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| ironhead1230 wrote:
...The next gen players will probably have specialized chips to decode the video and not a general purpose chip like the PIV.. |
FYI
The Toshiba/RCA HD DVD player does use a specialized chip to decode the video (a Broadcom BCM7411):
Broadcom Announces Next-Generation Advanced Video Compression Chip Supporting the H.264 Standard for High Definition Consumer Video Applications
its the audio that uses general purpose DSP's (4 Analog Device SHARCs). The Pentium in the player is used for the iHD menuing. A lot goes on in this thingy
Bob