Parhelia @ PriceWatch.com = $350

[fav]

Is it scam?

[mungu]

That is the bulk version....seems realistic to me.

[ravalox]

I find that price believable. With such a high ticket item, there has to be some room for discounts. I can see the retail going for as low as $370.

Too bad it doesn't decode DVD's in h/w, or I'd be on the gotta-have-it list, as well.

[frankymail]

I think that Parhelia does have some MPEG-2 acceleration features (though I'm not totally sure and after a 15-hours day, i'm too lazy to go check )

[ravalox]

I don't think so. It was posted here that it only does motion control in h/w...unless your considering that as acceleration.

[piaxVirus]

The missing chip that was to sit above the GPU. Contained the hardware iDCT, VIP 2.0, and maybe some other stuff. I asked Haig if any future card will have it, and he said "that footprint will not be populated".

[ravalox]

I'm disappointed that Matrox markets, at a premium, a card for visual fidelity and yet does so little for DVD. My aging Desktop Theatre and I still get along just fine, but I miss my Hollywood decoder and had wished for an equivalent in the new Parhelia.

You can put a tick for me into the "another missed market segment" column.

[piaxVirus]

I was wrong on what that missing chip included. The iDCT is built into the GPU. But future driver support for it is questionable.

[trk2]

Retail parhelia up at $364, $376 with shipping.

[K6-III]

The bulk Parhelia is available from Monarch Computer for $345...and its in stock...