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PRESS RELEASE
     

January, 2009

        
         

MSI Media Live Diva, Welcome to the HTPC Revolution!
The world’s first “pure digital” Class-D Amplifier mainboard
 













 
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MSI introduces its latest HTPC motherboard: MSI Media Live DIVA. Users now no longer need to expand the traditional external audio amplifier. The Media Live Diva supports ATI Avivo™ HD image processing technology and UVD decode engine which provides 1080P HD video output. In combination with the D2Audio™ DAE-3 intelligent digital audio amplifier chip and expansion of an add-on card, the MSI Media Live Diva gives great performance everywhere!

Onboard D2Audio® DAE-3 Digital Amplifier
The DAE-3TM for Media PC solutions is the newest addition to the D2Audio® Digital Audio Engine TM family of Intelligent Digital AmplifiersTM. This DAE-3TM family of controllers has been specifically designed for use in Media PC’s. MSI now comes with the world's first “pure digital” Class-D amplifier controller which can be used in a THX Ultra2®-select performance-level Media PC amplifier. The biggest advantage of this amplifier is that because it is so small, it doesn’t take much space and it comes with build in power management so it reduces the heat.

Amplifier Audio Add-in cards
MSI Media Live DIVA supports the exclusive audio add-on card slot. Users can choose to install either a 7-channel pre-amplifier or a 5-channel x 100W amplifier card. Combined with the integrated DAE-3TM it provides a complete digital home entertainment solution.

“Media Live Diva 5.1” bundled with a
5-channel x 100W Amplifier card
- 100W Peak, Channel Drive, 8Ω
- THD+N: <0.1%, 1 kHz, 1W
- SNR: >105 dB
- Frequency Response: ±0.5 dB
(20Hz to 20 kHz)
- 93% Efficient Power Amplifier

“Media Live Diva 7.1” bundled with a
7-channel Pre-Amplifier card
- High Quality Home Theater Performance
- Line-Level Outputs, 2.0Vrms
- THD+N: <0.1%, 1 kHz, -6dBFS
- SNR: >110 dB

Complete „Digital‟ I/O panel
The MSI Media Live Diva motherboard has all the connectors which you can expect on a home theatre board: HDMI, VGA, RGB Component out, SPDIF in/out, Firewire, USB2.0, Gigabit LAN, Line-out R/L, Sub Woofer out and Line-in R/L.

Hardware High Definition Decoding
The MSI Media Live Diva uses the ATI Radeon™ HD 3200 graphics core that supports ATI Avivo™ HD Technology. Equipped with the latest Unified Video Decoder to support hardware decoding of high definition content, it ensures HD video formats such as H.264 / VC1 / MPEG2 can easily be decoded. It also enhances the efficiency of image processing, reduces the processor loading at the same time, and reduces overall power consumption up to 70%.

The 780M chipset comes with an additional 128MB side-port memory. It utilizes the high efficiency side-port memory that increases the 3D implementation performance up to 10%.

CPU support
MSI Media Live DIVA is based on AMD 780M chipset which is the mobile part with a low power footprint. AMD Phenom X4 quadcore CPU’s from 45W up to 95W are supported.

For more information about price and availability, please contact a local official MSI distributor.

About MSI

MSI is proud of its more than 20 years experience in designing and manufacturing high performance IT products. The product lines of MSI are motherboards, graphic cards, notebooks, consumer electronics, barebones, networking and server products, and fully integrated add-on peripherals. With its ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 qualified facilities, MSI products provide the ultimate performance, reliability and value-increasing productivity. We distribute our products through offices located in The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Turkey, Czech Republic, Poland, Serbia, Ukraine, Russia, United States, Canada, Mexico, Latin America, Brazil, Taiwan, Japan, China, Korea, India and Australia.
MSI markets its products to distributors, computer system manufacturers, and system integrators. For more information visit the company on the World Wide Web at www.msi.eu.

Mystar Computer BV (MSI in the Netherlands) was established in 1998. Having its own facility in Son near Eindhoven, it handles all marketing, sales, logistics and after-sales-service for its customers throughout Europe.

For more information regarding this release please contact:
Mystar Computer BV
Joran Schoonderwoerd, Marketing Communication Officer
Tel: + 31 40 267 66 07 / Fax: +31 40 267 66 22
E-mail: joran.schoonderwoerd@msi.eu; Internet: www.msi.eu