CHAPTER 148 EARLY RELEASE XBOX

In a sense, analog video is more perfect than digital video – provided that there is no interference at all.

In fact, digital video generally displays better than analog video, which is why Catherine takes digitalization so seriously.

After digitalization, the loss of picture quality will be greatly reduced, which is why in the 21st century, digital TV has become the mainstream of the times.

And most importantly, the digital video will be easily stored in various devices, and the data transfer is very convenient.

Although there are also pirated copies in the European and American markets, they are relatively rare, so Catherine is not worried about this.

In the future, the TV will become a must-have appliance for the family, and without that family, there will be no TV.

And the game consoles, players, etc., derived from Tongguò TV, are also a very huge market.

Catherine is not only aiming at televisions, but also a series of markets for televisions, and Catherine does not want to let go.

In "history" CDs are a great medium for distributing video, and VCDs are an unprecedented type of digital video built on CDs

Catherine's VCD, on the other hand, is actually different in that it uses DPCM sampling, which is similar to analog video. A video requires two discs, and both are double-sided.

Catherine often used the concept of predictive encoding when processing video in her previous life, which is DPCM, which is not as reproducible as PCM for laser discs, but it can store more things.

Although the concept of DPCM was proposed in 1952, the full-fledged research began in the 70s, and in fact, if there had been research since it was proposed, it might have been completely different for videos in the future.

This is also one of the biggest difficulties that Catherine's VCD is currently tackling.

In order to ensure the quality of the picture, Catherine stripped the original picture of the VCD and converted it into black and white, red-green, yellow-blue, and the latter two into brightness information separately - so that if it is output separately, it will still be black and white.

When placed on the player, one screen outputs the original black and white, while the other two screens, after reading the information, will output red, green, yellow, and blue images - in fact, the reading and output ends can only output these two colors.

In this way, the reading of the picture occupies three discs, and the fourth, the audio.

Catherine did this because it was not practical to make a decoder chip with the technological level of the 90s, and the only way to bypass this aspect and maintain the advantage over laser discs was to do so.

However, such a VCD has a disadvantage, that is, it can only use the chromatic component output, but such a picture can ensure that the maximum visual effect is achieved at a low cost compared to laser discs.

But when Catherine's VCD plan came out, she found that this guy seemed to be completely different from the one in history......

"Forget it, it's a movie disc anyway...... It's not wrong to call it a VCD."

Catherine finally made up her mind.

Catherine then asked Olsen to send a letter out. These letters were sent to other TV manufacturers.

Catherine will use chromatic components for the next generation of televisions, but this does not mean that other factory associations are doing this. In this case, it is not conducive to expanding the market by yourself.

Rather than that, let's do this market together. Catherine is just ready to grow with them.

Apple could consider licensing Three-Gun and Trilon to them, but only if everyone sits down together and sets a new video standard.

Catherine holds patents for integrated circuits and has a strong presence in the television market, which IBM cannot match.

At that time, IBM will have to design its own products according to its own model

In this way, whether you win or lose, you are the final winner.

The standard is old hair, and Catherine has never forgotten that.

As long as the negotiation and cooperation with the TV manufacturer is reached, then he will be in an undefeated position, and on the other hand, as long as the negotiation with Hollywood is reached, he will be sure of victory

"Put yourself in an invincible position first ~ hehe~"

Catherine suddenly thought of a very nice sentence.

After all this work, Catherine immediately decided to start selling the XBOX.

WHEN THE XBOX HIT THE MARKET, IT RECEIVED A STRONG RESPONSE. Super Mario, Contra, such easy-to-understand, and fun games quickly captured the hearts of consumers. ,

Such a form of entertainment has never been seen before.

This is the "video game".

XBOX shipments soon exceeded 10,000, and the sales of games were even more popular, especially Super Mario, where games sold more than game consoles

Although it is only a short time, the success of XBOX is beyond doubt.

As a result, the research and development of the next generation of game consoles was soon put on a daily basis.

