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by mzkhadir on May 5th, 2004

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What is an HD-DVD?

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  • by Duane Roelands on May 6th, 2004

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    HD-DVD is a new method of compression for existing "red-laser" DVDs.

    Pros:
    Will allow for the format to launch faster because current facilities can be used and the change in the current way DVD players work are minimal. It supports development of backward compatible players that can playback current and next generation DVD. Is thought as a supplement to some sort of Blue laser format making it possible to produce fast and cheap HD content on DVD.

    Cons:
    It can only storage 4,7GB on a single layer DVD. It is important that this format is only used for short programming so the consumer does not have to change DVDs in the middle of a movie or worse the quality will suffer from hard compression. HD content has more than twice the resolution of normal DVD and therefore also fills much more in raw data.

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    • Sorry man you are totaly incorrect, HD-DVDs can hold alot more than 4.7 Gigs of data, its going to be more like 15 to 25 Gigs

      Taiso_kun

      by Taiso_kun on January 1st, 2005

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