Even red laser-based HD VMD is better than HD DVD!

[joeorc]

just checked up on this format after a while just to see new developments.... this format is not as supported as blu-ray or hd dvd content wise yet...but i thought it was funny. i think the BDA need to talk to this group. btw(they are at THIS YEARS IFA)

HD VMD - 40GB Multilayer Optical disc
New Medium Enterprises provides the world's first Low-Cost true High Definition medium solution utilizing today's Red Laser Technology and existing DVD industrial infrastructure.

The VMD platform is meant for 1920X1080i/p High Definition up to 40 Mbps bit rate playback using its 20 GB-40 GB Red Laser optical discs - the players & burners stand alone and computer embedded, inherently backward compatible with DVD and CD.

NME has developed Versatile Multilayer Disc (VMD), a technologically advanced optical disc that enables mobile storage to be realized at unprecedented price-to-performance levels; far beyond the realm of existing DVD technology. The Company is targeting the pre-recorded video segment of the entertainment industry by offering them VMD as a bespoke solution to thwart video piracy.

This is the only Low-Cost High-End offering to the discerning consumer at market prices in the range of prevailing DVD players, burners and discs.

IT IS PRETTY FUNNY when a RED optical based format is better than HD DVD

the kicker:

The first generation VMD line is capable of producing DVD-5 and DVD-9, 4-layer VMD discs with up to 24 GB capacity. This line is upgradeable to manufacture 2-layer and 4-layer VMD Blue Laser discs with up to 60 GB capacity. VDL ODMS is developing a multilayer optical disc production line for NME Inc.

http://www.nmeinc.com/index.aspx