The Broadcom Crystal HD Hardware decoder comes as a PCI Express Mini Card that enables support for H.264 and VC-1 video compression like the playback of Blu-ray discs and streaming 1080p high definition multimedia content. It is designed to reduce CPU utilization and allows for full HD real-time decoding support for mobile platform solutions and it is also the perfect solution for small form factor HTPC's running compatible software like the mighty XBMC. There are solutions for Windows, Linux or OSX platforms.
The Windows driver binary and Linux source code for the driver and library can be found at the Broadcom web site. For OSX, the binaries and source codecan be found at google code. Users in the USA can purchase the Crystal HD mini PCIE card from Logic Supply for $69 though Ebay appears like the only solution for those outside the USA.
February 3, 2010 at 4:51 pm
Who are the distributors in Australia?
February 3, 2010 at 8:14 pm
I have searched for a distributor but could,t find any in AUS, they pop up on Ebay every now and then with the model number: PCIe BCM970012