Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!decwrl!hookup!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gumby!yale!yale.edu!xlink.net!zib-berlin.de!zrz.TU-Berlin.DE!netmbx.de!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!uunet!ulowell!ulowell!tegra!glen From: glen@pps.com (Glen Osterhout) Subject: Re: "Under a Killing Moon" update Message-ID: Organization: Tegra-Varityper, Inc. Billerica, MA References: <2qlpk0$phi@crchh327.bnr.ca> <2qm4e8$gjt@oak.oakland.edu> <2qolfa$318@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 19:54:10 GMT Lines: 23 In article <2qolfa$318@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> drkwlf@wam.umd.edu (Shaggy) writes: >In article <2qm4e8$gjt@oak.oakland.edu>, >Jered Floyd wrote: >>MPEG = Moving Picture Experts Group >> >>This is an ISO/ANSI meeting that decided a standard for high-level video >>compression. MPEG is also used to refer directly to the compression >>format. >> >>Basically, MPEG is a way of compressing video. But it's so complex that >>even a Pentium would have trouble doing it both high quality and real >>time. So, you can by expansion cards for your PC that do the MPEG >>decompression instead of the processor. >> >>The only one that I know of is ReelMagic by Sigma Designs. >> >Out of curiosity, how much does this card run for?? As far as I know there are two versions: the one with a soundcard built in is $449, the one without is $349.