Microsoft has come a long way from its
announcement at CES 2004 that it had entered the foray of high-definition DVD. This week the company won a very crucial vote when the Steering Committee for the DVD Forum DID NOT APPROVE a resolution that would retain the current "provisional" approval of HD-DVD CODECs until Windows Media Player VC-9 produced licensing terms with the same level of information as that of AVC/H.264. In a sense, this is a victory by way of voting to proceed with adding VC-9 as a fully adopted CODEC and removing the "provisional" status of the composite CODECs. Microsoft's entry into licensing its technology is an uncharacteristic and big move for them and seems to have scored a win in this latest meeting.
Click here to see the actual resolutions and the votes as given by the DVD Forum.
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