jsl used our newssubmit to tell us that the company Sigma Designs, that was recently in the news because it was using GNU GPL code in their products and did not follow the rules, has been chosen by the company KISS Technology to deliver technology for their DVD player with MPEG4 support.
Price-driven consumers are poised to embrace this advantage and record up to two-hour, full-length movies on low cost CDs. This segment may include downloaded content available through DivXNetworks (tm) or user-created content, such as the output from Panasonic's new MPEG-4 Digital Palmcorder® MultiCam™ Camcorders. The premium user, seeking the benefits of high resolution viewing, is set to embrace the upcoming adoption by the DVD Forum of an MPEG-4 based standard for high definition DVD. Both segments will also benefit from future content that employs rich, object-based interactive capabilities. |
'The inherent advantages of MPEG-4 technology are driving the emergence of new 'MPEG-4 Ready' products and the creation of custom video libraries by consumers," said Ken Lowe, Sigma Designs' vice president of business development. 'KiSS Technology's advanced DVD players are a truly innovative concept, offering an appliance that can playback a range of content including DVD, downloaded media, or r user created files in a variety of formats."
You can read the entire press release
here. Yes you read it right, DivX is becoming more and more populair, also on DVD players! Also discuss this in our DVD Forum!
Source: Kiss-techonlogy.com
