HD VMD (Blu-ray & HD-DVD compatible)

Ok seems nice, the only problem would be that it need support from hollywood.

If they could put in a layer of normal SD DVD and the rest is HD. People would buy HD movies wihout nowing it, making a switch easier.
 
Two relevant aspects IMHO [if confirmed (considering) that said (t)here]:


«NME is the first company to perfect a commercially viable 2P process that can contain multiple formats -- including both HD DVD and Blu Ray -- on one single disc.»

http://biz.yahoo.com/pz/061010/106568.html
(paragraph 2 in 'About New Medium Enterprises' section -- middle of the page)


1Q 2007

http://www.dvd-intelligence.com/main_sections/news_archive/2003_free/1010_nme_mipcom.htm

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061127/lam054.html?.v=74
 
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MovieSwede said:
If they could put in a layer of normal SD DVD and the rest is HD. People would buy HD movies wihout nowing it, making a switch easier.
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Aren't they already planning these "hybrid" discs for both Bluray and HDDVD?

I believed the first ones would be a triple layered disc with one blue laser layer for HD and 2 red ones for SD.
 
Emanuel said:
HD VMD -- 40GB Multilayer Optical disc. The world's largest high capacity storage disc and low cost HD solution.

http://www.nmeinc.com/
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Very interesting news indeed. It beats HD-dvd in storage space, and equals Blu-Ray. However, I believe it was panasonic that could cram up 100GB of information on a BLU-Ray disk. In any case, I don't believe we are going to see reasonable prices close to what we are paying for DVD's nowadays, for at least 2 more years (I'm being optimistic!)
 
Both formats (blu-ray and HD-DVD) are tanking hard as far as sales go, well well well under projections. The Consumer Electronics Association has had to revise its estimates of how many players will be sold, slashing it to 1/3 of what they originally predicted. "It's shaping up as a business disaster for movie studios, electronics companies and retailers that had counted on a robust holiday selling season for the fancy new players", according to a news report in The Washington Post.

http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/06/12/03/100bus_dvd001.cfm

On the plus side, HDTVs are now in about 15% of US homes (according to The Yankee Group). Still very low, but that's about a 50% increase in just the last year.
 
I think playstation 3 may turn around things for Bluray.. Superman Returns that just came out last week on Bluray sold more copies than all other Bluray titles combined... and the first time BestBuy ever experienced a sell out of bluray stock.

The biggest disaster is that they dont have the players other than the playstation that are affordable out for christmas like they did the first year DVD's came out. Thats what made DVD's...
 
I'm thrilled to hear how badly both sides are doing. It's nice to see TERRIBLE business decisions met with failure. My only question is - how are Sony and Toshiba the only ones who don't get it? Or was their direct clash inevitable?
 
It's really no surprise if they're doing badly.

1. You have to have an HDTV to benefit

2. It doesn't really offer much of an increase over DVD's.

When we made the switch to DVD's from VHS there were big differences:
No rewinding
chapter skipping
bookmarks
subtitles
menus
bonus features
non friction based media
small packaging and storage
higher resolution
better audio
DVD-Rom features
The ability to play it in a computer (laptop)
Parental controls
Multiple angles
digital

Just a ton of features and there was only one format where you could own the movies you bought. It was really a no brainer. But what do either of these new media types really give us besides higher quality video and audio (both of which most people can't take advantage of anyway without spending a lot more money)?

I'm sure eventually people will migrate over, but I think that for the next five years it's probably going to be to DVD what Laserdisc was to VHS, a niche market. But by then we might be downloading everything.
 
Jarred Land said:
I think playstation 3 may turn around things for Bluray.. Superman Returns that just came out last week on Bluray sold more copies than all other Bluray titles combined... and the first time BestBuy ever experienced a sell out of bluray stock.

The biggest disaster is that they dont have the players other than the playstation that are affordable out for christmas like they did the first year DVD's came out. Thats what made DVD's...
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You are right, ps3 really made a difference. I read somewhere that only 30.000 HD-DVD players sold so far in US market vs 400.000 ps3 + samsung bluray players (I don't know how many but it shouldn't be too many since the price is 2x more compared to HD-DVD player). Because of that reason microsoft launched HD-DVD player for xbox 360. But since you have to purchase it seperately, unlike ps3 which has an integrated player, people just buy the core system which costs $199 less than buying it with an HD-DVD player. The only good thing about this HD-DVD player for Xbox360 is it can be modifed to use with a PC. So for $199 anyone can have a PC with an HD-DVD player.
 
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