The real "product war" begins :)

[Ruined]

The Product Wars fought on Amazon.com

Hey, they had to keep their hits up somehow

[dugpa]

The saddest thing on that list is that there are still people buying foolscreen dvds.

[Ruined]

Enter DVD 2.0:

OPINION: DVD revival - 3/7/2008 12:20:00 PM - ContentAgenda.com - CA6539511

At the same meeting, according to a summary posted on the Forum Web site, the committee approved the formation of a new working group (dubbed WG-12) “to study and specify network applications and related network specification of DVD Forum formats, make recommendations for better interoperability and functionality of network-connected DVD Forum specified devices and content and communicate on relevant recommendations with other standard creation organizations.”

What that means in non-Forum legalese, I’m told by sources familiar with the plans, is that the new working group will look for ways to incorporate some of the same next-gen functionality developed for HD DVD into a DVD 2.0 format, including the HDi interactive layer and the advanced network connectivity.

One of the co-chairs of WG-12 is Microsoft, which played a major role in developing those capabilities for HD DVD (the other co-chair is Panasonic).

DVD 2.0 Format Specification

1. Video encoded in MPEG2 SD
2. HD available via Super Upconversion to 960p
3. HDi interactivity
4. Networking
5. Managed Copy
6. Fully backward compatible with existing DVD players.

[jbat31]

I think amazon is such a small part of the the current pictures as to sales. It often does not reflect at all, what the true top seller is nationwide.

[dugpa]

Originally Posted by jbat31

I think amazon is such a small part of the the current pictures as to sales.

Not true. Amazon has 90% of the online dvd market share and is only behind Walmart and Best Buy in dvd sales overall (though Best Buy and Amazon are far behind Walmart there).

[Daze]

Surprisingly I have seen Blu-ray in the top 20 on Amazon.


DVD 2.0 is just marketing garbage.

[skywalking_sith]

Originally Posted by Daze

Surprisingly I have seen Blu-ray in the top 20 on Amazon.


DVD 2.0 is just marketing garbage.

I agree...DVD 2.0 is a waste of time and money and will be on the list of dead home video technologies rather quickly...

[ganthc]

That's awesome. And will be helpful to see how bluray continues to perform. I am glad to see that at least bd remains in the 250 and below range.

[chlngr1970]

Originally Posted by ganthc

That's awesome. And will be helpful to see how bluray continues to perform. I am glad to see that at least bd remains in the 250 and below range.

Do you mean 250 and ABOVE?

j

[videoworx]

DVD 2.0 Format Specification

The hilarious thing about these specs is that it matches Toshiba's original design specs for HD-DVD (albeit the resolution has been knocked back from 720p to 480p). Talk about a massive step backwards.

[ganthc]

Originally Posted by chlngr1970

Do you mean 250 and ABOVE?

j

Sorry, yes.

[Daze]

Originally Posted by videoworx

The hilarious thing about these specs is that it matches Toshiba's original design specs for HD-DVD (albeit the resolution has been knocked back from 720p to 480p). Talk about a massive step backwards.

Well Toshiba did say it's new upscaling will make standard DVD look as good as HD DVD. Which is a slap in the face to all the HD DVD supporters who argued about picture quality. Wonder why he never made that statement last year or the year before.