Sep

11

HD-VMD attempts to go toe to toe with HD-DVD and BluRay

Posted by Todd

September 11, 2007 | 1 Comment

After my previous rant about the confusing format war and digital distribution being the wave of the future, New Medium Enterprises has decided it would be a good idea to bless the world with yet another high def optical format: HD-VMD.

Sep

10

China launches their own High Def optical format

Posted by Todd

September 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The CHDA (China High Definition Association) has announced that the OMNERC (Optical Memory National Engineering Research Center) has developed a new HD-DVD format called CH-DVD based on the standard HD-DVD formate. It seems that it will be the format for Chinese owned intellectual property. In other words, it doesn’t matter to anyone outside [...]

Sep

7

Are we near the end of optical media?

Posted by Todd

September 7, 2007 | 7 Comments

I often ask myself this question.  I should note that I am by no means a forecast analyst but I do have some pretty strong opinions so hear me out.

Sep

7

Sony pictures to get into direct to DVD biz

Posted by Todd

September 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The animation wing of Sony Pictures is going to be entering the direct to DVD market with Open Season 2. What is interesting about this deal is that it comes on the heels of Disney’s abandoning this distribution method which they themselves created.

Sep

7

Toshiba delivers the cheese at CEDIA 2007

Posted by Todd

September 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Yesterday I reported that Star Trek is coming to HD-DVD in November. Well, Toshiba held an event at CEDIA this week to announce this. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves. I am sure the audience ate it up though.

Images courtesy of Anandtech.

Sep

7

Why the current DVD format war doesn’t really matter

Posted by Todd

September 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment

There is no doubt there is a format war going on between HD-DVD and BluRay. Do a Google search and you will find volumes of information relating to it. The simple fact of the matter is that right now, at this very point and time it doesn’t matter all that much for the [...]

Sep

6

No release date set for Path to 9/11 DVD

Posted by Todd

September 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment

It appears that the highly anticipated DVD, Path to 9/11, is not going to be released after all.

Sep

6

NBC offering refund on the first season DVD of Friday Night Lights

Posted by Todd

September 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Ok this is just weird. NBC is so confident you will love Friday Night Lights they are offering a refund to those who do not enjoy the first season. I don’t know if this is legit, but if it is I am pretty sure I would be getting a refund if you catch [...]

Aug

31

The DVD Forum

Posted by Todd

August 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The DVD Forum is a committee of sorts that helps to govern the direction of the technology.  It is basically a collection (around 220 to be exact) of companies that meet from time to time to discuss the latest advancements as well as define the specification and “rules” of the technology.  The company that I [...]

Aug

30

New DVD format promises 1 to 5 terabytes of storage

Posted by Todd

August 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I realize that higher capacity optical media formats are announced all the time. Most never make it to market. This is just crazy though. A company called Mempile has developed a new technology that will allow 1 terabyte or 1,000 gigabytes of data to be stored on a [...]

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