| I'm getting a bit tired of all the iPod coverage in the | | | | Radeon X1800 is your answer to Pocket PC |
| press recently, including my own iPod versus PDA | | | | transcoding hell.Of course, prepare to give your |
| article recently.This has just been tempered with | | | | financial pound of flesh when it hits the market on |
| excellent technology news for the Pocket PC video | | | | November 5th, 2005 for $549 USD ($648 CDN) for |
| playback freaks among us.If you've spent most of | | | | the 512 MB version.I'm not really looking forward to |
| your waking life waiting for videos to finish transcoding | | | | paying the hideous GST and PST inflicted on we |
| into a suitable Pocket PC format, read on.ATI has | | | | Torontonians, either.Still, it may be worth your while if |
| introduced GPU-acclerated video transcoding in its | | | | time is of the essence.The Extreme Tech author |
| latest video card for digital media hounds. This | | | | conducted some encoding tests on a video clip of The |
| translates into a way, way shorter duration as the | | | | Rock.The clip, said to be brutal enough to make any |
| GPU actively assists in tasks like this.I once told | | | | CPU cry uncle, is used as a common benchmark.The |
| someone a couple of years ago that pigs would fly | | | | 5 minute DVD clip, at DVD resolution, was clocked at |
| before such technology came to fruition.Consider this | | | | 2 minutes 17 seconds using DivX.In the ATI Avivo |
| article a public apology. Hope you're reading.Jason | | | | Transcode app, the same clip took 24 seconds.Both |
| Cross reported on the ExtremeTech site that their | | | | test were run on an Athlon 64 X2 4800+ with 1 GB |
| new Radeon X1800 XT video card can quite possibly | | | | RAM.He discovered a general 5 to 1 super boost over |
| make ATI the king of the video encoder mountain.You'll | | | | CPU transcoding speed.Not bad at all if you're on a |
| remember that I referenced the Pocket TV application | | | | quest to encode all three Harry Potter movies into an |
| in a recent article as a Pocket PC answer, of sorts, to | | | | optimal format for your Pocket PC SD card in one |
| the ever increasingly ubiquitous video iPod in their | | | | evening.Nevertheless, video iPod users are probably |
| WalMart-like pervasiveness.As it turns out, you'll have | | | | covering their grins right now.Damian Julien is a Pocket |
| to spend some time doing the dreaded video encoding | | | | PC gaming authority and long time general gaming |
| dance with this app.There are a number of Pocket PC | | | | hobbyist and reviewer.He is an IT specialist by trade |
| encoders for optimal playback in Pocket TV.If you're | | | | and has posted numerous articles on Pocket PC |
| looking to encode with a smaller size and bitrate, the | | | | emulators, gaming and trends in the industry. |