So there are new versions of the MegaPEG HD products posted in the regular locations. Also, our Demo has been upgraded to support HD encoding and analysis. I think it was time.

I've been making small changes to the motion detection/optical flow routines, and with this release there was a marked improvement in quality, especially since the motion detector is in front of all the ME algorithms.

SD versions to follow. I'll post here when they're up.

Blu-Ray Disc for Movie Distribution

Introduction
Most people know about Blu-ray Disc's basic features: It can store 25 GB (single layer) or 50 GB (dual layer) on a single sided disc - about 5 to 10 times the capacity of DVD. As a result, Blu-ray Disc supports the highest quality HD video available in the industry (up to 1920 x 1080 at 40 Mbit/sec) - Large capacity means no compromise on video quality. Furthermore, a Blu-ray Disc has the same familiar size and look as DVD, allowing for compatibility with existing discs.

Rumors of MPEG-2's death greatly exaggerated?
http://www.hdbeat.com/2005/12/23/rumors-of-mpeg-2s-death-greatly-exaggerated-digigami-does-hd-o/#comments

I am not sure why there is all this MPEG2 bashing lately when talking of the next gen optical formats. I was at CES last year and all the 'high end' new codecs (VC1/WMV and H.264) looked awful compared to good ol MPEG2. Mostly the problem is the content producers seem to think they need to bit starve their content with MPEG4 codecs. I saw one demo of Blu-Ray with all three codecs - MPEG2 at 25Mbps, and WMV/VC1 and H.264 each at 12Mbps. The MPEG2 feed looked far better with no false contouring (banding) or macroblocking artifacts. Who cares if it uses more space on a 25GB platter. Burn it all, I don't care but I want clean video. MPEG2 is very mature and there are excellent hardware encoders. It will take years for the other codecs to be tweaked to match the quality and consistancy of MPEG2.