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That ensures that picture quality doesn’t degrade, Key said. Depending on bandwidth, videos start playing either immediately or after a few seconds of caching. Silverlight can play video at 720P high-definition quality - the same 720-line resolution used by DVDs. Not only is Silverlight more convenient than conventional video players such as QuickTime, RealPlayer or Microsoft’s own Windows Media Player, said Microsoft, it may also offer video quality equal or superior to those fuller-fledged offerings.

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From that experience, Key said, he understands the technical needs of the creative community as well as how to position Silverlight and Expression in a way that 'stokes their passion as storytellers.' Key is also a former video editor and animator at George Lucas’ Industrial Light & Magic whose feature film credits include Star Wars and Big Love. Before joining Microsoft several years ago, Key was a senior manager at Macromedia Inc., where he helped oversee Flash. Key has some credibility to back up what on the surface sounds like unwarranted cockiness.

But Silverlight offers 'better video quality than Flash,' while the Expression tools will be 'cheaper, faster and better' than Adobe’s offerings, he claimed. Flash has 'some video capabilities, and some success in that market,' Key said.