Disney Votes for 51GB HD DVD Media Approval.

[Sling]

Originally Posted by Kirsty_Mc

Shouldn't this thread be retitled:

Disney votes to make all existing HD DVD players redundant overnight.

Can't you just imagine the faces of the fanboys / Sony Haters popping a 51GB disk in their prides and joy only to find out that they have been shafted with out of date technology .

PS. There is another thread on this topic... maybe should be merged.

Merge it into a trash can..That article is FUD and I'm sick of reading more FUD being made from it.

[Anthony P]

Disney and MS where added and given a vote at the same time (2004 I think). There was a stalemate and the forum decided to add two members to brake it. Ever since then Disney has always voted with the same side that has a majority of the votes. What you need to understand is that the forum needs a majority of all votes for a decision and if there is not then the topic is resent to the working groups and re-brought up the next time.

In essence them voting on this most likely is a vote of none confidence for HD DVD as the abstinence of the other BD members. They decided a long time ago that it is their duty to vote with the majority for things they don’t care about.

[vw mofo]

Originally Posted by darinp2

So, if the movie plays because they only put that on the first 2 layers, but things on the 3rd layer either don't play or play with problems (like stutters and/or lockups), who would win the bet?

--Darin

Well, that's a good question.. I guess my point being it would have to be a movie like LOTR EE (that would need the extra space if it includes IME, Lossless, and all the other bells and whistles) would have to play...

That said in your scenario if it was something like an extra or something like that I think it would be a wash, ie no one wins. Either that or we'd have to give time for a possible firmware update to work out bugs? If after that it still failed to play without issue I'd have to concede loss, but I don't think I'd leave the forum though. lol Cause technically it did "sorta" work.

[E-Dogg]

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[Joe Cain]

Latest news...from last week?

[T-Wrecks]

W_A_I_T FOR IT!!!!

Disney's goal is to bring the best theatre experience to its consumers and will vote in favor of any technological improvements, irregardless of format, brand, etc.

[The Don]

let them have their FUD...I'm just going to keep buying my Blu-rays until further notice...

when you're on a team, you have to worry about holding your ground and not what others are doing...

if you support Blu, then support it...if you don't...then it's not going to phase me until IF Blu dies at some point...

[johnno1986]

What the???

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/multime..._Approval.html

Disney Votes for 51GB HD DVD Media Approval.
Blu-Ray Backer Approves New HD DVD Standard

Category: Multimedia

by Anton Shilov

[ 11/19/2007 | 03:09 PM ]

Walt Disney Home Entertainment, a major Hollywood studio and one of the strongest backers of Blu-ray disc format, voted for approval of a preliminary specification of 51GB triple-layer HD DVD media, just like all the backers of HD DVD and unlike some other backers of Blu-ray Association within the DVD Forum, who typically abstain in HD DVD-related votes.

At the Steering Committee meeting in September Walt Disney Home Entertainment voted for triple layer twin-format HD DVD as well as triple layer HD DVD 51GB revision 1.9 preliminary media standards, according to the notes from the event available at the DVD Forum. During the meeting, twelve steering members of the DVD Forum out of twenty approved the former and eleven members approved the latter.

In both cases Walt Disney voted for the new HD DVD standards, whereas Samsung Electronics, which supports both Blu-ray and HD DVD with its Blu-ray disc (BD) and unified Blu-ray/HD DVD players, decided to abstain in voting for the 51GB HD DVD, just like some other members of the Blu-ray Association, who always withdraw from HD DVD votes, namely Hitachi, JVC, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Sharp and Sony.

Just last week the DVD Forum approved revision 2.0 of triple-layer HD DVD 51GB media, but the detailed results of the vote were not available at press time.

The fact that Walt Disney Home Entertainment, which official stance has always been strong Blu-ray support, may be an indicator that even members of the Blu-ray Association are potentially interested in the forthcoming versions of the HD DVD standard, which has been competing against BD for nearly two years in a war that is unlikely to end soon and which is even called a “stalemate” by Sony’s chief executive.

Blu-ray and HD DVD formats compete for replacing the DVD standard. HD DVD discs can store up to 15GB on a single layer and up to 30GB on two layers. Its competitor, Blu-ray, can store up to 25GB per single layer and up to 50GB on two layers, but Blu-ray discs are more expensive to produce. The HD DVD is pushed aggressively by Toshiba, NEC, Intel and Microsoft, as well as being standardized at the DVD Forum, which represents over 230 consumer electronics, information technology, and content companies worldwide. Blu-ray is backed by Sony and Panasonic, which are among the world’s largest makers of electronics. Among Hollywood studios HD DVD is supported by New Line Cinema, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. Studios, whereas New Line Cinema, Sony Pictures, Walt Disney, Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox endorse Blu-ray.

[Amel]

already discussed.....