releasing
killer products at lower price points
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