windows media vs mp4

Ever watch a webcast of say a corporate announcement from Apple, Sun, or Microsoft? Ever consider which one appears to sound the best and look the best? I just watched the "Longhorn is now called Vista" video on the ms website. Wow. What a completely unimpressive piece of streaming video. I'm sure it looked great if you were there live, but this "video" sure looks sad.

Now: compare with Apple's latest developer conference videos in quicktime/mpeg4.

Or: with Sun's keynotes from their latest JavaOne conference in RealPlayer...