What you get by providing it with all of these is vivid stumble-free video playback accompanied by naturally pure sound.
It also requires DirectX to be installed on your system, a DVD Playback software and DirectShow compatible software.
The supported audio chips’ list consists of the vast majority of Creative Labs Sound Blaster series as well as NVIDIA nForce Audio, Philips Rhythmic Edge, Turtle Beach Santa Cruz or SIIG Soundwave Pro. In terms of graphics, NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder requires an NVIDIA GeForce 3 to 8 series video adapter or an NVIDIA Quadro series card. The decoder is supported by a restricted set of graphics and audio chipsets.
NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder comes in three editions (Bronze, Gold and Platinum) packing different sets of audio features from simple 2-channel stereo output from the Bronze edition, Dolby Pro Logic, Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby headphones for Gold to full support of the available Dolby suite including DTS (Digital Theater Systems) surround sound format supplied with the Platinum edition. Squeezing the full potential out of NVIDIA chipsets It equally supports MPEG2 video capabilities as well as Dolby Digital surround sound to deliver the best video and audio results.
It enhances the home theater experience for specific video and audio chipsets, providing fluid DVD, video and TV program playback on your PC. NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder is a Windows XP only software for Windows Media Player and Media Center.