HD Versatile Multilayer Disc
06-26-07 | 12:30 AM
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HD Versatile Multilayer Disc
Article:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...ryId=2525&cs=1
Some movie titles and specs of HD VMD format:
http://www.nmeinc.com/index.aspx
Do you think this is actually going to sell, maybe confuse the buyer?
http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...ryId=2525&cs=1
Some movie titles and specs of HD VMD format:
http://www.nmeinc.com/index.aspx
Do you think this is actually going to sell, maybe confuse the buyer?
07-01-07 | 10:13 PM
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DVD Talk Legend
China has had HVD titles available for at least a year now.
http://www.hkflix.com/xq/asp/title.hvd/qx/titles.htm
I don't see the format really taking off, at least in the US. With all the major studios being behind BD or HD DVD, HVD doesn't have much of a market to exploit.
http://www.hkflix.com/xq/asp/title.hvd/qx/titles.htm
I don't see the format really taking off, at least in the US. With all the major studios being behind BD or HD DVD, HVD doesn't have much of a market to exploit.
07-02-07 | 08:30 AM
#8
DVD Talk Godfather
Interesting to see the production costs of DVD, HD DVD, and Blu-Ray. I like how the discs are $2.50 more expensive to make. But somehow when it gets into stores that turns into $10-15. Bastards. 
07-02-07 | 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by The Bus
Interesting to see the production costs of DVD, HD DVD, and Blu-Ray. I like how the discs are $2.50 more expensive to make. But somehow when it gets into stores that turns into $10-15. Bastards.
07-02-07 | 09:58 AM
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DVD Talk Godfather
Originally Posted by Jay G.
To be fair, that's just the cost of pressing the disc, the costs of creating an HD disc master are probably much higher than that for DVD as well. Those IME features don't just make themselves. So higher producing costs + higher manufacturing costs / lower sales volume = higher prices.
Most people still buy stuff at B&M stores though so I think it's not a smart idea to have such high pricing on the movies. It's probably turning a lot of people off. One thing is to spend $300-$500 on a player. It's another to need to spend $10+ more for every single title you want to buy. There's very, very few movies worth $40 by themselves.
07-11-07 | 04:59 PM
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yet another HD format??
from DVD file.
"I hope you’d agree that in the midst of a format war, we need a third competing HD format about as much as a third nostril. Alas, the proponents of HD Versatile Multilayer Disc seem to disagree. The system is expected to be what the early proponents of a red laser solution campaigned to bring to the American market instead of a blue laser solution. The disc will be physically identical to a DVD, presumably use the same optics, but apply advanced CODECs to achieve the compression required to fit HD content on a disc capable of storing less than 10 GB.
The format's proponents are extrapolating Toshiba’s position that price is the deciding factor. HD VMD production costs are about $1 per disc, ever so slightly higher than conventional DVDs. Blu-ray Discs are claimed to be $3.40 per disc, and HD DVDs are claimed to be $2.50 per disc. And since production costs may be marked up by as much as 400% by the time a disc passes through the hands of studios, distributors, and retailers, that would seem to account for the pricing we see in the marketplace."
egads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"I hope you’d agree that in the midst of a format war, we need a third competing HD format about as much as a third nostril. Alas, the proponents of HD Versatile Multilayer Disc seem to disagree. The system is expected to be what the early proponents of a red laser solution campaigned to bring to the American market instead of a blue laser solution. The disc will be physically identical to a DVD, presumably use the same optics, but apply advanced CODECs to achieve the compression required to fit HD content on a disc capable of storing less than 10 GB.
The format's proponents are extrapolating Toshiba’s position that price is the deciding factor. HD VMD production costs are about $1 per disc, ever so slightly higher than conventional DVDs. Blu-ray Discs are claimed to be $3.40 per disc, and HD DVDs are claimed to be $2.50 per disc. And since production costs may be marked up by as much as 400% by the time a disc passes through the hands of studios, distributors, and retailers, that would seem to account for the pricing we see in the marketplace."
egads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
