Microsoft, Sony agree on HDTV standards
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Microsoft Corp. and Sony Corp. on Tuesday agreed to support standards for high definition television as part of an effort to "create a convergence" between PCs and home electronics.
While the deal does not immediately translate to new products for consumers, it is a step toward resolving ongoing conflicts over standards for digital television. Microsoft (MSFT) and Sony (SNE) also announced Tuesday that they would cross-license each other's software for home electronics products. .....
The companies agreed to support and endorse various digital TV formats that will work... (cont)
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Microsoft, Sony aim to converge PCs and home electronics
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Microsoft Corp. and Sony Corp. announced plans today to cross-license software, including the Windows CE operating system, as part of an effort to "create a convergence," between PCs and home electronics.
The deal also calls for Microsoft (MSFT) to license Sony's Home Networking Module, a middleware product that supports home networking standards, in versions of Windows CE.
The two companies also agreed to support and endorse various digital TV formats that will work in PCs and in televisions, and support the fastest standard for production, transmission and reception of digital signals. Also, both companies agreed to support the use of 1080-interlaced pixel resolution as the preferred format for high definition television. Sony (SNE) also agreed to support the Advanced Television Systems Committee's transmission formats, including progressive scan, or non-interlaced, formats.
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