NME Releases HD VMD Media Format to Play Back on All HD Capable Electronic Devices
Share:
Dual-layer and Multilayer HD VMD Media Format Playable on All HD Capable Displays
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30 -- New Medium Enterprises, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: NMEN), is set to offer the fast-growing high-definition (HD) market with a break-through optical storage capacity, playback format, and disc player that will deliver consumers high quality HD content at a comparable cost to the current consumer DVD market.
NME offers the following HD VMD products on red laser:
1. HD VMD Media Players:
o HD VMD Media Player Duo (2 layers single side-9 GB HD VMD disc)
o HD VMD Media Player Quattro (4 layers single side-20 GB HD VMD
disc)
2. PC DL DVD burner with VMD-Playback support (DL DVD burner, HD VMD
Duo/Quattro Playback with HD VMD playback software)
3. PC HD VMD Authoring software:
o HD VMD Pro (professional version for Authoring Houses)
o HD VMD Lite (consumer version - part of HD VMD recordable
software)
4. PC HD VMD software
o HD VMD playback software for PC and Mac
o HD VMD recordable software for PC and Mac
HD VMD is a red-laser based hardware and software end-product format. Red laser has been proven by the booming DVD market as a cost-effective technology that can now offer the highest HD resolution available, making it a natural successor to DVD and best suited to meet the needs of consumers who desire a value-driven HD solution.
VMD technology provides up to eight information layers on each side of a disc and can be utilized for both blue laser and red laser formats, thereby offering numerous and greater content options and business opportunities for the high-definition and content ecosystem. VMD technology is applicable for single- and double-sided discs and a multiplicity of formats, including Blu-ray and HD-DVD.
HD VMD is a true high definition format with 1920 x 1080i/p resolution, with up to 40 Mbs data transfer rate, Video Up-Conversion for SD DVD, AES encryption and all region codes.
HD VMD media format is suitable for playback on all HD capable display devices and supports existing optical disc formats: CD, DVD (DVD5 & DVD9). The typical devices suitable for HD VMD media format are PCs, DVD type media players, IPTVs and Set-Top-Boxes.
HD VMD video supports MPEG-2 codec, VC-1 codec and H.264 codec, HD VMD audio supports Dolby Digital codec, DTS codec and PCM codec. HD VMD is a true high definition format with 1920 x 1080i/p resolution, up to 40 Mbps data transfer rates, Video Up-Conversion for SD DVD, AES encryption and all region codes. Furthermore HD VMD will also support a number of open source Video codecs in the future.
"The first products will be available in the World's markets, including the US, very shortly," commented NME CEO Mahesh Jayanarayan. He added, "With HD Media Format quietly adopted by Content providers and Distributors in 12 regions of the World, in US, Japan, China, India, Russia, France, Germany, Scandinavia, Central Europe, Brazil, Iceland and Middle East, HD VMD Media Format and products will become a universal media format and standard worldwide".
About NME
New Medium Enterprises (NME) provides a one-stop solution for the high-definition (HD) market, incorporating optical disc solutions, file formats, encryption technology, authoring tools and compression technologies. This is the only low-cost, high-end offering to the discerning consumer comparable to contemporary DVD market prices. New Medium Enterprises, Inc. is listed on the OTC exchange in the U.S. under the symbol NMEN. For additional information about NME, please visit nmeinc.com/ .
Contact:
Molly Mulloy
Vice President
Zeno Group
(415) 369 8105 phone
(415) 465 0561 mobile
molly.mulloy@zenogroup.com
Source: New Medium Enterprises, Inc.
Web site: nmeinc.com/
