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Apple DVD-Video and Audio/Video Card

The Apple DVD-Video and Audio/Video Card design is similar to the design of the Audio/Video input/output card. The Apple DVD-Video and Audio/Video Card differs from the Apple Audio/Video Card in that it does not include a DAV slot, uses a Burgundy sound ASIC, which provides improved sound performance, incorporates a higher-performance video capture IC, and includes additional circuitry to support the playback of DVD movies.

The Apple DVD-Video and Audio/Video Card uses a VPX3224 video capture IC that supports larger video capture frame sizes than the Apple Audio/Video Input/Output Card. Best overall results are achieved without vertical scaling.

Viewing DVD movies using the Apple DVD-Video and Audio/Video Card is optimized for monitors that support 800-by-600 pixel resolution or larger and display 256 or more colors. The optimum resolution for viewing DVD movies on a television is 720 by 480 pixels. If you are using an external monitor, you cannot view DVD movies on both the internal and external monitor at the same time.

Note
Viewing DVD movies requires the Apple DVD-Video and Audio/Video Card and a DVD-ROM drive.


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