http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/ Engadget HD Comments for HD DVD Promotion Group officially dissolves in a high-res burst of tears http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/
So let me just rub my crystal balls and tell you something else - these "flash drives" SSd or whatever will never be how I collect movies - thank-you, but, If I drop - shock - or lay one of my BD disks on a or near a speaker magnet - guess what - IT STILL WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

DIE, HD-DVD, DIE

SPLURP - That was me spitting on it's grave!

Oh yeah - Sony Rules!!!!!!
Does anyone else wish to comment?????????]]>Mar 28th 2008 10:14PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/Mar 28th 2008 10:24PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/]]>Mar 28th 2008 10:34PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/maybe, if you feel real passionate about defending blu ray, you could go one on one against truth teller when he feels like going at it? so we can all laugh and remember the good ol' days when the 'war' was still raging?

hehe that would be entertaining for sure.]]>Mar 28th 2008 11:01PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/Mar 29th 2008 1:18AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/Mar 29th 2008 9:04AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/Mar 31st 2008 10:12AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/
BTW - why do I care about SSD I've got Blue - and not one of those sissy Dell's with the kiddie screen on 'em!]]>Mar 28th 2008 10:42PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/
That's strange I own both formats, even before the format war was over. How does that make me a loser? Oh wait it doesn't. I'm a consumer that loves HD. So I bought both and I have no favorites, but I will defend something I own from a Complete Troll full of stupidity. The only thing you're proving is how foolish you really are. Remember what Mark Twain once said:

"It's Better to be thought a fool, then to open your mouth and remove all doubt."

You should take that advice, even though I'm sure it's too late to save yourself.]]>Mar 28th 2008 10:57PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/the changes to firmware most certainly are not "trivial".
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You'll have to point out where anyone ever said otherwise."

You said it cretin - "The rest is only a matter of mere badges on the case & a slightly different firmware."

There is nothing "slightly" about it. CH DVD would require a major change to firmware as well as hardware modifications for modulation.

Grow up baby and get over your fixation with HD DVD. It lost. ]]>Mar 31st 2008 4:47AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/Mar 28th 2008 10:59PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/Mar 28th 2008 11:11PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/Mar 29th 2008 5:20AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/Mar 29th 2008 10:14AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/
http://img.zdnet.com.cn/storage/20070709/CHINA-HD.png

I think that even if CH-DVD lives on that it doesn't mean existing HD DVD players will be able to play the content or vice versa.]]>Mar 29th 2008 12:56PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/
The rest is only a matter of mere badges on the case & a slightly different firmware.

]]>Mar 29th 2008 3:23PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/
The Authoritative HD DVD FAQ goes even further "Is there an HD DVD-ROM version being developed specially for the Chinese market" - "First proposed in May 2005 by OMNERC, the China Blue High-Definition Disc (CBHD) or China HD DVD-ROM (C-HD DVD-ROM) format (formerly called China High Definition DVD (CH-DVD) and HD DVD-ROM for China Only) employs a Four-to-Six Modulation (FSM) encoding system, instead of HD DVD's standard Eight-to-Twelve Modulation (ETM), and thus is incompatible with players and drives sold in the rest of the world. Other differences include CBHD’s use of a simplified navigation system, the Audio Video Standard (AVS) and Digital Round Audio (DRA) codecs as well as the China Digital Rights Management System (CDRM)."

http://www.emedialive.com/articles/readarticle.aspx?articleid=11631#iie]]>Mar 30th 2008 5:02AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/
As usual you misread (or willfully ignore) what I wrote so as to constuct your own ridiculous strawman argument.

I never said HD DVD China was identical to 'our' HD DVD.

I said the hardware was (as it is).

HD DVD China uses the Toshiba HD A3 as it's 'reference design', the hardware is identical.

Did you get that?

The hardware is identical.

Perhaps if you had bothered reading properly what was actually written you wouldn't end up making such laughably idiotic posts, eh?]]>Mar 30th 2008 9:18AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/
Neither is the case. The modulation is different and the firmware is very substantially different requiring new DRM and codecs.

There is not a cat's chance in hell that your Toshiba player will *ever* support CH DVD and probably next to zero chance that any CH DVD player will ever support the defunct HD DVD spec.

Your delusional, immature and willfully ignorant opinions will not change that fact one iota.]]>Mar 30th 2008 1:55PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/
Typical googling d!ck spinning in circles spouting barely understood BS cos s/he can't bear to admit being wrong.

First you complain (and hilariously quote me) for saying what I clearly did not actually say.

Look closely and you'll see in every instance I have said the hardware is identical between HD DVD & HD DVD China.

You're also entirely wrong about modulation.

That is a function of the software/firmware as the hardware itself is identical.

Fail]]>Mar 30th 2008 2:54PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/Mar 30th 2008 6:22PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/DrXym
Modulation and error correction are likely to be implemented in hardware and therefore not modifiable.
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"likely"

LMAO, talk about guessing and pretending you have a clue.

The hardware is identical numb-skull, the differences are in the software/firmwares controlling it.
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I guess this is as close to an admission that you don't know what you're talking about.

LMAO yet again.

Pathetic.
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the changes to firmware most certainly are not "trivial".
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You'll have to point out where anyone ever said otherwise.

Mind you code is code and changing one for the other (given identical hardware, which is the case) is hardly the greatest taxing task ever.
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You are completely wrong either way.
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Er, no, I have been correct in this both ways.
1) HD DVD and HD DVD China use the same hardware and
2) the differences revolve around firmware/softwares.
Fail
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This is not surprising seeing as you have some childish obsession with HD DVD
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The only 'child' I see around here talking about this is the infantile feeble twit who imagines his/her inaccurate weak bleatings constitute fact in this.
You're plain wrong.
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Again you'll have to point out where I denied anything.
Pointing out that Blu-ray is a failure too is hardly a denial of HD DVD's fate.
Fail. Again.
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Please feel free to hold out for CH DVD support on your HD DVD player for as long as you like.
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Another rather pathetic & laughably lame invention of your own.

Like many HD DVD owners I bought a 2nd player to tuck away so that I will not have any difficulties playing back my HD DVD movies over the course of the (at least) next 10yrs or so.

All at a cost far below any remotely comparable Blu-ray option.

I have no need of any further support, actually.

Fail (epically) once again. Fool. ]]>Mar 30th 2008 7:30PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/the changes to firmware most certainly are not "trivial".
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You'll have to point out where anyone ever said otherwise."

You said it cretin - "The rest is only a matter of mere badges on the case & a slightly different firmware."

There is nothing "slightly" about it. CH DVD would require a major change to firmware to support new DRM and codecs as well as hardware modifications for modulation. Yes hardware. Modulation is most likely done through a circuit well before the general firmware goes anywhere near it. And as stated, even if it were firmware the changes including codecs and DRM are not trivial.

You are wrong.

Grow up baby and get over your fixation with HD DVD. It lost.]]>Mar 31st 2008 5:34AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/
R.I.P HD-DVD - you were the best]]>Mar 29th 2008 7:40AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/03/28/hd-dvd-promotion-group-officially-dissolves-in-a-high-res-burst/
R.I.P. HD-DVD Farm - so glad you're done wasting people's time.
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