Chapter 1296 – HDV


    After Wind and Rain Mobile’s productunch ended, Feng Yu returned to Shanghai. Jiang Wanmeng had called to tell him a piece of good news.


    Feng Yu had mentioned to Jiang Wanmeng to develop an HD video camera, which must be small and easy to bring it around. Most importantly, it must be high resolution for the HD TV market.


    The digital video camera has been in the market for quite some time, and Sony was the firstpany to develop it. Sony is one of the toppanies in the world in electronic product innovations.


    But Sony did not pay much attention to it initially. This ismon among most Japanesepanies. They like to keep their best technologies in theirb and introduced their sub-standard technologies into the market. This way, they can continue to introduce newer products and get high returns.


    The disadvantage of using this strategy is Sony’s product will never have the best technologies, and otherpanies have the opportunity to challenge them.


    Sony firmly believes that otherpanies seek their deaths to challenge them, as they own better technologies. Also, this can dy theirpetitors’ development and let them waste their research funds.


    If Sony discovers anypanies catching up with their technology, they will use another strategy to cooperate. For example, Sony and Panasonic, Sharp, JVC, Pioneer, etc., arepetitors, but they cooperate in many areas.


    All the Japanesepanies are bothpetitors and partners. Once in a while, two to threepanies will target the otherpanies. Sometimes, they will change partners and start to target their former partners.


    Feng Yu remembers Sony, Sharp, and other formerpetitors. He cooperated in setting the HD digital video camera standards in his previous life. This prevents otherpanies from entering the industry and lets them make high profits.


    Feng Yu had mentioned to Jiang Wanmeng that future mobile phones must also need to have video taking functions. HD digital video cameras and digital cameras must be incorporated into mobile phones. Electronic products must have a variety of features for the consumers to choose from.


    Almost everyone in thepany knows about Feng Yu’s innovation concepts.


    Jiang Wanmeng had been trying to showcase this HD Video camera technology. Philips, Thompson, and otherpanies are also helping.


    Manypanies’ support is needed to set an industry standard. Or else, you will need the core patent. For example, the VCD patent.


    Even after the VCD evolve to DVD and HD DVD, Wind and Rain still need to form an alliance with otherpanies to set the standard.


    Jiang Wanmeng had suddenly told Feng Yu that they had developed the HD Digital Video camera and has gotten the support of Philips, Thomson, and otherpanies. This means they can start to introduce their industry standards.


    This will limit otherpanies’ developments. Suppose you all don’t want to follow my standards. In that case, there will be different camps in the HD Digital Video, and products will be nonpatible with each other.


    Feng Yu is not afraid of having different standards in the market. He is afraid Sony and the Japanese will set the standard earlier with the support of many otherpanies.


    The morepanies are supporting a standard, the more beneficial it is.


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    “Manager Feng, these are the standards we are introducing. This is the HD 1280 X 720P, and the other is UHD 1920 X 1080P. Of course, these two standards arepatible with HD TVs and HD monitors.”


    “This standard is using progressive scanning, which means a picture will be scan once. The benefit of this technology is there will be no flickering orgging. We had also developed another type of intecing technology. But that technology is not as good as this because it needs to scan the same picture twice. The disyed video or static pictures will have flickering.”


    “Of course, we still have other frequencies, which are...”


    Feng Yu quickly waves his hand. “Alright. I don’t understand what you are talking about. If you all think this has met the standards, then just implement it. I trust you all.”


    Feng Yu only knows what is 720P and 1080P. As for the technologies behind it, he is not interested.


    “Then shall we hold a press conference to introduce this standard officially?” Jiang Wangmeng asked.


    “What did Philips, Thomson, and the otherpanies say?”


    “They also felt we should introduce this standard earlier, as it will benefit all of us. I heard those Japanesepanies are going to introduce their standards soon. If they are faster than us, we will be at a disadvantage. But they also want to get more electronicpanies to our side. We are in charge of contacting the TV manufacturers in China, Korea’s Samsung, Taiwanesepanies, etc. Thomson will focus on Americanpanies, while Philips will focus on Europeanpanies. This way, we will force those Japanesepanies to follow our standards!”


    Feng Yu nodded. “Ok. Contact those people from our HDVD alliance and get them to join our HDV standards. Also, when can this technology be incorporated into a mobile phone or digital camera?”


    “Soon. The new product can be introduced into the market before the end of the year.”


    Feng Yu is not satisfied with this reply. “You must settle this as fast as possible. Suppose we can think ofbining digital cameras with mobile phones. In that case, they can also think ofbining digital video cameras with mobile phones. Those digital camera manufacturers and digital video camera manufacturers will also think ofbining both products.”


    Why is a digital camera and a digital video camera notbine yet? The digital video camera is using maic tape, but it is not those old and big cassette tapes. It is a small cassette tape that is half the size of those Walkman’s cassette tapes.


    Digital cameras are using sh drives to store pictures. Both devices are using different forms of storage and cannot bebined.


    But if both devices are using sh drives, hard disks, or CDs as storage, then it will be easy tobine both cameras.