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3D CODEC for DVD and Blu-ray coming soon!

Posted on 30. Nov, 2009 by "Mitch" in Blu-ray, DVD, Industry

A press release today by SENSIO Technologies and Cyberlink is a very clear sign that the gauntlet has been dropped in favor of a huge push for S3D support for media types and devices. The decoder will support DVD, Blu-ray, and AVCHD movie player software application. Cyberlink’s PowerDVD is the top DVD playback software and decoder in the US and most areas of the world. Most Dell systems have been shipping with Power DVD for years and still do by default. SENSIO and Cyberlink both plan on showing off their updated software in January at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

“SENSIO is a company of firsts – it was the first to do live 3D broadcasts, to present a Full 3D HD solution and to have its format standardized. We are very pleased to cooperate with CyberLink, the PC digital multimedia development leader. This agreement is another step that confirms our momentum in the consumer electronics market and that moves us closer to our objective of becoming the de facto standard for PC platforms, playstations and 3D televisions,” explains Nicholas Routhier, SENSIO’s President and Chief Executive Officer.

It’s important to remember that DVD or Blu-ray discs that have S3D content simply aren’t going to be viewable unless you have the proper CODEC to view the content. So as the firmware for optical devices will support the reading (and some writing) of the content, to view it within an operating system you need the proper decompression support.

Tags: 3DCODEC, CyberLink, PowerDVD, S3D Decoder