When the disc was first announced however, the company did say it wanted to get approval sometime this year. Nevertheless, we apologize for also reporting the inaccurate item.
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Macworld
when these do finally come out, will they be compatible with current HD-DVD players or will we need to get a new one to play these discs?
I hate to say it but this has gotten way over published.... every day it seems like there is the same story about 51GB HD-DVD. just release the damn thing and stop telling us about it....
Originally posted by sukhvail:- I believe that in order to gain approval with the DVD forum under the HD-DVD 'brand' then this tech has to fully work with the existing hardware (there may be some sort of exemption if it won't & it's clearly stated but I'm not sure that is the case).
when these do finally come out, will they be compatible with current HD-DVD players or will we need to get a new one to play these discs?
weird a blank HD-DVD is 8 bucks now I remember balnk dl dvds were 8 bucks 4 years ago.
How can a triple layer DVD be compatible with a dual layer???
No, this is a completatly different animal. The HD dual layer is just comming on line for real. It is kind of like Vista OS; it will not be very useful for a while. Still, if it is out there people will find uses for it. I doubt that Toshiba is pushing the hype because there is no obvious use for it. Maybe they are working on a new level of HD that is still secret.
hughjars, I do not know how you can say what will be impossible in the future. Everything is impossible until you figure out how to do it.