H.264 Video Codec Adopted for Next Generation DVDs

H.264/AVC is an extremely scalable video codec, delivering excellent quality across the entire bandwidth spectrum-from high definition television to video conferencing and 3G mobile multimedia. As shown in a preview at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in April, video encoded at full high definition resolution (1920x1080 24p) was played back between 6.8 and 8 Mbps on a dual-processor Power Mac® G5 delivering full HD quality at up to half the data rate of MPEG-2.