A system having one or more different asymmetric data decompression algorithms and a processor. A first asymmetric data decompression routine is configured to produce decompressed data with a higher data rate for a given data throughput than a second asymmetric data decompression routine of the plurality of different asymmetric data decompression routines. The processor is configured to analyze one or more data parameters from one or more data blocks containing video data and to select two or more different data decompression routines.