Post by Alan on Mar 9, 2007 9:41:21 GMT
If you have any questions regarding the HD-DVD format, please feel free to post in this thread.
The HD DVD disc is designed to be the successor to the standard DVD format. It can store about three times as much data as its predecessor. (15 GB per layer instead of 4.7 GB) The HD DVD standard was jointly developed by a group of consumer electronics and PC companies, spearheaded by Toshiba.
Backward compatibility will be available with all HD DVD players, allowing users to have a single player in their homes to play all types of HD DVD, DVD and CD discs. There is also a hybrid HD DVD format which contains both DVD and HD DVD versions of the same movie on a single disc.
HD DVD is promoted by Toshiba, NEC, Sanyo, Microsoft, RCA and Intel, among others. In terms of major studios In North America, HD DVD is currently exclusively backed by Universal Studios(including subsidiaries Rogue Pictures/Focus Features) and The Weinstein Company/Genius Products(includes Dimension Films), and is non-exclusively backed by Paramount Pictures, Dreamworks, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Music Group, New Line Cinema, HBO, Studio Canal, and Image Entertainment (including Discovery Channel), Magnolia Pictures, Brentwood Home Video, Ryko, Koch/Goldhil Entertainment. HP, LG, Lite On, Onkyo, Meridan and Alpine also support HD DVD non-exclusively.
For details on Regional Coding, please take a look at the Regional Coding thread in the FAQ section.
The HD DVD disc is designed to be the successor to the standard DVD format. It can store about three times as much data as its predecessor. (15 GB per layer instead of 4.7 GB) The HD DVD standard was jointly developed by a group of consumer electronics and PC companies, spearheaded by Toshiba.
Backward compatibility will be available with all HD DVD players, allowing users to have a single player in their homes to play all types of HD DVD, DVD and CD discs. There is also a hybrid HD DVD format which contains both DVD and HD DVD versions of the same movie on a single disc.
HD DVD is promoted by Toshiba, NEC, Sanyo, Microsoft, RCA and Intel, among others. In terms of major studios In North America, HD DVD is currently exclusively backed by Universal Studios(including subsidiaries Rogue Pictures/Focus Features) and The Weinstein Company/Genius Products(includes Dimension Films), and is non-exclusively backed by Paramount Pictures, Dreamworks, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Music Group, New Line Cinema, HBO, Studio Canal, and Image Entertainment (including Discovery Channel), Magnolia Pictures, Brentwood Home Video, Ryko, Koch/Goldhil Entertainment. HP, LG, Lite On, Onkyo, Meridan and Alpine also support HD DVD non-exclusively.
For details on Regional Coding, please take a look at the Regional Coding thread in the FAQ section.