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New development and testing tool will aid studios in HD-DVD authoring.
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 HD-DVD Emulator software allows studios to test HD-DVD movies and interactive content in a virtual environment that also provides debugging tools, rather effectively streamlining the currently established workflow that requires authoring studios to burn new HD-DVD discs every time a revision [...]

In its continued response to marketplace interest in the creation of a joint HD DVD patent license including as much essential intellectual property as possible, MPEG LA, LLC today expanded its call for patents essential to the implementation of the HD DVD Standard to include the following specifications:
1) DVD Specifications for High Density Read-Only Disc [...]

BERLIN - Constantin Film, Germany’s leading independent producer-distrib, is following suit in the wake of Warner Bros. decision to go with the Blu-ray format.
Company said Thursday it too had chosen the Blu-ray format for its hi-def home entertainment products.
Up until now, Constantin had supported both HD DVD and the Blu-ray technology, but as [...]

When Warner announced that they would back Blu-ray exclusively, there was no confirmation that New Line Cinema and HBO would follow, only speculation that it was highly likely. The very next day New Line confirmed that they would follow Warner and back Blu-ray exclusively and now, a few days after the Warner announcement, HBO has [...]

It’s one blow after another for the Toshiba-lead HD-DVD consortium. This time round, it’s California-based Digital Playground Inc. turning its back against the red camp. A recent statement released by the pornographic movie studio indicated a possible Blu-ray switch by end 2008. This was revealed in an interview between the company founder and a German [...]