Saturday, February 9, 2008

HD on DVD?

DCA Inc., the specialists in mastering have for the first time, saved 135 minutes of HD film on a traditional double-layer blank DVD. The format officially approved by the DVD forum bears the name "3X-DVD-ROM" and is a part of the HD-DVD standard. VC1 and H.264 are used as codecs as in case of HD DVDs, but then, longer films generally fit on the disk only in the low 720p-resolution.
The disks play on any HD-DVD player as well as in PC DVD drives with a minimum of 3X speed. Its special feature is that 3X DVD-ROMs can be burnt without a problem on any PC using an appropriate burning program and a DVD burner. With this, the disk could become what the VCD was to the DVD--a cheap entry in the new technology, till HD-DVD burners and blanks become cheaper. So, sounds like just the perfect thing for the Indian market which is always looking for cost effective measures and simulations of the real thing!




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