Posted by Mr. X on 01/08/06 06:11

"Andy Richardson" <arichardspam@spamboy.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
news:ETTvf.1128$gf7.953@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
> Mpeg4 is in the Blu Ray specs but they are using only mpeg2 until some
> issues can be worked out with the implementation of mpeg4. Supposedly, a
> firmware update will be issued in the future that will address these
> issues, but I would be wary of the first batch of Blu Ray players. The
> issues are not technical so much as they are about getting all the members
> of the Blu Ray consortium to agree on how they want to implement mpeg4.


Well, also consider this:

"Sony has more than 140 patents related to MPEG-2."

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051208-5713.html


And as far as I know, no important ones on any of the new formats.

There's several features that are technically part of the DVD "standard"
that aren't used. Some don't even work on many brand name players. I
suspect promiseing support for M$ codecs that are under constant revision is
along those lines.


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