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"San Jose based Auzentech has become the first non-Creative Labs manufacturer to use Creative Labs audio chips."
Published: 17th April 2007 | Source: The Inquirer |
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Author: PV5150
Source: The Inquirer
In a surprise move but one that is understandable to some degree, 'alternative' sound card manufacturers Auzentech has become the first non-Creative Labs manufacturer to use Creative Labs audio chips.
The first card off the rank will be the imaginatively titled Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1, and at the heart of it lies the Creative X-Fi chipset.
| The new card will support EAX, obviously, but also Dolby Digital Live encoding. ..."When you're playing games, the Auzen X-Fi Prelude soundcard will output the best 3D audio and latest EAX effects. And when you're listening to music or watching movies, you'll enjoy an audiophile-quality experience." a spokesperson from Auzentech stated. This marks an interesting departure in strategy for Creative Labs. Previously, the company has been content to sell its own-brand products in its own boxes. But this move indicates a desire to see a larger ecosystem built up around its products, and the logical extension of this move would be to see Creative become the 'audio processing unit' provider to a number of board partners who would build their own products around it - the same model that Nvidia and ATI operate on. |
For those eager to know more, you can view the press release here
According to the source article the card can be expected towards the end of may.
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you can do sooooo much more with a htpc!! how could you not want it!
you can do sooooo much more with a htpc!! how could you not want it!
I think even tho potentially theres more flavorable content available to u via htpc, I don`t think u spend more time watching tv when u have 1.
Sure when the novelty is fresh u`ll spend loads of time seeing what u can do, but when the dust settles, I feel u find u`rself watching what u want - when u want.
Advertizers have to h8 it - hence I feel they should pump more money into the likes of Sky/Virgin, but not with more commercials - and do away with freakin ads every 10 minutes !!
The Simpsons sponsered by Dominos - is fine - AT THE START AND AT THE END !
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Sky+ ftw tbh
Love it - it's so damn easy and no adverts. Sure an HTPC can do that but MCE just isn't as damn slick as Sky+
Love it - it's so damn easy and no adverts. Sure an HTPC can do that but MCE just isn't as damn slick as Sky+
Yeah Sky+ is a great concept, I loved it when I first had it, but I don`t see anything I want to record anymore - perhaps a football game a week ? and of course PV`s girls doing aerobics ;)
I never record football - don't see the point.
I do tend to record films I fancy 'cause they're never on when I wanna watch em. And of course the missus keeps up with all the cr@p she watches.
Plus I get to record stuff I wanna watch and watch it when she doesn't have control of the remote (for control read - she whinges when I switch off "America's next Top Tw@t")
I do tend to record films I fancy 'cause they're never on when I wanna watch em. And of course the missus keeps up with all the cr@p she watches.
Plus I get to record stuff I wanna watch and watch it when she doesn't have control of the remote (for control read - she whinges when I switch off "America's next Top Tw@t")
I would get sky+ if I watched tv enough. Seems pretty good.
Instead I have the next best thing :) freeview + MediaPortal :D
Altho I keep buying DVD's of different series' that are on sky :( prob still works out cheaper than a sky subscription tho I guess :)
Instead I have the next best thing :) freeview + MediaPortal :D
Altho I keep buying DVD's of different series' that are on sky :( prob still works out cheaper than a sky subscription tho I guess :)
I have a media center on my computer with TV card and HDCP so I'm good2 to go!
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I have a media center on my computer with TV card and HDCP so I'm good2 to go!
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same here.
I love film, its a hobby to watch them. So i have my whole collection on the 1.4TB storage i have. Saves soooooo much room. Dvds can now be put away in storage.
Isn`t it amazing, we were glad that DVDs came along coz of all the space VHS/beta used to take up, now we`re packing our DVDs away in storage :)
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I don't want to be downloading content from the net instead of using freeview tho :( if that starts to happen wave goodbye to 20ms gaming