RE: Another Nail in the MP3 coffin?

["Anthony Umann" <anthony@xxxxxxx>]

you are smoking crack if you think windows media has a chance of coming
close to the penetration of MP3..

-my 2 bits

search on google for MP3=16,400,000 hits, WMA=205,000, Windows
Media=605,000



-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 4:30 AM
To: DistributedHomeAudio@xxxxxxx; ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Another Nail in the MP3 coffin?


Snip from CNET:


<SNIP>

Microsoft released Windows Media version 8 Wednesday, a compression
technology that lets companies encode high-quality audio and video into
smaller packages.

Promising 30 percent improved quality, Windows Media 8 lets content
providers present near-DVD quality film at a bit rate as low as 500
kilobits, and near-CD quality audio at a bit rate as low as 48 kilobits,
the
company said.

This compares with Windows Media 7, which required a compression rate of
750
kilobits for near-DVD quality video, and approximately 64 kilobits for
near-CD quality audio.

"You can offer the same quality in smaller file sizes or better
quality in
the same file sizes," said Geordie Wilson, a product manager in the
digital
media division at Microsoft. The company opted for the former.

<END SNIP>

Full stopy here: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5338600.html

Paul G.

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