HD DVD's?

fatblokexl

is there any dvd's out there that are HD?
if so, can these be played on a bog standard dvd player to a HD telly and get HD picture quality?

thinking of getting a package of HD telly and 160gb HDD recorder (comet package). thoughts please, especially if youhave bought this package.

my current freeview receiver does not get any HD signals, do you need skyhd to get the likes of BBCHD?

sco0ter

fatblokexl wrote:

is there any dvd's out there that are HD?
if so, can these be played on a bog standard dvd player to a HD telly and get HD picture quality?

thinking of getting a package of HD telly and 160gb HDD recorder (comet package). thoughts please, especially if youhave bought this package.

my current freeview receiver does not get any HD signals, do you need skyhd to get the likes of BBCHD?

No standard DVD player will play HD dvd's you need this


http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/1135114/Samsung_BD_P1000_Blu_ray_Disc_Player/Product.html

fatblokexl

mmmm......... cant see me buying one of those for a few years yet.

jinkssick

theres only 1 HD DVD, check amazon.

nickmack

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc

sco0ter

All due before christmas (supposed to be anyway)

An abbreviated list of Universal Pictures films includes:

Van Helsing
The Bourne Supremacy
The Chronicles of Riddick
Apollo 13
U-571
12 Monkeys
Dune
The Thing
End of Days
Backdraft
Waterworld
The Bone Collector
Spy Game
Pitch Black
Conan the Barbarian
Dante's Peak

An abbreviated list of Warner Home Video includes:

Batman Begins
Constantine
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Ocean’s Twelve
The Polar Express
The Phantom of the Opera
Matrix (the trilogy)
Harry Potter movies
An abbreviated list of Paramount Home Entertainment includes:

Braveheart
Forest Gump
The Manchurian Candidate
Elizabethtown
Spongebob Squarepants (thank goodness for this one!)
Italian Job
School of Rock
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Ghost
Grease
This depth and diversity of content is expected to be a major advantage to the HD DVD format as consumers seek out compelling titles to enjoy on the next generation digital video format.

Richard_III_2

sco0ter wrote:

http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/1135114/Samsung_BD_P1000_Blu_ray_Disc_Player/Product.html

Yep, that's Blu-Ray.

Try HD-DVD, much much cheaper, see http://www.leconcepts.com/dvd/toshdvd/toshhde1.htm

Needless to say they'll be a format war. HD-DVD seems cheaper all round.

Check out this site http://www.avforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=245 for more indepth discussions.

anterminator

i'm leaning towards HD-DVD instead of bluray, despite the fact that bluray offers more storage. maybe it's just because HD-DVD is cheaper and i'm skint!:o

sco0ter

Would still stay clear of this untill the whole format thing is over and done with... Dont want another Betamax situation

superscaper

Especially with Sony hoping to swamp the market with blu-ray in the PS3 and Microsoft bringing out a HD DVD drive for the XBox 360.