New offerings buoy MPEG as video standard.
E Schroeder - PC Week, 1995 - go.gale.com
E Schroeder
PC Week, 1995•go.gale.comA number of vendors are introducing or developing video products based on the Motion
Picture Experts Group (MPEG) encoding standard. This growing acceptance is bolstering
the standard's credence in the industry, particularly as an increasing number of users seek
to integrate video into all manner of business communications. Prices for MPEG-compliant
products are dropping significantly; equipment listing for $100,000 in 1994 now commands
from $20,000 to $30,000. Video-playback cards show the most dramatic decreases …
Picture Experts Group (MPEG) encoding standard. This growing acceptance is bolstering
the standard's credence in the industry, particularly as an increasing number of users seek
to integrate video into all manner of business communications. Prices for MPEG-compliant
products are dropping significantly; equipment listing for $100,000 in 1994 now commands
from $20,000 to $30,000. Video-playback cards show the most dramatic decreases …
Abstract
A number of vendors are introducing or developing video products based on the Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) encoding standard. This growing acceptance is bolstering the standard's credence in the industry, particularly as an increasing number of users seek to integrate video into all manner of business communications. Prices for MPEG-compliant products are dropping significantly; equipment listing for $100,000 in 1994 now commands from $20,000 to $30,000. Video-playback cards show the most dramatic decreases, dropping to around the $200 level from about $500 in 1994. Among the new products discussed are Number Nine Computer Corp's $199 Plus-MPEG card; AT&T's AVP III chip, priced at $78 for quantity buys; and C Cube Microsystems' MPEG-2 $1,950 encoder chip set.