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  Blu-ray Disc BD-ROM Specification Adds Microsoft's VC-1 Advanced Video Codec
Time: 13:21 EST/18:21 GMT | News Source: Microsoft Press Release | Posted By: Jonathan Tigner

The Blu-ray Disc Association and Microsoft Corp. have agreed to include the VC-1 advanced compression video codec, the proposed SMPTE standard based on Windows Media® Video 9, as a mandatory codec in Blu-ray Disc’s BD-ROM specification for video playback equipment.

"We’ve been committed to adding advanced codecs to enrich the Blu-ray Disc format," said Blu-ray Disc spokesperson Maureen Weber, general manager of HP’s Optical Storage Solutions Business. "We want to offer content providers a variety of compression codecs to suit their various needs. With the addition of Microsoft’s VC-1, we extend that option in a package that makes Blu-ray Disc’s capacity advantage even more substantial while still delivering the picture quality that consumers demand from high-definition technology."

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#1 By 116 (24.173.215.234) at Wednesday, September 01, 2004 07:36:38 PM
Wow this is HUGE!!!

MS is going to make some good money off of both HD-DVD and now Blu-Ray. May the best format win.

Oh and BTW SodaJerk, I TOLD YOU SO!!!



 

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