ATI Technologies HD 3450 - Manual (Page 6)

ATI Radeon™ HD 3450 - Video Review Guide 6
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Summary
The emergence and popularity of HD has created high expectations from consumers
looking for a unique and immersive video experience, and this includes consumers
choosing to use a PC as the hub of their entertainment center. But as a relatively
new technology, HD brings new challenges related to the large quantity of data
needed to be processed in HD, as well as its computational complexity, power
consumption and need for content protection.
GPUs can play a critical role in providing consumers with a high quality and seamless
HD playback experience. Unfortunately, many of the current graphics solutions on
the market do not provide the performance for full-quality HD playback, and in some
cases, lack the proper support for HDCP, audio and HDMI output preventing end
users from fully enjoying the complete HD experience.
With ATI’s Avivo™ HD and its unique video playback technologies such as UVD and
advanced image post processing, a comprehensive approach to HDCP requirements
and seamless support for audio and HDMI interfaces, the ATI Radeon
TM HD 3000
series address HD playback challenges for The Ultimate Visual Experience™ for HD.