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Looks like MS is taking over the streaming HDTV world.
update Microsoft, Intel, Hewlett-Packard and others will conduct a live Webcast of a concert with high-definition video and 5.1-channel sound.
The tech companies, working with service providers NTT East and J-Stream, will broadcast a live concert of popular Japanese musician Jo Hisaishi on April 16 to a preselected audience of 700 through a Web site, according to Microsoft.
The broadcast is designed to demonstrate the use of broadband PCs as high-quality, audio-video entertainment devices, a Microsoft representative said. The company also aims to show that its server technology can be viable for streaming video into next-generation "filmless" digital movie theaters.
The broadcast resolution will be 1,280 pixels by 720 pixels, which is higher than DVD resolution and meets the so-called 720-pixel high-definition TV standard. Standard terrestrial broadcast TV produces a picture with about half that resolution. The sound will be in 5.1-channel surround mode, comprising audio for three front speakers, two rear speakers and a bass unit.
Microsoft's Windows Media 9 Series player will be used on the PC end, and a server running the upcoming Windows Server 2003 operating system will feed the streams, the Microsoft representative said.
Looks like MS is taking over the streaming HDTV world.
update Microsoft, Intel, Hewlett-Packard and others will conduct a live Webcast of a concert with high-definition video and 5.1-channel sound.
The tech companies, working with service providers NTT East and J-Stream, will broadcast a live concert of popular Japanese musician Jo Hisaishi on April 16 to a preselected audience of 700 through a Web site, according to Microsoft.
The broadcast is designed to demonstrate the use of broadband PCs as high-quality, audio-video entertainment devices, a Microsoft representative said. The company also aims to show that its server technology can be viable for streaming video into next-generation "filmless" digital movie theaters.
The broadcast resolution will be 1,280 pixels by 720 pixels, which is higher than DVD resolution and meets the so-called 720-pixel high-definition TV standard. Standard terrestrial broadcast TV produces a picture with about half that resolution. The sound will be in 5.1-channel surround mode, comprising audio for three front speakers, two rear speakers and a bass unit.
Microsoft's Windows Media 9 Series player will be used on the PC end, and a server running the upcoming Windows Server 2003 operating system will feed the streams, the Microsoft representative said.
