Sonic And Microsoft Enable High-Definition DVD Authoring Using Windows Media 9 Series

15-Jan-04

Sonic Solutions and Microsoft announced that they are developing new production tools that will allow film studios and production facilities to create high-definition DVD titles in Microsoft Windows Media 9 Series. DVD titles created using Windows Media Video 9 (WMV HD), a component of the Windows Media 9 Series platform, provide superior image quality at data rates comparable to standard-definition DVD video content. WMV HD titles can be played on the latest generation Windows XP-based PCs, including the popular new Windows XP Media Center Edition. Sonic plans to ship its WMV HD authoring system in May 2004.In working with Microsoft, Sonic will add support for WMV HD to its professional authoring product line. It will be demonstrating the new technology at the 2004 CES. Sonic also will work to equip the worldís major studios with the tools necessary to create new titles using WMV HD.ìWith its strong expertise in professional DVD authoring, Sonic is the logical company to enable studios to create WMV HD titles,î said Jonathan Usher, Director of the Windows Digital Media Division at Microsoft. ìSonicís solution will enable studios to easily take full advantage of the quality of WMV HD, supporting up to 1080p resolution.îìWe are proud to be working with Microsoft to pioneer a new era in high-definition packaged media using Windows Media 9 Series,î said Jim Taylor, Chief of DVD Technology and General Manager of the Advanced Technology Group at Sonic. ìEven in high definition, WMV HD achieves data rates low enough to fit an entire two-hour movie with stunning video quality and 5.1-channel sound onto a standard DVD.îFor more information on Windows Media, please visit www.microsoft.com/windowsmedia/. For more information on Sonic Solutions, please visit www.sonic.com. 

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