At 02:08 AM 3/9/99 , you wrote:

>
>I'm not clear if the 4400 with the TNT chip does all the
>mpeg decoding in hardware. Did you use hw or sw mpeg
>decoding in this systems? It would be interesting to know if
>with a slower chip (say MMX200) and a TNT chip, DVD mpeg
>decoding would be feasible.

The short answer is no.   The card has hardware DVD decoding,
but it needs a software package that either comes with the card
or the card has a mail-in form for the software.  The software does
some of the work, some emulating of the process and is required to
make the STB 4400 card perform DVD decoding.

    Bob Wright
The NOSPIN Group, Inc.

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