Re: AAC in next-gen DVDs

Mike Melanson <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.video.xine.codec.devel
Message-ID <Pine.GSO.4.58.0406151207220.23850@shell>
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


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