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Our user hd-addict used our "Submit News" Function to let us know about:
"The fight between HD DVD and Blu-ray was tiresome almost before it began, and with some analysts saying that the winner in that war will decide the console war, much is at stake. Everyone is looking for the biggest movie to bring to their format to give themselves an edge, and it doesn't get much bigger than the HD DVD release of the Matrix Trilogy. Microsoft is sweetening the deal as well: pick up the trilogy and receive a free download of the Animatrix via Xbox Live." [...]
Read full news at arstechnica.com
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"The news from Stateside is that the HD DVD Promotional Group is kicking off a new promo campaign, led by a $100 (£50) rebate on some Toshiba HD DVD players.
In US terms, that brings the price down to $299.99 (£150). The offer applies to the Toshiba HD-A2 HD until June 16, but for the last week it will apply to all players. Even more attractive is that consumers over there will also get to choose five free HD DVD movies from the following:
Apollo 13, Seabiscuit The Chronicles of Riddick, Casablanca, Constantine, Dukes of Hazzard,
Four Brothers, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, The Rundown, Blazing Saddles, U2: Rattle and Hum, U-571, The Perfect Storm, We Were Soldiers" [...]
Read full news at: uk.gizmodo.com
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The popular social news site Digg.com is suffering from what appears to be a user revolt in response to the deletion of several articles revealing the encryption keys for HD-DVD, which would allow individuals to remove the copyright protection from HD-DVD's. Users or hackers are posting article with links to the codes. At approximately 1:40 a.m [Eastern time] Digg.com was no longer online but shortly after returned online with a message from Kevin Rose, Digg's founder, who said that he will not delete any more articles that contain the code.
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Mini HD-DVD: The Official AVS Guide to HD-DVD Authoring
This guide will take you through the creation of your own HD-DVDs step by step. This process uses regular DVD recordables (and double layer DVD recordables) to create HD-DVD discs that will play on a standard HD-DVD player (such as the Toshiba A1 or XA1). At present, high definition MPEG2 files at resolutions of 1920x1080i, 1440x1080i (HDV) and 1280x1080i work without additional conversion within the software. 1088i and 720p are now supported with the addition of HDPatch, a simple but powerful utility by texmex. See below for specific instructions if your files are 720p or 1088i (i.e. DirecTV).
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"Speaking with Ars Technica, Microsoft Director of Platform Strategy Scott Henson explained that the Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive would likely never be internalized into a future version of the console because "[we] don't want to charge customers $200 extra for something that may be the next Betamax."." [...]
Read full news on joystiq.com
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Several companies that designed the encryption system for DVDs with a high definition are currently analyzing the claim of a hacker, who said to have cracked the code protecting new generation DVDs from illegal copying. This was stated by a representative of one of the companies on Thursday, December 28.
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[...] "Reader Pete was lucky enough to attend a presentation that Microsoft and Toshiba were giving about their respective HD DVD players—Microsoft with a production sample Xbox 360 attachment and Toshiba with their HD-A2 and HD-XA2 second-generation HD DVD players.
Was he impressed? Can the Xbox 360 HD DVD attachment be used on a PC? When will these new Toshiba players launch? Jump on to find out." [...]
Read the full news at gizmodo.com
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ATI Technologies (TSX:ATY, NASDAQ:ATYT) today announced that Microsoft Corp. has chosen ATI’s H.264 decoder for the Xbox 360™ HD DVD player, bringing users sharper, more true-to-life visuals and smoother playback of high-definition content. HD DVDs encoded using one of three approved codecs deliver up to six times the resolution of traditional DVDs all on a single disc. Built on ATI’s Avivo™ technology, the decoder used for the Xbox 360 HD DVD player brings to bear ATI’s considerable multimedia know-how to ensure gamers, home theatre buffs, and casual viewers alike get a more perfect picture from the H.264 format. [...]
Read full news at bytesector.com
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Our user Early Adopter used our "Submit News" Function to let us know about:
Warner Releasing Dual-sided HD-DVD Discs
Warner Home Video (WHV) has announced the release of the first title in the HD DVD and DVD Combo Format (HD DVD on one side and Standard Definition DVD on the other): Rumor Has It, which will debut May 9, day-and-date with its Standard Definition version. In addition, WHV will release three new HD DVD titles: GoodFellas and Swordfish on May 2 and Training Day on May 9. [...]
Read the complete news at movieweb.com
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Rival upcoming optical disc media trade group issues a statement to respond to Blu-ray's boasts of having a superior content security system.
And yet another PR salvo is fired in the Blu-ray/HD-DVD wars. In response to yesterday’s announcement about Blu-ray’s new secure content management system, Mark Knox, an advisor to Toshiba's HD DVD Promotion Division, had this to say in defense of his company's chosen format: [...]
Read more at: designtechnica.com
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