On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 02:12:39PM +0100, Gavin Hamill wrote: > 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 =) EURO1080 is already going this direction: http://www.euro1080.tv/mpeg4.htm Michael
