Asus's Xonar HDAV 1.3 with Dolby TrueHD Support

Yet another Asus product is all set to hit market, this time a high-end sound card dubbed as the Xonar HDAV1.3 series boasting HDMI 1.3a compatibility and Dolby TrueHD bitstream support. The Xonar HDAV 1.3 series sound solution comprises of a AV200 audio processor customized by C-Media as well as by a TotalMedia Theater player by ArcSoft. The same processor is previously used in Asus Xonar D2X, the PCI-Express sound card.

Thou there is on official information about pricing and availability by Asus, but many hardware stores are already the newly out processor ranging between $240(means Rs. 11,600 approx.) and $263( means Rs. 12,700 approx.).

Asus promises bit-to-bit lossless Blu-ray audio output via the AV200 audio processor and the TotalMedia Theater player. The streaming capability of the sound card output at a lossless compression rate of 24bit/192KHz, and can be received at AV receivers all thanks to Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. With the help of HDMI port, a 7.1 channel 24bit/192KHz Linear Pulse Code Modulation (multi-channel) audio out can be received through this sound card.

Advanced Access Content System and Protected Audio Playback System (PAPS) certification for content protection is there in Asus Xonar ADAV1.3. The EAX 5.0 and 3D gaming audio in Windows Vista will be enabled with DS3D GX 2.0, which automatically enables the latest EAX and DirectSound hardware post installation without the use of any driver patches, OpenAL, or game modifications.

Asus is expected to launch it Xonar HDAV1.3 sound card in mid-July. Another, Asus product is making its way in hardware market, its Asus's AM3 Motherboard.