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HD-DVDS
HD-DVDs - Skywalker will be there:
As Everyone knows: Lucasfilm will wait for HD-DvDs
Is it possible for any one entity to define an era of motion pictures? Just ask George Lucas. The visionary who has sparked a revolution in Hollywood by choosing high definition digital technology to shoot the next installment of Hollywood's holy grail, will probably single handedly usher in the next wave of home video.
While traditionalists cry foul Georgy will shoot Episode II probably between 80%-99% hidef, and if that wasn't enough to promote hidef, Episode I Producer Rick McCallum, who has recently become the "wingman" of high definition digital movies announced in an interview for German broadcaster n-tv, that Lucasfilm will wait for the next-generation high-definition DVD format (HD-DVDs - expected in the next two years) before releasing the Star Wars Saga on anything other than VHS or Laserdisc.
The news comes packaged in a one two whallop. As the newly remastered Indiana Jones Trilogy is released on Laserdisc as well as VHS but with no sign of a DVD version, it only suggests another massive punch on behalf of HD-DvDs.
Needless to say we think this will put a wee bit of a furor in the HD-DVD sales once released. Nothing like 60 million hungry fans rushing to purchase high definition digital versatile discs to send your HiDef stock into orbit. McCallum went on to confirm comments from George Lucas that the Star Wars movies would not be released on HD-DVD until after Episode 3 is released in cinemas, which is expected to take place in 2005.
But nothing prepared us for McCallum's next endorsement of the high definition DVDs, he went on to say: "we expect a new wave of technology to exist in a year - a year and a half".
Seeing as how they are shooting Episode one in HiDef, one can't surmize anything other than Lucasfilm plans leap frog the current DVD format completely and invest heavily in the HD-DVD format to be introduced in the next few years.
We can't wait to see what our friends at Pioneer have to say about this one.
HD-DVDs
Another major makes the transition.
January 11, 2000 LG Electronics (which owns Zenith) has developed a blue-laser DVD player with quadrupled capacity designed to facilitate high-definition digital movies. Although LG Electronics is not the only major manufacturer working on this little puppy, it still puts Zenith out of the gate.
Pioneer displayed a HDDVD player at this years CES which was a sight to behold but what does all this mean? It means 18-27 gigabytes in a single layer on a single side-- four times the 4.7GB single-side/single-layer capacity we've got now.
Expect to see these bad boys on the shelves in the next few years. Don't worry that doesn't mean your current DVDs will go the way of the Beta and VHS tapes - HD-DVD players will be able to playback standard definition DVDs as well as CDs.
One thing is for certain, as Sony, Pioneer, Philips, and the like get ready to do battle the competition will ensure that these HD-DvDs will be in your stores as soon as possible.
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http://www.hidef.com/hddvd.html
HD-DVDS
HD-DVDs - Skywalker will be there:
As Everyone knows: Lucasfilm will wait for HD-DvDs
Is it possible for any one entity to define an era of motion pictures? Just ask George Lucas. The visionary who has sparked a revolution in Hollywood by choosing high definition digital technology to shoot the next installment of Hollywood's holy grail, will probably single handedly usher in the next wave of home video.
While traditionalists cry foul Georgy will shoot Episode II probably between 80%-99% hidef, and if that wasn't enough to promote hidef, Episode I Producer Rick McCallum, who has recently become the "wingman" of high definition digital movies announced in an interview for German broadcaster n-tv, that Lucasfilm will wait for the next-generation high-definition DVD format (HD-DVDs - expected in the next two years) before releasing the Star Wars Saga on anything other than VHS or Laserdisc.
The news comes packaged in a one two whallop. As the newly remastered Indiana Jones Trilogy is released on Laserdisc as well as VHS but with no sign of a DVD version, it only suggests another massive punch on behalf of HD-DvDs.
Needless to say we think this will put a wee bit of a furor in the HD-DVD sales once released. Nothing like 60 million hungry fans rushing to purchase high definition digital versatile discs to send your HiDef stock into orbit. McCallum went on to confirm comments from George Lucas that the Star Wars movies would not be released on HD-DVD until after Episode 3 is released in cinemas, which is expected to take place in 2005.
But nothing prepared us for McCallum's next endorsement of the high definition DVDs, he went on to say: "we expect a new wave of technology to exist in a year - a year and a half".
Seeing as how they are shooting Episode one in HiDef, one can't surmize anything other than Lucasfilm plans leap frog the current DVD format completely and invest heavily in the HD-DVD format to be introduced in the next few years.
We can't wait to see what our friends at Pioneer have to say about this one.
HD-DVDs
Another major makes the transition.
January 11, 2000 LG Electronics (which owns Zenith) has developed a blue-laser DVD player with quadrupled capacity designed to facilitate high-definition digital movies. Although LG Electronics is not the only major manufacturer working on this little puppy, it still puts Zenith out of the gate.
Pioneer displayed a HDDVD player at this years CES which was a sight to behold but what does all this mean? It means 18-27 gigabytes in a single layer on a single side-- four times the 4.7GB single-side/single-layer capacity we've got now.
Expect to see these bad boys on the shelves in the next few years. Don't worry that doesn't mean your current DVDs will go the way of the Beta and VHS tapes - HD-DVD players will be able to playback standard definition DVDs as well as CDs.
One thing is for certain, as Sony, Pioneer, Philips, and the like get ready to do battle the competition will ensure that these HD-DvDs will be in your stores as soon as possible.
more