This was the only hardware for DS that had on-board effect processing. This allowed a system at the time to play back dual-stream uncompressed HD effects in real-time at 16-bit precision. This was also the first hardware from Avid to support the DNxHD codec.
The DS hardware featured on-board effect processing, which permitted a system at the time to render dual-stream uncompressed HD effects in real-time with 16-bit accuracy. Moreover, this was the first Avid hardware to support the DNxHD codec.