Asus has unveiled its latest line of sound card, dubbed the Xonar HDAV1.3 Series.
It is said to be the world’s first 1.3a compliant audio/video enhancement combo card.
The peripheral works effectively due to the combination of the C-Media’s custom-made AV200 audio processor and ArcSoft’s TotalMedia Theatre software player.
It features Protected Audio Playback Systems (PAPS) and full Advanced Access Content System (AACS) certification. Without both of these certifications, typical PCs will need to downsample Blu-ray audio to DVD quality (48K/16bit). The ASUS Xonar HDAV1.3 decodes Blu-ray movies and takes full advantage of lossless digital audio formats such as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio for professional, high-fidelity sounds at 24bit, 96-192Khz.
The HDAV1.3 also comes with DS3D GX 2.0, which revives EAX 5.0 and 3D gaming audio in Vista. DS3D GX 2.0 automatically enables the latest EAX and DirectSound HW after installation, with no additional driver patches, game modifications, or OpenAL required. DS3D GX2.0 also extends MMOG EAX to online chat, allowing you to place your voice into the game´s environment.
The price is yet to be announced.
