Re: AAC in next-gen DVDs
Mike Melanson <[email protected]>
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On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Benjamin Larsson wrote: > Well certain manufacturers sure doesn't pay any royalties, I guess that > mp3/mpeg2/PhotoCD/ac3/mpeg1/DVD -technology and hardware must cost more > then approx $60 per unit. The big scandal last Christmas season was that DVD players were selling for $39. Had people wondering out loud how anyone could sell them so cheaply and still make any kind of profit. Surely, though, there is a lot of cross-licensing that goes on between the tech companies so they get away with paying minimal royalties. -- -Mike Melanson ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by The 2004 JavaOne(SM) Conference Learn from the experts at JavaOne(SM), Sun's Worldwide Java Developer Conference, June 28 - July 1 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA REGISTER AND SAVE! http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf Priority Code NWMGYKND