http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/06/02/computex-2008-psp/1
Article for the lazy (Link has pics)
Asus soundcards
If youre an AV fanboy with a penchant for Blu-ray, take note now.
Asus says that in the June-July timeframe, it will launch what it claims is the only solution that will let you output 7.1 channel high-definition audio from the likes of Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master HD with a full bandwidth HDMI 1.3 over HDMI (with HDCP) or LPCM. The Asus Xonar HDAV is going to be (hyped up as) the king of kings when it comes to home theatre PC audio. In fact, the Xonar engineering team claim that itll easily beat soundcards even from the likes of industry giant Onkyo thats a pretty big claim to make, so well have to see how it stands up over time.
The Xonar HDAV is compatible with XV Colour and Deep Colour standards, and also includes its own Splendid HD Video Processor that will take low resolution video and enhance the colour and sharpness if you feel the need. However, the limitation is that while the soundcard supports all these video enhancements, we still have to wait for graphics cards to support a 36-bit output in order to also adhere to these standards. Asus did mention that since the company now makes graphics products and audio we could potentially see a Xonar-branded graphics card in the future as well.
The HDAV will ship in two SKUs Standard and Deluxe. The standard will come with a HDMI input and output, RCA stereo jacks and S/PDIF output, as well as a standard 3.5mm analogue microphone or line-input. The Deluxe will include the additional card to output full 192KHz 7.1 channel LPCM audio from the extra six RCA jacks and all the connectors feature gold plating.
If your audio needs only require stereo sound of the highest quality and a proper microphone input, the Xonar StereoX will also be available in the same timeframe as the HDAV and will feature very similar core features to the HDAV, but now focuses on a more basic set of connectors: RCA stereo sockets, RCA S/PDIF in and out a 2.5 microphone/line-in socket and standard 3.5mm headphone audio jack.
Article for the lazy (Link has pics)
Asus soundcards
If youre an AV fanboy with a penchant for Blu-ray, take note now.
Asus says that in the June-July timeframe, it will launch what it claims is the only solution that will let you output 7.1 channel high-definition audio from the likes of Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master HD with a full bandwidth HDMI 1.3 over HDMI (with HDCP) or LPCM. The Asus Xonar HDAV is going to be (hyped up as) the king of kings when it comes to home theatre PC audio. In fact, the Xonar engineering team claim that itll easily beat soundcards even from the likes of industry giant Onkyo thats a pretty big claim to make, so well have to see how it stands up over time.
The Xonar HDAV is compatible with XV Colour and Deep Colour standards, and also includes its own Splendid HD Video Processor that will take low resolution video and enhance the colour and sharpness if you feel the need. However, the limitation is that while the soundcard supports all these video enhancements, we still have to wait for graphics cards to support a 36-bit output in order to also adhere to these standards. Asus did mention that since the company now makes graphics products and audio we could potentially see a Xonar-branded graphics card in the future as well.
The HDAV will ship in two SKUs Standard and Deluxe. The standard will come with a HDMI input and output, RCA stereo jacks and S/PDIF output, as well as a standard 3.5mm analogue microphone or line-input. The Deluxe will include the additional card to output full 192KHz 7.1 channel LPCM audio from the extra six RCA jacks and all the connectors feature gold plating.
If your audio needs only require stereo sound of the highest quality and a proper microphone input, the Xonar StereoX will also be available in the same timeframe as the HDAV and will feature very similar core features to the HDAV, but now focuses on a more basic set of connectors: RCA stereo sockets, RCA S/PDIF in and out a 2.5 microphone/line-in socket and standard 3.5mm headphone audio jack.