decompression algorithms (CODECs) have been around for a about ten years and some of them, like MPEG-2, are quite good, but they all have their drawbacks. All video compression algorithms perform the same basic functions. And no matter what the manufacturer...

• -MPEG-1
• -MPEG-2

performance (heap) is determined using a third algorithm. CPU Performance: Integer Arithmetic The algorithm used in this test is based on the sieve algorithm. This algorithm, also known as the "Sieve of Erastothenes," calculates prime numbers. This gives you...

any given moment. As with Dolby Digital and DTS, both DD+ and DTS-HD High Resolution (covered in the next section) use lossy but more efficient compression algorithms to encode data. This still results in some loss of fidelity and audio quality as compared...

know about this, but those fabled engine roars that you hear many high-end consumer sport car models are, in fact, not what they seem. Instead, beneath-the-hood circuitry and algorithms that Lotus develops fine-tunes those famous car engine noises that help...

doesn't affect the board much. All the other products for compression use a software codec. The Asus algorithm, which is so effective at half TV resolution, is really pushed at full resolution. The same applies to the ATI board with its MPEG 2 algorithm. However,...