Creative® PC-DVD™ Encore 8X makes it easy to enjoy DVD movies on your PC or TV. Immerse yourself in the action with vibrant digital imagery of DVD video, cinema-like Dolby® Digital (AC-3®) or DTS™ surround audio, and be able to access your favorite DVD and CD programs.

To achieve stunning DVD video, the Dxr™3 MPEG-2 decoder board uses advanced techniques to process color video at high resolutions and generate amazing image quality and clarity. And home theater isn't home theater without room-shaking, surround audio - just connect the Dxr3 decoder to a receiver or the DeskTop Theater™ DTT2500 Digital speaker system for 6-speaker, Dolby Digital audio playback. Or, you can connect the Dxr3 to your Sound Blaster® audio card for great stereo sound.

The versatile Creative PC-DVD 8X drive reads DVDs at up to 8X speeds and CDs at up to 40X speeds. Support for popular disk types such as DVD-R, CD-R, CD-RW, and CD audio provide seamless access to your existing data and audio library.

PC-DVD Encore 8X with Dxr3 is your admission to theater-style movie experience on your PC or TV with high-resolution DVD video and audio and access to massive storage.

Features

Experience the cinema on your PC
Watch DVD movies on your TV or PC
View high-resolution DVD/ MPEG-2 video with the Dxr3 board
Listen to Dolby® Digital (AC-3®) or DTS™ 5.1-channel audio
Reads CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, and CD-Audio discs at up to 40X

Six Entertainment Solutions in One

DVD Player for your PC
Watch resolution-enhanced DVD movies in a window on your PC while you work.

DVD Player for your TV
Plug in PC-DVD Encore to your TV with S-Video or Composite connections and watch movies from the comfort of your living room.

Dxr3 Picture Enhancement
With resolutions up to 1600x1200 and advanced imaging techniques, the Dxr3 card produces an eye-pleasing image on your PC.

8X PC-DVD ROM Drive
Access up to 17GB of data and transfer DVD-ROM data at up to 10.8MB/second.

40X CD-ROM Drive
Transfer data at up to 6,000KB/second with average access time of 90ms.

6-Channel Audio Component
Listen to movies and games in multi-channel surround sound when you connect PC-DVD Encore to Cambridge SoundWorks® DeskTop Theater™ DTT2500 Digital speakers or a Dolby Digital amplifier/receiver. Or, connect a DTS-enabled amplifier/receiver for audio that's out of this world.

Dynamic De-Interlacing
Dxr3's advanced architecture elevates video quality to the next level. 6-tap filtering and scaling techniques virtually eliminate "combing" effects or artifacts that may appear around moving objects to deliver sharp, crisp and clean video images.

Advanced Color Video Processing
Dxr3's color video processor fully utilizes the on-board 24-bit DAC so what you see are sharper images and crystal clear displays. The enhanced color video processor also enables you to control your television's brightness, contrast, and saturation when connected to the Dxr3, while allowing you to adjust your VGA settings independently from your television's settings.

Keep Pace with your Graphics Adapter
Dxr3 keeps up with fast-paced graphics adapter technology by supporting Windows® resolutions of up to 1600x1200 at 85Hz. Dxr3 works with your graphics adapter to eliminate the need to adjust your PC monitor's resolution when watching movies on your PC.

Four Ways to outstanding audio
In addition to providing high-quality video, DVD also offers one of the best theater-like audio environments. The PC-DVD Encore Dxr3 board can output DVD audio in Dolby Digital (AC-3) 5.1 channels, DTS 5.1 channels, Dolby Surround, or stereo.

The soundtracks on most DVD movies and DVD-ROMs are produced in Dolby Digital (AC-3) audio, a multi-channel encoding method that produces six discrete channels of audio. In Dolby Digital mode, the audio content is passed directly from the Dxr3 card to a Dolby Digital device such as Cambridge SoundWorks® DeskTop Theater DTT2500 Digital system or a Dolby Digital (AC-3) amplifier or receiver, and then output through six independent speakers for a full surround effect.

In DTS mode, the audio content is passed through your DTS Digital Out decoder or receiver for the multi-channel, surround effect.

For an alternate surround sound effect, the Dolby Digital audio is downmixed to Dolby Surround audio which in turn is sent from the Dxr3's Stereo Out connection to a Dolby Surround amplifier or receiver.

For a two speaker system, the Dxr3 downmixes the Dolby Digital or DTS audio from six channels to two stereo channels and sends the output to the Sound Blaster® card, which in turn, plays the DVD audio through stereo speakers.