thefilmaddict
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Toshiba (Model: HD-A1) HD DVD Player
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http://reviews.cnet.com/Toshiba_HD_A1/4505-6463_7-31736203.html
Have fun. I've found some good info that I will append in my original Buffalo Link Player thread.
Wojciech is correct about using certain ways to burn to standard DVDs. Better read it.
Have fun. I've found some good info that I will append in my original Buffalo Link Player thread.
Wojciech is correct about using certain ways to burn to standard DVDs. Better read it.
thefilmaddict
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Kholi said:
I read the link (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...ighlight=h+264)
It's way over my head. I hope someone can make sense out of this info. I would love to be able to make HD HVX200 movies that will play on the Toshiba HD DVD player using Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro. This would allow us to burn movies with our current DVD burners using standard DVD R's!
Thanks for your great research on this very new subject!
The Sarlacc
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Kholi said:
If memory serves HD-DVD is H.264 based, and Blue Ray is still mpeg 2??? or is it the other way around. I honestly can't remember, and I'm location right now with my brain fried. It might be the other way around.
Barry_Green
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Glen Hatsumi said:
Fascinating. I've been spouting this for a while, it's great to hear that George thinks the same thing.
Blu-ray and HD-DVD are both dead formats, not even DOA but DBA (dead before arrival); especially with Blu-Ray spouting MPEG-2... Both formats are too little, too soon. And they'll be leapfrogged by internet/broadband distribution -- think iTunes; what iTunes did for music, that's what'll happen with movie distribution, and the idea of bringing a proprietary, heavily-copy-protected exclusive expensive content distribution system (BR/HD-DVD) to market now is just preposterous. Instead someone (probably Steve Jobs) will develop a legalized bittorrent system, and blu-ray/HD-DVD will disappear as irrelevant afterthoughts, bookmarked in the annals of history under DCC and LaserDisc.
As for archiving, holographic storage will (eventually) obliterate blu-ray and HD-DVD; 15 to 25gb on a $40 72mbps disc cannot compare to 1.6 terabytes on a $1 piece of holographic film, written at 1 gigabit per second. There's just no comparison.
Barry_Green said:
It's really true. With new codecs popping up every few months or so with the ability to compress these massive files into small ones with MORE than acceptable quality, there's bound to be one that leaps onto the scene that'll allow distribution companies to start serving dinner over the net.
Holographic storage is AWESOME. THAT is the storage media that I'm waiting for. It's prices are already sounding feasible, and the blank storage medium as well.
Wojciech Lorenc
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The Sarlacc said:
Both Blu-Ray and HD DVD support H.264 AND MPEG2
thefilmaddict
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I went to Best Buy today to see the Toshiba in person. They did not have any in stock, so I was unable to purchase one.
I was very impressed with the image coming out of the Toshiba HD DVD Player. They played the King Kong trailer and the detail was amazing! The colors and sound were also very good. The image form the HD DVD seemed a bit cleaner than the HD channels I get from my local cable company at home (including HBO HD and Discovery HD). I'm not sure why. Perhaps the cable company compresses the image more than HD DVD does or perhaps my eyes were just playing tricks on me.
These are very exciting times. The guy next to me watching the screen said the HD DVD image looks better than watching it in a movie theater. I'm not sure if I was viewing a 720p or 1080i picture. Will movies on HD DVD in general use 720p? Anyway, the image looked very good.
I'm not sure how good our HD video burned to a regular DVD+-R would look coming out of the Toshiba, but if it's anywhere near the quality of the Kong trailer, I will be very happy. I hope someone figures out how to make a HD DVD using a regular DVD-R using Mac programs so that I can test it out.
I currently own a DVD player that is progressive and upconverts the video to fill my HDTV and the image from a regular DVD looks good, but footage coming from a HD DVD looks much better. Are you guys sure you won't buy this player? $500 doesn't sound that high to me anymore. Go to Best Buy and let me know what you think.
