Thursday, September 2, 2004
Microsoft has won Blu-ray's, a DVD technology group, backing of a video compression standard for new high-definition discs, the company said.
Two camps, Blu-ray and HD DVD, are competing to become the technology for the next generation of DVDs which can store high-definition movies. The Blu-ray consortium includes Sony, Samsung Electronics and Matsushita or better known with its Pioneer brand, while Toshiba, NEC and Sanyo Electric all support HD DVD.
Both groups, Blu-ray and HD DVD, have now backed three video compression standards, including VC-1, led by Microsoft, and the MPEG-4 AVS and MPEG-2 standards.
MPEG-2 is used for digital broadcasts and current DVDs while MPEG-4 is an advanced version of that standard. VC-1 is another standard for compressing video Microsoft has designed to work best with its products.
By: DocMemory
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