AVCHD INFORMATION WEB SITE

Holiday Information (April 16^th 2008 Update)

AVCHD Format Co-Promoters and AVCHD Testing Center will be closed for the Holiday from May 3 to May 11. Please note that we cannot reply to your inquiry during the Holiday. We are sorry for the inconvenience. .

August 9^th 2007

New Licensed Product Category "AVCHD Archivers" has been added and updated the definition of "AVCHD Players".

May 17^th 2007

Updated the License Categories of the AVCHD Format and Logo License.

July 13^th 2006

AVCHD Information web site Open.

The "AVCHD" is a brand new high definition (HD) digital video camera recorder format recording 1080i*1 and 720p*2 signals onto certain media by using highly efficient codec technologies. The "AVCHD" is jointly established by Panasonic, the brand name for which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is known and Sony Corporation.

*1 :1080i	one of HD specifications that has 1080 efficient scanning lines by interlace method
*2 :720p	one of HD specifications that has 720 efficient scanning lines by progressive method

The following companies have expressed support for the AVCHD format as of April 10, 2008.

Adobe Systems Incorporated
Apple Inc.
ATEME S. A.
ArcSoft, Inc.
Avid Technology, Inc.
B.H.A Corporation
BUFFALO Inc.
CANON INC.
Canopus Co., Ltd.
CyberLink Corporation
DigiOn, Inc.
D&M Holdings Inc.
Focus Enhancements, Inc.
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
InterVideo, Inc.
I-O DATA DEVICE, INC.
MAGIX AG
MICRO-STAR INT'L
MainConcept AG
Nero AG
NEC Electronics Corporation
Pegasys Inc.
Pinnacle Systems a division of Avid Technology
PIONEER CORPORATION
PIXELA CORPORATION
PLANNET ASSOCIATE CO., LTD.
Renesas Technology Corp.
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
SHARP CORPORATION
Sonic Solutions
Techno Mathematical Co., Ltd.
tram, Inc.
Ulead Systems, Inc.
VideACE, Inc.