Warner officially announces TotalHD discs - Jan '07

[Maximus]

Did Amir say that it would be a HD30, BD25?

Sounds like something he would say.

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by Maxpower1987

Did Amir say that it would be a HD30, BD25?

Sounds like something he would say.

Yeah, his first comment about it was it would be difficult for it to be BD50. He immediately spits out FUD as the first thing that comes to his head.

Cinram has a BD50 line. Clearly, since Cinram did the sample, and assuming they didn't do a special BD25 version of Superman for it, it would be the silly 30GB used BD50 on one side of that sample.

Gary

[dialog_gvf]

CES: Warner Intros Total HD; First Titles Due Second Half 2007

See pic for the packaging.

[blitz6speed]

Looks like its going to be a real dry season for hd-dvd till these discs come out. Warner said all future titles to be announced are same day both formats, which means THESE discs. So other then the announced titles, hd-dvd has the 4 paramount titles and whatever is left from universal announced.

Of course, there are tons of blu-ray movies coming out with more to be announced as the days go by. No pitty for the weak.

[dialog_gvf]

Not to mention all the Warner catchups. They probably won't be rereleasing those on Total HD, at least so soon.

Gary

[Zvi]

Aren't those almost twice as expensive?

[dialog_gvf]

Yes, that's what Disney says, at least double.

But, looking at it:

(1) BD yield. The substrate plastic is reduced from 1mm to 0.5mm. What is the yield effect?

(2) Substrate cost. This is a custom substrate, isn't it?

(3) Cycle time. The BD half discs come of their production line and need to be fed into the DVD-18 like two-half gluing phase. What does that do to the averages?

(4) Overall yield. What is the rejection rate for the combined discs?

It's at least as expensive as HD DVD-30 + BD25/50 + something extra.

Gary

[Nismobeach]

Flippers.

It will be annoying because you'll have to always read the inner ring so you know which side to use.

[Deciazulado]

Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

(1) BD yield. The substrate plastic is reduced from 1mm to 0.5mm. What is the yield effect?

Mmm will it have a double thick durablis coat to prevent half as thick cover layer scratches? Will they have to eliminate the durablis coating to achieve thinness? I don't want a substandard BD when I can get a full standard pure BD.


Also:

Hi, my name is Mr. Paramount, I'm an independent Hollywood Studio. My mission should I choose to accept it, is to choose between releasing my intellectual property in either:

A: Toshiba tech B: BDA tech C: Warner Brothers tech

This tape will self destruct in 6 months.


Also:

See my comment on how great TotalHD (DualDiscHD™) is in making us pay for 4 times the storage but a quarter of cream filling. Might as well have stayed with DVDs for all this trouble!