ASUS fortsätter att ånga på med sin ljudkortsserie Xonar. Lagom till det nya året har man nu uppdaterat sin HDAV.13 serie med fullt stöd för det högupplösta ljudformatet Dolby TrueHD. Detta ljudformat används i Blu-ray filmer och ger okomprimerat flerkanals ljud till de system som stödjer tekniken. Inte ens alla stationära BD-spelare eller PlayStation 3 stöder dessa högupplösta bitstreams ljudformat. Exakt vad som gjorts för att få fram stöd för Dolby TrueHD är något oklart, men gissningsvis handlar det om någon sorts mjukvaruuppdatering.
Klicka vidare till ASUS pressmeddelande;
ASUS Reveals Xonar HDAV1.3 Series Sound Cards with World’s First
Dolby TrueHD Bit-Stream Feature for the New Blu-ray Era
Xonar HDAV1.3 Series are the Only Audio Solution to Set All HTPCs
Blu-ray-ready with Embedded ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre
Taipei, Taiwan, December 31, 2008 Following the success of
becoming the worlds first sound cards to be equipped with the next generation
DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby Digital Plus bitstream on the PC platform, the
ASUS Xonar HDAV1.3 Series once again moves to the forefront as the worlds first
and only solution to offer Dolby TrueHD audio bitstream on the PC platform. A
powerful combination comprising of C-Medias custom-made AV200 audio processor
and ArcSofts TotalMedia Theatre software player lets users be the first to
enjoy Dolby TrueHDs lossless compression rate of 24bit/192KHz over to their AV
receivers. This breakthrough in the emerging Blu-ray era was unprecedented
before the release of the Xonar HDAV1.3.
Working closely together with C-Media and ArcSoft to create the worlds first
premium audio solution, ASUS hopes to not only address consumer audio needs, but
also to showcase its outstanding R&D capabilities.
“Ever since Blu-ray technology was announced in the market, there has never
been a solution capable of bringing lossless digital audio formats to users on
the PC,” said George Tang, ArcSoft Vice President and General Manager of Video
and Home Entertainment Group.
“Even some BD players and PS3 could not output bitstreams of Dolby TrueHD and
other High-Bit-Rate audio so far, and we are glad to be the first inventors to
implement the Protected Audio Playback System (PAPS) on PC platforms and fulfill
the Full-HD AV entertainment desires for vast PC users,” said Jason Liang,
C-Media senior manager of System Business Division. “We are pleased to work with
ASUS and ArcSoft to make this product happen.”
ASUS Xonar HDAV 1.3 The Sound Card of the Blu-Ray Era
The ASUS Xonar
HDAV 1.3 is the worlds only solution capable of providing bit-to-bit exact
lossless Blu-Ray audio outputwithout any downsampling to DVD qualityallowing
users to enjoy next generation audio enhancements such as DTS-HD, Dolby TrueHD
and Dolby Digital Plus on the PC. Furthermore, the Xonar HDAV 1.3 also supports
most Video Graphics Cards on the market, allowing delivery of both video and
audio outputs through a single HDMI cable.
