Is QuickTime related to Video for Windows?
QuickTime was first introduced by Apple in 1991 as a Macintosh product. When they announced that they were producing a Windows version, Microsoft decided that they had better have a similar product, so they went out and purchased a product which they have been selling under the name “Video for Windows.” In many ways it is a similar product, except that it runs only under Windows and lacks some of the low-level features of QuickTime. However, for simply viewing movies, they are about the same. Video for Windows, however, needs more hardware “horsepower” to get decent video performance. On slower PCs, Video for Windows appears pretty slow. Part of this is because QuickTime directly accesses the video display hardware whenever it can, resulting in faster display. Video for Windows has announced a similar capability, DCI, which should bring improvements once it is fully supported by video card manufacturers. However, recent legal actions against Microsoft have resulted in a court injunctio
