DVD Forum Approves HD-DVD Standard

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.

Comments

DVD

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Re:Re-buying

[Fortyseven]

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

Overkill?

[Tiny Wolf v3]

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.

Re:Movie rentals

[Vandil X]

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.

4 hours on the can?

[Prof. Pi]

...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.

New Enhanced DVD CSS Cracked...

[popo]

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?

Re:Re-buying

[Saeger]

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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