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HD-DVD
The HD-DVD is intended for playback on HD-DVD players and cannot be played on normal DVD
players. By default it is created in "1080i" (1920 x 1080 pixels) format. The amount of data is four-times
that of normal DVD formats
.
Despite the HD-DVD format, blank DVDs, which have now been on the market for quite a while (and
are therefore a much better value for money), can also be used. Like with a mini DVD, whereas the
DVD data format is burned to CD, the HD-DVD format can be burned onto a normal DVD.
The quality of the mini HD-DVD matches the highest demands by using higher bit rates (standard: over
20,000 kBit/s) and HD resolution. The high quality has to deal with a much shorter playback time when
using normal blank DVDs, but this should not impede usage at home in any way.
In order to burn longer films in the HD-DVD format, HD-DVD media can also obviously be used. The
requirement is of course an HD-DVD burner.
Advice
: Toshiba declared at the beginning of 2008 that the manufacture and further development of the
technology (including devices) would be stopped. This makes Blu-ray the official successor to the DVD.
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