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2. HD DVD - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. HD DVD (short for High Density Digital Versatile Disc) [1] is an obsolete [2][3][4][5] high-density optical disc format for storing data and playback of high-definition video. [6] Supported principally by Toshiba, HD DVD was envisioned to be the successor to the standard DVD format, but lost to Blu-ray, supported by Sony and others.

3. Comparison of high-definition optical disc formats - Wikipedia

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   This article compares the technical specifications of multiple high-definition formats, including HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc; two mutually incompatible, high-definition optical disc formats that, beginning in 2006, attempted to improve upon and eventually replace the DVD standard. The two formats remained in a format war until February 19, 2008 ...

4. High-definition optical disc format war - Wikipedia

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   Blu-ray and HD DVD players became commercially available starting in 2006. In early 2008, the war ended when several studios and distributors shifted to Blu-ray disc. [1] On February 19, 2008, Toshiba officially announced that it would stop the development of the HD DVD players, conceding the format war to the Blu-ray Disc format. [2]

5. DVD - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) [9][10] is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kind of digital data and has been widely used to store video programs (watched using DVD ...

6. Blu-ray - Wikipedia

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   e. Blu-ray (Blu-ray Disc or BD) is a digital optical disc data storage format designed to supersede the DVD format. It was invented and developed in 2005 and released worldwide on June 20, 2006, capable of storing several hours of high-definition video (HDTV 720p and 1080p).

7. DVD-Video - Wikipedia

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   Contents. DVD-Video. Other logo used from 1997 to 2001 (although some DVDs from 2001 to 2003 and some pirated DVDs made after 2001 still carry this logo) DVD-Video is a consumer video format used to store digital video on DVDs. DVD-Video was the dominant consumer home video format in Asia, North America, [ 5 ] Europe, and Australia in the 2000s ...

8. List of best-selling films in the United States - Wikipedia

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   List of best-selling films in the United States. This list of best-selling films in the United States is a list of the best-selling home video film titles sold in the United States. This list only includes physical media (such as VHS, DVD and Blu-ray), and does not include digital purchases or video rentals.

9. High-definition video - Wikipedia

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   High definition video (prerecorded and broadcast) is defined threefold, by: The number of lines in the vertical display resolution. High-definition television (HDTV) resolution is 1,080 or 720 lines. In contrast, regular digital television (DTV) is 480 lines (upon which NTSC is based, 480 visible scanlines out of 525) or 576 lines (upon which ...