NVIDIA is jumping on the HDTV bandwagon with
PureVideo HD. They have prepared a great one-stop-shop for high definition playback on a PC with their next-gen graphics cards. Their new technology combines high-def movie decode acceleration, HDCP support and an integrated HD movie player. All you need to do is add a HDCP compliant display with a HD DVD/Blu-ray optical drive and you are off to the races. NVIDIA's chip would do the majority of the high-def processing which will in turn relieve the main CPU of the task. Sony, Toshiba and Acer have adopted these GeForce GPUs in their first PCs to playback Blu-ray and HD DVD movies.
MSI and
ASUS will have video cards this summer with PureVideo HD support. No word on price yet though.
