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Forums - Gaming Discussion - Look out BluRay + HD-DVD... here comes HD-VMD!

shams on 11 September 2007

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070908/tc_pcworld/136977

 - HD-VMD hold 30Gig (on a single side)

 - maximum bit rate is 40Mps (about halfway between BluRay & HDDVD)

 - uses red lasers

 - discs as cheap to make as existing DVDs (maybe same burn tech??)

 - players will launch for $149US

"Instead of the blue-laser technology embraced by the Blu-ray and HD DVD camps, the HD VMD format uses the red-laser technology already used to create DVDs, and as a result, keeps the cost of manufacturing discs and drives low, says Eugene Levich, director and chief technology officer of New Medium Enterprises. He said that manufacturing a Blu-ray drive costs ten times as much as manufacturing a DVD or HD VMD drive, because the latter two are essentially the same drive but with different firmware."

LOL... :)

If price is the primary factor, VMD should win!

If this actually launches - and even "semi" takes off - my prediction is that you'll see most studios drop any form of exclusivity pretty quickly.

Sweet thing for MS, is they could release a VMD player pretty easily - and maybe for $99US (or even $49??). 

 



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Lost tears of Kain on 11 September 2007

o shit not another one....
this is like when philips entered the vhs and beta war.... but alot worse



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Shido on 11 September 2007

I will buy that thing if it gets some good support from studios.



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shams on 11 September 2007

And the chaos begins...

EDIT: If they CAN bring out a $79US player (for the 360), that comes with a half-decent movie... it could be a huge hit. Killer price point if they can pull it off. 



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twesterm on 11 September 2007

I read a few weeks back that they actually have discs that can hold a terrabyte.



 

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fazz on 11 September 2007

Good, I love Terrabytes. And don't forget Aquabytes. Sorry I couldn't resist.

And... what does HD-VMD means?



shams on 11 September 2007

Just wait until millipede drives are finished and become commercially viable...

Several terabytes on the size of a DS cart...



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shams on 11 September 2007
fazz said:
Good, I love Terrabytes. And don't forget Aquabytes. Sorry I couldn't resist.

And... what does HD-VMD means?

Versatile Media Disc

 

 



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Lost tears of Kain on 11 September 2007
shams said:
Just wait until millipede drives are finished and become commercially viable...

Several terabytes on the size of a DS cart...

holy shit, is that possible?



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sinha on 11 September 2007
shams said:

- uses red lasers



Red-ray?



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