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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. Someone will still complain by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "I have to buy my entire movie collection again". Yeah sure, if you always want the best quality available.

    But why would that make your current collection "look like crap"? It's the same DVDs you've been watching (or rather, collecting) since the beginning.

  2. Re:Re-buying by shirai · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sorry, but just because Blu-Ray is not inherently compatible with the current DVD format DOES NOT MEAN that DVD compatibility will not be offered in Blu-Ray players.

    CD is NOT compatibile with DVD (wavelengths, format, etc.) and yet we see practically every DVD player capable of playing CDs.

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