- Nimbus, Light Wheel.

The name is due to Catherine's decision to turn the medium of this console into an optical drive.

The cost of today's cassette is too high, and the tape is used to store XBOX's small-capacity games, but when it comes to large-scale games, it will be a headache, so the optical drive has become an inevitable choice.

Of course, this is just a plan.

CPU research and CD-ROM games have not yet been filmed, and the future of the disc game console has not yet been decided.

However, in Catherine's thoughts, it will take about 5 years or more to wait for the light wheel to appear, and this matter is not in a hurry, the FC in history has also dominated for more than ten years

By the time everything was in order, it was September 1st, and Catherine set off for California.

The new R&D center is still under construction, a triangular building, which Catherine named "Noah" - it just so happens that her own group was originally Ark

The construction of the villa is also underway, because Catherine is very demanding, so it will probably wait until next year, when it will be completed.

However, Catherine did not come to California to supervise the work.

She was joined by Olson, Apple's president, who wrote with other TV manufacturers for the purpose of setting a new video standard.

In this regard, Catherine is still very confident, after all, video tapes have only been born for more than ten years, and in this era when many people don't even have TV sets, video tapes simply can't occupy any market.

The vested interests are very weak, and they have not developed at all, so it is not difficult for me to "rectify" the industry now.

The launch of XBOX has made Catherine's funds quickly recovered, and with the support of a huge flow of funds, Catherine is very confident in this negotiation.

Also on September 1st, William. Henry. Gates stepped onto campus again. At the beginning of the new semester, the students were talking about Harry Potter, showing off the model of the magic chess they had purchased during the summer, but William was not so keen on these magical things.

In fact, what he always wanted was his mother's Microsoft computer, and even if the computer didn't work, William wanted a Xiaobawang game console, but unfortunately, his mother completely rejected his request.

But William had already made up his mind that if his mother didn't give it to him, then he would use his pocket money to buy it. He can go to work and earn his own money.

"William, what do you think of Harry Potter?" A classmate suddenly asked.

"Oh, I'm sorry." William found himself a little distracted, "Actually, what I was thinking about was XBOX. ”

XBOX, RELEASED IN OCTOBER, IS SOMETHING WILLIAM'S DREAM OF.

“XBOX？ By the way, I heard that it seems to be a Harry Potter game."

This group of children seems to be able to relate to "Harry Potter" in any way.

All day, William was thinking about XBOX, and he didn't even bother to listen to class.

It wasn't until he returned home that William came to his senses.

And at this time, he actually saw something similar to XBOX, which was placed in front of the Apple TV in his bedroom

William was a little confused.

WASN'T XBOX ONLY RELEASED IN OCTOBER?

"William, I hope you like it." Mother smiled kindly at herself, and William looked excited.

In fact, William's parents were very attentive to their children, and the family was always together in their spare time, constantly playing various games.

Previously, his parents thought that their children were too young, that they did not have enough self-control, and that they would play games endlessly, but after observation, they found that their children had grown up, especially after William's report on "Investing in Gates Co." was written......

I have to say that William seems to be very talented in this area, and it didn't take long for him to fiddle with it, and he completely mastered XBOX, and then opened the game Super Mario by the way......

It was this game that changed William's life.

Twenty years later, someone interviewed the already famous Mr. William (though no one called him that anymore) and asked him when he first got into computers.

"IN FACT, BEFORE I GOT INTO COMPUTERS, THE FIRST THING I CAME INTO CONTACT WITH WAS THE XBOX CONSOLE, AND IT WAS THE GAME CALLED SUPER MARIO THAT LED ME TO THIS AMAZING WORLD OF COMPUTING. Before that, my concept of a computer was only a black and white screen and lines of code. Even GameTV, which was very popular at the time, only used special characters, and did not involve the concept of so-called "images" at all. But when I first saw the gorgeous picture of XBOX...... Honestly, I was blown away ......"