VHS is dead and I feel like DVD is dead, too. I imagine that the Blu Ray 1080p movies will look even better (if you own a HDTV that can display the detail), right?
Move theaters will need to come up with some new technology I think to keep the crowds coming. I love going to the movies, but home theaters with HD DVD might make staying at home very tempting.
The cool thing for all of us, is that we are getting very close to the point in time where we can distribute our own HVX200 films and people will be able to view them at nearly the same quality we shot them in. That's what really excites me.
NOTE: I HAVE AN EAR INFECTION AND WAS JUST GIVEN CIPRO, SO IGNORE MY RANT IS IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE.
I was very impressed with the image coming out of the Toshiba HD DVD Player. They played the King Kong trailer and the detail was amazing! The colors and sound were also very good. The image form the HD DVD seemed a bit cleaner than the HD channels I get from my local cable company at home (including HBO HD and Discovery HD). I'm not sure why. Perhaps the cable company compresses the image more than HD DVD does or perhaps my eyes were just playing tricks on me.
These are very exciting times. The guy next to me watching the screen said the HD DVD image looks better than watching it in a movie theater. I'm not sure if I was viewing a 720p or 1080i picture. Will movies on HD DVD in general use 720p? Anyway, the image looked very good.
I'm not sure how good our HD video burned to a regular DVD+-R would look coming out of the Toshiba, but if it's anywhere near the quality of the Kong trailer, I will be very happy. I hope someone figures out how to make a HD DVD using a regular DVD-R using Mac programs so that I can test it out.
I currently own a DVD player that is progressive and upconverts the video to fill my HDTV and the image from a regular DVD looks good, but footage coming from a HD DVD looks much better. Are you guys sure you won't buy this player? $500 doesn't sound that high to me anymore. Go to Best Buy and let me know what you think.
VHS is dead and I feel like DVD is dead, too. I imagine that the Blu Ray 1080p movies will look even better (if you own a HDTV that can display the detail), right?
Move theaters will need to come up with some new technology I think to keep the crowds coming. I love going to the movies, but home theaters with HD DVD might make staying at home very tempting.
The cool thing for all of us, is that we are getting very close to the point in time where we can distribute our own HVX200 films and people will be able to view them at nearly the same quality we shot them in. That's what really excites me.
NOTE: I HAVE AN EAR INFECTION AND WAS JUST GIVEN CIPRO, SO IGNORE MY RANT IS IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE.
thefilmaddict
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Every Best Buy in the state of CT has sold out of the Toshiba Players. People are taking the plunge into HD. Has anyone seen them in stock anywhere?
I still have no idea if I can make a HD DVD using a standard DVD -+R and Mac programs.
People with Ulead and a PC are making them just fine.
I still have no idea if I can make a HD DVD using a standard DVD -+R and Mac programs.
People with Ulead and a PC are making them just fine.
thefilmaddict said:
DVD Studio Pro 4.x can make a HD DVD that will be playable in the Toshiba.
Of course you are limited to mpeg2 encoding, not h.264, and there are issues with the menus. However, the reports are that track only HD DVDs out of DVDSP look fabulous (I hate the overused word "awesome") on the Toshiba.
thefilmaddict
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What does TRACK ONLY mean? Does DVD Studio Pro do TRACK ONLY?
So you are saying that all I need is DVD Studio Pro and I will be set to create HD DVD's using standard DVD-+R's?
So you are saying that all I need is DVD Studio Pro and I will be set to create HD DVD's using standard DVD-+R's?
thefilmaddict said:
The Toshiba has problems with menus created by DVD SP for playback.
What I am saying is that if you use a track as a first play with a loop or jump to to the second track, it works very well.
But the Toshiba doesn't display the menus from the reports I've seen.
Mike. Yes, you can create a hybrid DVD with both HD and SD playback.
Problem is there isn't much room on a DVD5 for much footage with the HD option.
Problem is there isn't much room on a DVD5 for much footage with the HD option.