China again

Originally posted by trbarry on AVSFORUM
I am not certain, but I think that baseline profile is like MPEG-4 simple
profile in that it is limited in resolution and useless for HDTV or HD-DVD.

I'm not sure that the MPEG-LA yet realizes that people will not want to
store data in any format that requires them to legally keep track of and
report how often it is viewed, for licensing reasons. Hopefully the M$
and/or VP6 formats will not have this encumbrance.

- Tom

Gear wrote:
China has opted for VP6 for similar reasons and the cost while secret is
probably very reasonable. The WSJ had an article on a subject Sept 10th I
have been harping on for a while now.

That China has awoken from 3rd world thinking and realizes that they can set
their own standards. First for their own population and then for the world.

China can dictate through quantity production. I expect that something like
DMB-T and VP6 will be imported to the US from China.

http://ninad.emergic.org/archives/2003/09/10/

I have an 8-VSB receiver. When I got it I expected it to become a doorstop.
It will. If you cannot afford expensive doorstops wait for HDTV over cable
or satellite.