High Def (HDTV) adult DVD's have arrived!
by Anonymous

February 17, 2004--High Definition DVD's have finally arrived. The next generation of home entertainment - HDTV - offers a vastly superior image than standard TV. It’s like a moving photograph. As prices have begun to drop, demand has naturally increased. But until very recently, content in full High Definition resolution has been quite limited. Many new High Def broadcast, satellite and cable channels have become available even within the past 6 months. But consumers still can’t go to the video store and rent a DVD that’s in High Def.

That’s about to change.

High Def XXX (www.highdefxxx.com) has announced the release of the world’s first adult High Def DVD, with 2 more titles soon to follow, and many more in the works. They also report signing several preliminary deals – including conversion of as many as 300 classic 1970's adult movies from 35mm to High Def DVD, and deals with several other adult video companies to co-produce &/or author their content to HD-DVD. One such company, a Japanese-American joint venture - PAM Media (www.pamgroup.us) - is also working on an adult High Definition satellite network and will provide distribution of adult HD-DVD’s in Japan and Korea.

They project having as many as several hundred HD-DVD titles by the end of the year.

Their DVD’s actually contain both the High Def and standard def (NTSC) versions of the video on the same disc, on the same side. Placed in a regular DVD player, they will automatically play the standard definition version. In order to view the full High Def version, a computer is currently required – although set-top HD-DVD players will soon be available.

If you have an HDTV, you can connect to it directly from your computer to watch the full screen, High Def version. If you don’t yet own an HDTV (you will someday!), you can still see the video in full High Def resolution right on your computer monitor. There are, of course, minimum specifications - approximately a 2 GHz PC or better.

How does it work?
It’s based on Microsoft’s Windows Media 9 (WM9) codec and their newly announced A9 HD-DVD authoring specification. WM9 is Microsoft's MPEG-4 derived codec, delivering similar quality to the MPEG-2 standard for about 1/3 the bandwidth / file size. That means that it can fit onto today's red-laser DVD's - not requiring tomorrow's blue laser technology.

Will non-adult titles be available? Absolutely. We should start seeing feature film titles and other content by the end of the year. But as with previous new entertainment media, including VHS, (standard) DVD and of course the internet, adult is leading the way.




This article courtesy of http://www.hidefzone.com.

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