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Analysis: HD VMD - Better Red Than Dead?

Authored by Paul Sweeting from dmwmedia.com:

"I'll say this for the folks at New Medium Enterprises: They're nothing if not persistent. The British company has continued to put out press releases and pester reporters for years with tales of imminent developments and breakthroughs for its red-laser based HD VMD disc format despite few of its promises actually being borne out. And yet the company refuses to give up, recently going so far as to hire Michael Solomon (pictured), a well-regarded TV industry veteran, as its new chairman to try, once again, to attract interest in the format from U.S. program suppliers."
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Published: 667 days 20 hours ago | Article | Industry News | Tech
 
 

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Massacre - 667 days 22 hours ago
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blu-ray is even giving HDD creators their run for their money amd here we are with another format been introduced already ?
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decapitator - 667 days 22 hours ago
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Man I just hope there isn't another silly format war
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resistance100 - 667 days 22 hours ago
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@decapitator

they won't, none of the major studio's will back it, not after the problems caused by the HD-DVD/Blu-ray war, the studios' want a HD film format simply because dvd sales are decreasing and they want to make more money again. If they started backing this again, consumers will just inore HD all together
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pwnsause - 667 days 12 hours ago
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they're over a year late, they cant do anything now.
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TheExodus - 667 days 21 hours ago
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Studios have already begun hedging their bets with Blu-ray by including digital copies with regular DVDs. This article just leaves me wondering whether Toshiba bowed out of the HD format war because they couldn't envision a strategy to beat Blu-ray, or were they looking further down the road at this train wreck of HD formats heading our way.
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Electronic Arts - 667 days 19 hours ago
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What the hell kind of name is HD VMD? Im sticking to Blu Ray
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xplosneer - 667 days 19 hours ago
4 - I said this last time
Won't this bottleneck from transfer rate on a DVD? They can't expect to keep a constant read speed and the ~1035 KbPS/per 1x limit for DVD will probably be there.
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wow4u - 667 days 19 hours ago
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The problem is that the MPAA / RIAA chooses what format will be used.

This isnt a technology question, but one a back-room, $$$$ deal.

Your fair-use rights are last on the list of concerns.
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LastDance - 667 days 19 hours ago
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so i guess all the sales of blu ray movies were bought by the MPAA/RIAA

the consumer chose which format they wanted;)

Its okay i know what you were hinting at.
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jcfilth - 667 days 19 hours ago
6 - Stupid!!!
NOT HAPPENING!!! NEVER EVER EVER!!!PERIOD!!
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Monty_The_Great - 667 days 18 hours ago
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you didn't realise that this is the "gamer zone" not the "open zone." Why is it that people can't figured out when they are just being fanboys? Its one thing to say you think this format won't work and give an explanation, but this? Come on man, you can do better than this.
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Strife Lives - 667 days 14 hours ago
7 - Does any1 knw?
If the 360 COULD play VMD discs after a firmware update? Its been a rumor, but I dunno
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