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DVD Forum Approves HD-DVD Standard

Posted by michael on from the profit-margin dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Toshiba Corp. and NEC Corp. said Friday that the DVD Forum, an international association of electronics makers and movie studios, has approved the two Japanese companies' standard for next-generation DVDs. It has always annoyed me that DVDs are not the same top resolutions as High Definition TV. Maybe this will fix it." Well, better get to work rebuying your entire video collection, again.

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  1. DVD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hope the standards are open to the public and don't need extremly high licensing cocts.

  2. Re:Re-buying by Fortyseven · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think they mean, repurchasing all your favorites in the new higher res format...

    Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope: The Super-Hyper Fighting Edition: Directors Cut: XTREME Really Wide Screen High Definition Rerelease ULTRA-EX2

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  3. No No No Please NO by /dev/trash · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, better get to work rebuying your entire video collection, again.

    Dammit it all to hell. I knew getting into this DVD thing was a mistake.

  4. Overkill? by Tiny+Wolf+v3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Games might look much better at higher resolutions, but I'd rather not be inspecting the pores on Keanu's nose when I want to watch the Matrix.

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    1. Re:Overkill? by psychogentoo · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'll be too busy inspecting Trinity's pores.

  5. Re:Movie rentals by Vandil+X · · Score: 5, Funny

    Never underestimate the power of being able to make a midnight bathroom run, then suddenly get the desire to watch Office Space on DVD at 3:51am, in your boxers, looking like crap, with no money in your wallet, and no ambition to find/venture_out_to a 24/hr rental store.

    That's the real value of owning the DVD versus renting it.

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  6. 4 hours on the can? by Prof.+Pi · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...make a midnight bathroom run, then suddenly get the desire to watch Office Space on DVD at 3:51am,

    So you decide to watch a movie after spending almost 4 hours taking a dump?

    Instead of buying DVDs, you should buy some laxatives or Metamusil or something.

  7. Thats nice but ... by emkman · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think I'll wait for HD+DVD

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  8. Re:Re-buying by sharkey · · Score: 2, Funny
    Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope: The Super-Hyper Fighting Edition: Directors Cut: XTREME Really Wide Screen High Definition Rerelease ULTRA-EX2

    I've heard Greedo shoots at a sensitive, non-violent Han, misses, then chokes to death on a jalapeno popper. Han never has to dirty his hands on a dirty, dirty gun.

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  9. New Enhanced DVD CSS Cracked... by popo · · Score: 4, Funny


    by Norwegian 9 year-old within 4 minutes of first EDVD release.

    Norwegian 9 year old sentenced to 140 years in prison in Guantanamo.

    Norwegian 9 year old: "P-P-Please I just wanted to make a back up!" ... Who wants to bet?

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  10. Re:Re-buying by Saeger · · Score: 4, Funny
    I heard a slightly different version: Han sees Greedo draw his blaster -- which have been outlawed by Empireland Security -- so Han whispers into his comm to report the incident, as any good patriot must. Storm Troopers arrive moments later to remove the dirty, antenna-head terrorist.

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  11. Finally! by dbirchall · · Score: 3, Funny

    Something to view on Apple's Cinema 23 HD! All the fooferaw over Pixlet and whatnot, and they only put up a quarter-size (960x540) sample. :(

  12. Re:Wireless video transmission! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Maybe he ejaculates like a stud horse, and desires to do so in a place that's easily cleaned up (eg the shower, or outside, or the dishwasher). For the record, that's my problem.

    You don't have to make fun of guys who blow a load that's about 10x the mass of yours. Some of us are kind of sensitive of it.... NOT.

  13. Well, I for one... by raehl · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well, I for one welcome our new DVD-HD overlords.

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  14. Re:Movie rentals by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    My fiancee also worked with a manager (...) shortly before they discovered that she had secretly been stealing thousands of dollars worth of food and brand new DVDs the entire time she'd been working there.

    Are you proud of her ?