Tispower1 on 09 September 2008
My dad works in video editing, and apparently HD has been common for about a couple of decades especially in places like Japan.
In fact even Betacam (not betamax) had a HD cousin, and was released in 1997!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betacam
And VHS did aswell, albeit only 720p
Also, 35mm film pretty much = HD
