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V, Inc. Announces (WMV9) HD DVD Player

Time: 18:50 EST/23:50 GMT | News Source: ActiveWin.com | Posted By: Adrian Latinak

V, Inc. took dealers off site at CES to announce a range of new products, highlighted by a DVD player it claims will play high-definition content. The Bravo D3 home HD DVD Media Player will support the Windows Media 9 video compression codec, which is capable of playing back high-definition videos recorded in WM9 on standard DVDs. The unit outputs signals through component video and DVI-HDCP at resolution levels including the 480i, 480p, 1,080i and 720p formats, the company said. The player is expected to ship in the second quarter of 2004 at a $349.99 "target retail." In addition to using the WM9 compression codec, the player adds the Microsoft/ Matsushita-developed HighMAT format for media-file aggregation and playback management.