Nice Toy: Jianghai DVD-Player DVP-9000C

The Inside

Basically there is nothing mystique about a DVD player. All you need is a DVD-ROM drive, power supply, controller and decompression chip and some software for the playback and menu functions.

The decoder chip is the Vaddis III from the video specialist Zoran. As you can easily see on the photo, Dolby Digital is supported in hardware (it's 5.1 as 6.1 devices are still very expensive).

Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.