"With NVIDIA's unrivaled high-definition support, we're delighted to offer the ultimate DVD playback solution," said Steve Ro, CEO and President of InterVideo. "People can now install and enjoy the same DVD decoding engine as used by the over 125 million users of WinDVD -- the world's number one DVD player software."

InterVideo DVD XPack also supports DVD playback on Update Rollup 2 of Windows XP MCE 2005.

Features

-- Enables DVD playback using Windows Media Player on Windows XP

-- Fully integrates with Windows Media Center / Media Player 9.0

-- Supports NVIDIA(R) PureVideo(TM) technology

-- Seamlessly works with NVIDIA(R) GeForce(TM) 6 and 7 series graphics processing units (GPUs)

-- Supports WMV-HD hardware acceleration for high-definition video

-- Supports Dolby(R) Digital audio decoding

-- Downmixes 5.1 soundtracks to 2 channels for optimum sound quality

-- Completely compatible with Microsoft DirectShow

-- Supports DirectX(R) video acceleration to minimize CPU load

The NVIDIA PureVideo(TM) Advantage

NVIDIA(R) PureVideo(TM) technology delivers crisp, lifelike HD images and ultra-smooth video with minimal CPU utilization and low power consumption.

"NVIDIA's complete video solutions enable a stunning home theater experience across multiple computing platforms," said Scott Vouri, NVIDIA's general manager of multimedia. "The combination of our PureVideo technology with InterVideo's new DVD XPack delivers amazing home theater quality, high definition video."