Stacy Spears worked on various video technologies for Microsoft, including DirectShow, Media Foundation, VC-1, and Zune Instant-on 1080p for Xbox. Formed Spears & Munsil, with Don Munsil, to consult and create new benchmarks, and calibration discs, for the industry. Have worked in Digital Video Essentials Pro, Digital Video Essentials HD DVD and Digital Video Essentials: HD Basics Blu-ray edition. Re-built some of the static test patterns for Joe Kane on these discs. Also did majority of compression on the HD portions. Even provided technical support for AVIA for a couple of years.