Many years ago when Sigma released the Hollywood Plus, it was considered a great piece of hardware, allowing everyone to play VCDs/DVDs & MPEG1/2 on just about any system that could run Windows, however since then, we have all moved on.

The REALmagic X-card from Sigma Designs is their latest attempt to show us all why a hardware decoder is still the best choice; whether it's DVD, VCD, DivX or even audio output via S/PDIF, the X-card is supposed to put all that in your fingertips.

Sigma REALmagic X-card review @Techspot.com