Nero Announces Nero Digital(TM) AVC High Profile Certification Program for Consumer Electronics Manufacturers.New program promotes future-ready video technology; Welcomes first partner companies LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. -- Nero, leaders in digital media technology, announces the Nero Digital Nero Digital is a brand name applied to a suite of MPEG-4-compatible video and audio compression codecs developed by Nero AG of Germany and Ateme of France. The audio codecs are integrated into the Nero Digital Audio+ [TM] AVC (1) (Advanced Video Coding) The video compression techniques used in the H.264 standard, jointly developed by ISO and the ITU-T. See H.264. (2) (Audio Visual C High Profile Certification program at International CES 2007. This program is the first to promote the use and interoperability of AVC high profile (MPEG-4 Part 10) video technology in consumer electronics devices, as well as ensure that consumer electronic devices are ready for next generation 1080p video via existing red laser and emerging blue laser technology. The first companies planning to carry the Nero Digital[TM] AVC Certification program logo will include LSI LSI: see integrated circuit. (Large Scale Integration) Between 3,000 and 100,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, VLSI and ULSI. Logic Corporation, Magnum Semiconductor, MediaTek Inc., Sigma Designs and Zoran Corporation, among others. Members of the media will be able to learn more about the program by visiting the company's CES 2007 booth 20613, South Hall 1. "The Nero Digital AVC High Profile Certification kit is a powerful tool for CE manufacturers, as it supports both interlaced Refers to a display system or image that uses interlacing and does not render contiguous lines one after the other. See interlace and interlaced GIF. and progressive formats for SD and HD video on red and blue laser systems," said Tim Windsor, General Manager, Consumer Electronics, Nero AG. "It will provide high video quality to emerging consumer applications, such as creating and streaming content over wireless home networks and burning content to optical media, as well as to simply playing content back on HDTVs, DVD players, smart phones and portable media players." Nero is also adding Dolby AC3 5.1 audio to its Nero Digital[TM] AVC High Profile specifications in addition to HE AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) An audio compression technology that is part of the MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standards. AAC, especially MPEG-4 AAC, provides greater compression and better sound quality than MP3, which also came out of the MPEG standard. 5.1 audio for added flexibility for content creators. Going forward, the evolution of Nero's PC applications (including Nero Recode Verb 1. recode - put into a different code; rearrange mentally; "People recode and restructure information in order to remember it" rearrange - put into a new order or arrangement; "Please rearrange these files"; "rearrange the furniture in my room" , Nero Vision, Nero ShowTime and Nero MediaHome) will increasingly focus on the creating, sharing, and playback of AVC video in high definition. "LSI has long been a proponent of standards-based interoperability between consumer electronics devices, and AVC is an essential ingredient of many of the growth opportunities in consumer electronics," said Neil Bullock, senior strategic marketing manager, Consumer Products Group, LSI Logic. "This program will give consumers confidence that they can move their content between devices, and will stimulate the use of LSI's encoding and transcoding technologies." "Zoran welcomes Nero's AVC initiative to improve interoperability for consumer devices. With the emergence of new standards and advanced codecs The following is a list of codecs. Audio codecs Non-compression formats
DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. products, Home Entertainment division at Zoran. For additional information, visit www.nerodigital.com. About Nero Nero is a leading provider of digital multimedia solutions for the personal computer, consumer electronics, and mobile industries. Focused on developing technologies for digital media creation and playback, Nero provides strategic partners with applications, codecs, tools, software development kits, and programming interfaces for use with a variety of the latest platforms and devices. Over 240 million units of Nero's award-winning software solutions have been distributed globally and are widely used in the home, on the go and professionally. Nero distributes products globally through hardware manufacturers, international partners, retailers, and directly through www.nero.com. Nero AG is headquartered in Karlsbad, Germany, and serves the world with regional offices in Karlsbad, Germany (EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. ); Glendale, California, USA (Americas); and Yokohama, Japan (APAC APAC Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing APAC Agricultural Policy Analysis Center APAC Asia and Pacific APAC Asian Pacific American Coalition APAC Adapted Physical Activity Council (American Alliance for Health) ). Nero[R] and Nero Digital[TM] are trademarks of Nero AG and its subsidiaries. Any other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. [c] 2006 Nero. All rights reserved. |
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