On Monday 28 March 2005 14:06, Reinhard Walter Buchner wrote: > At the current stage of development, I never understood > why mpeg4 is still around. CDs and DVDs are so cheap > nowadays, there is no reason to give up quality for size. You ask the financial department of the broadcasters :) If they can get away with paying for half the transponder capacity by broadcasting in MPEG4 instead of MPEG2 I think they will have a strong case =) Cheers, Gavin.