IBM first to offer DVD on NT 4.0 notebooks

IBM ThinkPad models 600, 600E and 570, now offer DVD options to mobile NT 4.0 users.

Running on the Thinkpad platform, Margi Systems Inc.'s DVD-to-Go PC Card product decodes full color, full-motion video at 30 frames per second, along with Dolby Digital Surround Sound.

DVD-to-Go offers a solution for mobile NT 4.0 users to play MPEG-2 video, Dolby Digital (AC3) audio and CSS encrypted media. Other benefits include high performance video resolution at 720-by-480 NTSC or 720-by-576 PAL with 16 million colors, TV-out, MPEG-1 compatibility, sharp slow motion, freeze-frame video and a multiple camera angle option.

More information on the DVD-to-Go card can be accessed at http://www.margi.com .