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Asus Xonar HDAV1.3 Slim, 120dB SNR 7.1 PCI 24Bit HDMI1.3 Low-Profile, With LP/HP Brackets

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Uncompromising HD Digital Audio and Video with World's Only True Blu-ray Audio Bitstreaming

The Xonar HDAV1.3 features Protected Audio Playback Systems (PAPS) and full Advanced Access Content System (AACS) certification. Without both certifications, typical PCs must down-sample Blu-ray audio into DVD quality (48K/16bit). Utilizing ArcSoft's Total Media Theater, the ASUS Xonar HDAV1.3 is capable of decoding 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 sound at 24bit, 96??C192Khz. The PCI-based Xonar HDAV1.3 Slim is also designed from the ground up, and is built for next generation HTPCs. Equipped with the proprietary AV200 audio processor and certified HDMI1.3a connect, it is capable of delivering the highest quality 7.1 channel 192K linear pulse code modulation (LPCM) audio and high definition video through the HDMI port.

Perfectly Designed for Next-g HTPCs

The Xonar HDAV1.3 Slim is equipped with an essential digital HDMI1.3 interface, which bitstreams next-generation Blu-ray quality audio formats such as Dolby TrueHD, DTS HD Master and Dolby Digital Plus via the ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre application to the user's AV receiver. This powerful playback ability, combined with a low-profile design and bundled low-profile bracket, makes the HDAV1.3 Slim perfect for next-generation HTPCs right out of the box.

True Cinematic Video Enjoyment

The Xonar HDAV1.3 Slim offers bit-to-bit exact lossless audio output, eliminating the need for Blu-ray audio downsampling that would result in poor quality audio output. It also transmits both video and audio through a single HDMI cable, helping to eliminate cable clutter. Furthermore, most motion picture cameras used for Hollywood movies capture video at 24 frames per second. Content recorded on Blu-ray media are also based on 24p. With the Xonar HDAV1.3 Slim's support for 24p video via HDMI, users with a 1080/24p compatible LCD monitor and a 1080/24p player will be able to bring cinema-like visuals out of their HTPCs and fully experience digital videos the way they were produced in Hollywood studios.

Key Features at a Glance

• Supports DTS-HD, Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus, up to 192Khz, 24bit, and 7.1 channel LPCM audio formats
• Delivers bit-to-bit exact lossless audio output without Blu-ray audio downsampling
• Supports 24p frame rate video playback
• Transmits both video and audio through a single HDMI cable

Specifications

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Western Digital, 808.8GB, 32M, IntelliPower, SATA2, Caviar Green Lucky Drive, WD8088AADS

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As hard drive capacities increase, the power required to run those drives increases as well. WD Caviar Green makes it possible for energy-conscious customers to build systems with higher capacities and the right balance of system performance, ensured reliability, and energy conservation.

Key Features

Reduced power consumption - By adjusting the rotational speed, using bigger data buffers, parking the drive's head, and optimizing how the drive seeks and caches data we have reduced the power consumption by up to 38 percent.

Helps enable eco-friendly PCs - WD Caviar Green drives yield average drive power savings of 4-5 watts over competitors' drives making it possible for our energy-conscious customers to build systems with higher capacities and the right balance of system performance, ensured reliability, and energy conservation. This power savings equates to reducing CO2 emission by up to 13.8 kilograms per drive per year - the equivalent of taking a car off the road for 3 days each year*. By using environmentally-conscious PCs with our WD Caviar Green drives on board, large organizations with many desktop computers can minimize their carbon footprint and save real money on electricity costs.

*Assumes that a car produces 1.60 CO2 pounds per Kwatt/hours/year. Calculation of automobile emissions depends on the car's g/km emission levels and km/year of driving.

Perfect for green external drives - External USB, FireWire and Ethernet drives with WD Caviar Green drives on board can save up to $14.00 per year in electricity costs depending on the power-on-hours and power supply efficiency.

As an added benefit, external drive manufacturers can eliminate the need for a fan in a high-capacity product with this drive, the coolest and quietest in it's class.

• IntelliPower™ - A fine-tuned balance of spin speed, transfer rate and cache size designed to deliver both significant power savings and solid performance.
• IntelliSeek™ - Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise and vibration.
• IntelliPark™ - Delivers lower power consumption by automatically unloading the heads during idle to reduce aerodynamic drag.
• Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) - Employ PMR technology to achieve even greater areal density.
• StableTrac™ - The motor shaft is secured at both ends to reduce system-induced vibration and stabilize platters for accurate tracking, during read and write operations.

Ideal For

Environmentally conscious PCs requiring lower power consumption and cool, quiet operation.

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