Avivo makes PC games look stunning on any current display

Sep 20, 2005 15:54 GMT  ·  By

You'll never look at your PC the same way again, once you've seen a computer with Avivo from ATI Technologies. Avivo includes hardware and software technologies that refine video capture and playback, and greatly improve display quality. Computers with Avivo provide much more accurate color reproduction than other PCs - they can display 64 times as many colors - and so are essential for anyone editing photos or viewing video. In addition, Avivo makes PC games look stunning on any current display and the superb image quality gives Avivo users the gaming edge.

All digital photo and video files are processed through a series of steps before being displayed on PC monitors. A flaw in any one of these steps will produce a less accurate video or image. ATI's Avivo refines all of the steps to ensure the best photo and video experience.

Avivo delivers flawless video playback by supporting hardware MPEG-2 compression, hardware assisteddecode of MPEG-2, H.264 and VC-1 video codecs, and advanced display up scaling

Avivo offers 64 times the number of colors currently available in current PCs for amazingly vibrant images that are more accurate with higher color fidelitywith unprecedented 10-bit processing throughout Avivo's display engine

Also Avivo will support extreme resolutions, such as 2560 by 1600 or higher, on the latest digitaldisplays using dual-link DVI, as well as high color depth support over DVI

Other features include:

Accurate video capture with features like 3D comb filtering (a featurepreviously limited to high-end televisions), front-end video scaling, andhardware MPEG video compression

True-to-life image reproduction for TV programs with hardware noisereduction and 12-bit analog-to-digital conversion for high-quality videocapture

Universal connectivity to support standard TV, HDTV, video input and allPC displays via digital (DVI, HDMI(TM)) and analog (VGA, Component,S-Video, composite) ports

Avivo will be an integral component in all of ATI's upcoming desktop,mobile, chipset, workstation, and software products.

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