HD DVD
HD DVD, also known as High-Definition DVD, was an optical disc that is able to store large amounts of data, such as high-definition videos. Now, the HD DVD type is now considered dead.
HD DVD Media
In November 2006, Microsoft released an HD DVD player for their Xbox 360 game console for $199. It came packaged with King Kong and could only play movies.
Although HD DVD and Blu-ray used near-identical translucent keep cases for most pre-recorded releases, they were normally coloured red for the former and blue for the latter.
Internal optical disc drive from LG playing both, HD DVD and Blu-ray disks
Comparison of various optical storage media. Parameters: track pitch (p), pit width (w) and minimum length (l), and laser spot size (⌀) and wavelength (λ).
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Related pages
Other websites
- Official HD DVD site (for the US)
- CDfreaks Article On HD DVD vs Blu-ray Archived 2008-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Projector Central article comparing HD DVD to Blu-ray
- Volume Unique Keys for Released HD DVD titles
- News
- HD-DVD Winning the European Race at Next Generation - Interactive Entertainment Today (Tuesday, 10 April 2007)
- HD DVD goes beyond 50GB with new disc Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine at DVD Town
- Next-generation DVD battle begins at BBC
- ProjectorCentral first impressions on HD DVD at Projector Central
- Microsoft and Intel Supporting HD DVD at Beta News
- HD DVD Ships 1.5 Million Movie Titles as of November 16, 2006 at Beta News
