[M4IF Discuss] What is the REAL advantage?

[Yuval Fisher]

> Of course, it didn't stop MPEG-2 from becoming the most successful codec of
> all time (without any help from the PC). I see few reasons why it should be
> any different with MPEG-4. 

I disagree. I think it will be very different for MPEG-4. The existing
investment in MPEG-2 will not go away. Content owners do not want to
live on the bleeding edge at all. As happened with mp3, the hardware and
consumer markets will follow wide spread adoption only, and this can
only happen over PCs. 
The success of MPEG-4 depends on adoption on PCs. (Wireless is another
argument, which I'll avoid now). 
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