Thomson announced last night that their Film Grain Technology for MPEG-4 has (finally) been approved for mandatory inclusion in HD DVD products ... grain before the movie is compressed, then ...

"Thomson technology enables HD movies to be squeezed onto a single DVD with a quality that preserves the film taste," said Jean-Charles Hourcade, SEVP technology division and CTO, Thomson. Thomson ...

Thomson has developed a new technology to reproduce the original grain structure in high-definition video presentations. In cooperation with SMPTE, DVD Forum selected Film ... and viewers see movies ...