Interesting article (old) regarding Warner

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I was going through some old articles online and found some interesting quotes about Warner's entry into BD.

Originally Posted by PC World

Given some of Warner's previous concerns about Blu-ray (which I wrote about in my August interview with Steve Nickerson, senior vice president of market management for Warner Home Video), the additions to the Blu-ray spec that Warner sought were not surprising.

"We wanted the player to be capable of playing back a [9GB] high-definition red-laser disc, which we call BD-9," says Cardwell. "[The disc] would have a high enough capacity for our movies, and it would have a lower cost than the [25GB] BD-25. The advantage would be lower costs to manufacture the disc, because it could be manufactured on existing [DVD production] lines. Certainly, most of our movies will fit on a BD-9. The issue will be how much enhanced content will we put on there. For basic movies, most will fit on BD-9."

They wanted to be able to put out regular movies on a 9GB disc?!? What were they planning.....720p?

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[WickyWoo]

Yes, HD DVD was originally a red-laser 720p format

That was right around the time Warner sold their replication facilities, so they had a vested interest in the whole "must be manufacturable on retooled existing lines" thing

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Originally Posted by WickyWoo

Yes, HD DVD was originally a red-laser 720p format

That was right around the time Warner sold their replication facilities, so they had a vested interest in the whole "must be manufacturable on retooled existing lines" thing

So is there such a thing as BD-9 in the Blu-Ray spec? I'm assuming they had to put it in there to get Warner on board.

[WickyWoo]

I guess there could be, but no one is using it. Just like they call "miniDVD" when you use DVD file structure on a CD