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High Definition DVD

Posted by michael on from the looks-good-on-a-13-inch-set dept.

Vinnie_333 writes "Looks like the specs for HD-DVD are currently being discussed by Hollywood big wigs, with an optimistic product release date of Xmas of 2003. Unfortunately, they seem to be completely disregarding the higher storage capacity of the Blu-Ray disc standard, that will hold 6 times the amount of a DVD-9, for the current red laser format with a different compression algorithm. Come on, more storage is always a good thing. Not only will it give us the quality we deserve, it is likely to cut down on Hollywood's largest fear (piracy) by making the media ungodly HUGE."

2 of 307 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Huge Media? by ergo98 · · Score: 1, Troll

    we can currently cut down multi-gig DVDs to ~700 Megs little quality loss

    I think this depends on the viewer. I find 700MB SVCDs to be TRASH , and saying that it's a "little quality loss" says more about a lack of personal standards than it does about the standard of the medium.

  2. Boring pr0n post by hermeshome.se · · Score: 0, Troll

    $random-funny-comment-of-huge-storage-and-my-massi ve-pr0n-collection.