3dfx Announces Its VoodooTV Products

3dfx Interactive, long known for its 3D video products for the PC has announced it is rapidly finalizing the development of its VoodooTV products. The VoodooTV 100 PCI, VoodooTV 200 and VoodooTV-FM (PAL version for Europe), add functionality like improved channel management and stereo capabilities, .MP3 encode capabilities and enhanced digital video recording power to a PC. The VoodooTV 200 and VoodooTV-FM introduce a solid state ``tuner on a chip'' technology to the PC.

3dfx says that it is strongly targeting the multimedia peripherals market with these products, and they are looking ahead at new technologies, such as such as high-definition television, digital video encoding and decoding products and related technologies. 3dfx has had a bit of trouble maintaining its technology edge in the 3D video card market against graphics chip giant Nvidia, and they recognize that shifting the focus to expanding functionality is critical to success where they no longer have a technology edge.

VoodooTV 200 is engineered with a dual-conversion silicon tuner technology that is FCC-cable ready, designed for 3dfx by Microtune. The silicon tuner technology, MicroTuner MT2032, prevents channels from bleeding over each other through a superior adjacent channel rejection feature. Dust, humidity and noise will not affect video quality. VoodooTV 200 features include a stereo TV signal, MPEG capture, digital VCR, .MP3 encoding and stereo FM radio reception.

VoodooTV 100 brings basic mono TV functionality to the desktop for that someone who just wants the basics, and will run for about $69.00. VoodooTV 200 PCI will retail for around $99.00 Both are expected to be available as early as October 17, 2000.

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