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Intel® Clear Video Technology

Intel® G45 Express Chipset

Intel® Clear Video Technology is a combination of video processing hardware and software technologies for a wide range of digital displays.

  • Enhanced high-definition video playback
  • Sharper images
  • Precise color control
  • Advanced display capability

Product information

Description

This technology is available on all Intel® G45, G43, G41 G33/G31, GM965, GM45, and G35 Express Chipset-based platforms and is designed specifically to meet the changing needs of the digital home user.

Today's digital home consumers are demanding high-quality video playback and sharp image quality from their PC. Intel Clear Video Technology is designed to address these needs with advanced processing capabilities to enable a richer entertainment experience. In addition to stutter-free playback and vibrant color controls, this technology helps delivers crystal clear images without the imperfections and artifacts usually associated with PC-based video content.

In order to get the full experience of Intel Clear Video Technology, you will need a motherboard supporting the Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset and a software player with Intel Clear Video Technology support.

Enhanced high definition playback

Intel Clear Video Technology allows users to experience high-definition video playback on the PC including support for Blu-ray* without the need for expensive add-in video cards or decoders.

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Maximum visual experience

Intel Graphics help you make the most of your visual experience.

Sharper images

Sharper Images

Intel® Clear Video Technology uses advanced de-interlacing technology and ProcAmp* color controls to deliver sharper, more vibrant video images¹.

Sharper image quality

By using more advanced de-interlacing techniques, Intel Clear Video Technology delivers clearer, more detailed images by eliminating many of the jagged edges and video artifacts seen when viewing interlaced content.

Color control

The powerful color control functionality of Intel Clear Video Technology ensures videos are not too dark, overly bright, or washed out. By using the ProcAmp* color control settings, Intel Clear Video Technology allows user adjustment of hue, saturation, brightness and contrast.

Advanced display capability

Intel Clear Video Technology allows the PC to connect to a wide range of digital displays by supporting the latest digital display interfaces, including the High-Definition Multimedia Interface* (HDMI) and Displayport*. HDMI carries uncompressed HD video and uncompressed multi-channel audio in a single cable, supporting all HD formats including 720p, 1080i and 1080p.

For PCs using digital TV tuners, Intel Clear Video Technology adds support for Media Expansion or ADD2 cards which enable digital display connections such as DVI and TV-out in a single-card solution.

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Features and benefits¹

MPEG-2 decode Delivers smooth, stutter free playback of MPEG2 content including Blu-ray
VC1/WMV9 decode Delivers smooth, stutter free playback of VC1/WMV9 content including Blu-ray
AVC/h.264 decode Delivers smooth, stutter free playback of AVC/h.264 content including Blu-ray
De-interlacing Enables sharp image quality for standard and high-definition interlaced content
Sharpness/noise reduction Enables sharper, more detailed images
Cadence detection/ Correction Allows video content originally encoded at a certain FPS to be viewed without loss of data at another FPS
Color control Provides more colorful images with user adjustment of hue, saturation, brightness, and contrast without affecting the desktop
Digital Display Support (through SDVO) Digital Video Interface (DVI), High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)
Display support Displayport, HDMI, DVI, HDTV (1080i/p, 720p), Composite, Component, S-Video (via Intel Serial Digital Video Out), TV-out, VGA
Video scaling Up to 6x6 scaling
Dynamic display modes Flat-panel, wide-screen, digital TV
Aspect ratio 16:9, 4:3, letterbox
Maximum resolution support Up to 2560x1600 with Displayport, 1920 x 1200 with HDMI/DVI, 2048 x 1536 at 75 Hz VGA
Operating systems support Microsoft Windows Vista*, Microsoft Windows XP*, Windows XP 64-bit, Media Center Edition*, Windows 2000, Linux*-compatible

¹ Not all features supported on all chipsets.

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