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CyberLink Partners with Realtek to Showcase Lossless HD Audio Playback with Copy Protection Technology
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CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), innovative solution provider for the connected digital lifestyle, announced today its joint demonstration with leading IC design house Realtek Semiconductor Corp. to incorporate Realtek’s high-performance ALC889 audio codec within PowerDVD, delivering exceptional high-definition audio playback at 192kHz/24bit. The collaboration is being showcased at CyberLink’s suite, Grand Hyatt suite 1030, 1031, and 1032 during Computex 2008, June 3rd – 7th.

CyberLink PowerDVD, featuring support for the latest HD audio and video standards and formats, allows the playback of high-definition movie content with superb audio and video quality on the PC. PowerDVD is now able to deliver 192kHz/24bit high-definition audio through the embedded Realtek HDA ALC889 Codec, which protects content while still allowing full-rate audio enjoyment of DVDs and Blu-ray Discs.

Key features in PowerDVD include the following:

  • Playback of high-definition AVCHD standards and Blu-ray Discs.
  • High-definition audio for unmatched clarity and purity through high-definition, 7.1-channel home-entertainment systems, and on notebook PCs.
  • Support for next-generation disc features, like Picture-in-Picture movie mode, networking, interactive BD-J, bookmarks, and advanced disc navigation.
  • Optimized performance for playing high-definition video content using graphics cards featuring NVIDIA PureVideo, ATI Avivo, and Intel Clear Video technologies.
“We see high-definition audio being the inevitable trend for matching up with HD video for delivering a true digital home entertainment,” said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink. “For realizing the HD audio implementation on consumer PCs, CyberLink is pleased to partner with Realtek at Computex to feature HD audio codec technology within CyberLink’s award-winning playback software PowerDVD, which will ensure enjoyment of full, uncompressed content-protection audio experience.”

"Realtek has been a pioneer in developing high-definition audio for PC platforms", said Po-Len Yeh, CEO of Realtek. "Combining our advanced high-definition audio technology, and leveraging CyberLink expertise on high-definition video, we, Realtek and CyberLink, are committed to delivering a full rate HD-DVD and Blu-ray lossless audio/video experience to PC users".

CyberLink PowerDVD featuring the Realtek ALC889 codec will be available in Q3-Q4 2008. Current PowerDVD Ultra users will be able to upgrade for free to the latest build on the CyberLink website.

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