C.Smith
12-31-1969, 06:33 PM
** This thread discusses the article: Microsoft Sleeper Silverlight Scores Olympic Knockout (http://www.mcpressonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10218) **
Right-let's get people onto Vista! Funny… I would agree with you on the video quality, and Olympics viewers weren't able to expand the picture to full-screen. We have to keep in mind, however, this is emerging technology. I thought the quality of the video coming out of the subsequent Democratic National Convention--also powered by Microsoft Silverlight--was better than the Olympics. You could blow up the picture to full screen with it still looking nice and sharp. (Not sure I needed to see every blemish on the candidate's face, but in general, clarity is a good thing…) The improvements may have been due to the download of a plug-in from Microsoft partner Move Networks. The Move plug-in was used in conjunction with Silverlight for processing online convention video. I'll look into this technology and report on it further in MC Tips 'n Techniques.
Right-let's get people onto Vista! Funny… I would agree with you on the video quality, and Olympics viewers weren't able to expand the picture to full-screen. We have to keep in mind, however, this is emerging technology. I thought the quality of the video coming out of the subsequent Democratic National Convention--also powered by Microsoft Silverlight--was better than the Olympics. You could blow up the picture to full screen with it still looking nice and sharp. (Not sure I needed to see every blemish on the candidate's face, but in general, clarity is a good thing…) The improvements may have been due to the download of a plug-in from Microsoft partner Move Networks. The Move plug-in was used in conjunction with Silverlight for processing online convention video. I'll look into this technology and report on it further in MC Tips 'n Techniques.