Sony and Panasonic agreed on the AVCHD format for recording HD material to 8 cm DVD media. The companies began preparations for licensing and planned to promote the format across the industry.
AVCHD is a digital high-definition camcorder format that records 1080i and 720p signals to 8 cm DVDs using high-efficiency codecs. It uses MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 for video compression and either Dolby Digital AC-3 or Linear PCM for audio.
The following table provides an overview of the format specifications:
#Überblick AVCHD-Format
