Posts filed under 'High Def DVD'

I don’t know why you’d buy one of these, but perhaps you’re opening up a museum.
Xbox
360 HD DVD
Player available here for $56.94 shipped.
February 25th, 2008

According to
Dealerscope,
Sony
paid Warner Home Video a purported $400 million to go
Blu-ray
in January. That isn’t to suggest that Toshiba wasn’t trying to payoff Warner, but simply lost in the end when Netflix and Best Buy sided with the Blu-ray camp.
February 22nd, 2008

After heavy Internet rumor mongering, Toshiba has finally conceded defeat and announced the official death of HD
DVD
. Toshiba plans to discontinue HD DVD manufacturing on all levels by the end of March 2008.
Official announcement here.
February 19th, 2008

At a glance, the title of this article has complete credence given HD-
DVD
’s recent demise. Heck, Netflix just signed on to do
Blu-Ray
only. But the reality of it, is that Cargo Cosmetics launched this line of make up specifically to mask the flaws that
high def
does so well at pointing out. According to
CNET they ’skirted copyright’ by replacing the ‘-’ with a ‘_’. So it’s Blu_Ray, not Blu-Ray Mr. Lawyer pants! Is that legal?
February 11th, 2008

Paramount has dropped
Blu Ray in favor of
HD DVD. One, its cheaper to produce HD
DVD
discs. Two its more “market ready� – whatever that means. And three, HD DVD offered (allegedly) $50 million and $100 million in marketing dollars.
Paramount Opts for HD DVD Format [MarketingVox]
August 22nd, 2007

In the hopes of keeping rival
Blu-ray
at bay, Toshiba, developer of HD-
DVD
, has announced its 51GB capacity HD DVD. Blu-Ray has long been regarded as the technically superior disc with a 50GB capacity. Previous HD DVD discs only held 15GB or 30GB of data. The extra capacity is accomplished through a 3rd layer. It remains to be scene if the “3rd layer� will increase cost and production time significantly.
51 GB HD DVD disc rivals Blu-ray capacity [TGDaily]
February 28th, 2007

Jake Ludington compares the
Xbox
Marketplace’s HD movies to that of HD-
DVD
. His verdict? Both pictures are almost identical but the Xbox’s HD movies are slightly brighter.
Check out Jake’s full comparison here.
Mediablab: Xbox Video Marketplace and HD-DVD Comparison [EhomeUpgrade]
December 19th, 2006