Euclid Discoveries (finally) Announces Huge Improvement Over MPEG-4
Posted by Mark Nelson on 28th March 2006 | Permanent Link
Euclid Discoveries kicked out this press release announcing their object-based compression technology, which they say gives them 460% over H.264. For some types of video, their claims border on the fantastic. For example, in a “talking-head” video with a head-and-shoulders view of a commentator, they claim to reduce a 23MB video file to 1519 bytes.
An impressive claim, and one that has been in the making for quite a few years, with angel investors getting antsy but holding on to their belief in the product.
However, despite the great claims in the press release, Euclid isn’t demoing this yet - they say they need months of testing before they’re ready to show the product.