HD DVD recorders???

[j0nnyhb]

I did a search and got this hit from about 1 year ago ... is there currently any viable HD DVD recorders out there?

Tell me how you guys are burning HD DVDs ...

Link:
http://www.satelliteguys.us/hd-dvd-blu-ray-war-zone/72314-toshiba-rd-a1-goes-sale-japan.html

 

[jgantert]

I don't think there are any recorders out there yet. It's the one legitimate advantage BR has, as BR burners are easy to find. They even have BR-RW/HD-ROM combo drives, but they don't burn HD DVD either!

-John

 

[mike123abc]

There was a press release (last week I think) that someone was coming out with one and of course recordable media. The details escape me at the moment on the recorder, but

Ritek, the Taiwan-based maker of optical discs, has secured certification for blank 2x HD DVD-R (recordable, write once) discs. The company had already achieved certification for its 1x HD DVD-R and 1x HD DVD-RW (rewritable) discs in May this year

In addition to the HD DVD format, Ritek has obtained certification for blank BD (Blu-ray Disc)-R discs, while CMC Magnetics, the largest Taiwan-based maker, received the same certification earlier in late April of this year, the sources indicated. Japan-based Mitsubishi Kagaku Media (MKM), Matsushita Electric Industrial (with Panasonic as brand name) & TDK were the first three recipients of such BD-R disc certification, the sources noted.

Although India-based Moser Baer India (MBI) has announced it expects to start volume production of HD DVD-R discs in September 2007, the company has not yet obtained certification, the sources pointed out.

So, soon should be the answer..

 

[j0nnyhb]

Is there any decent Software out there that could bridge this gap? Thanks for the input, I appreciate it! They run a great site here ... l

 

[vurbano]

When one is available it will eliminate the need to ever but a standalone BD player.
BD drive, read ,rip, burn VC-1 to HD DVD.

 

[diogen]

...BD drive, read ,rip, burn VC-1 to HD DVD.

If you plan to use an HD player other than a PC, it won't quite work this way:

- BD uses transport streams, HD - program streams
- VBV (buffer) on those is different
- GOP structure is not the same (number of B-frames)

Microsoft has a tool to convert HD VC-1 to BD VC-1 but it is available only to studios (Warner and Paramount use it).

If you rip just the movie (or rip and re-encode to get rid of the stupid bitrate PCM audio takes up) and play it on an HTPC - it will work just fine.

Diogen.

 

[vurbano]

If you plan to use an HD player other than a PC, it won't quite work this way:

- BD uses transport streams, HD - program streams
- VBV (buffer) on those is different
- GOP structure is not the same (number of B-frames)

Microsoft has a tool to convert HD VC-1 to BD VC-1 but it is available only to studios (Warner and Paramount use it).

If you rip just the movie (or rip and re-encode to get rid of the stupid bitrate PCM audio takes up) and play it on an HTPC - it will work just fine.

Diogen.

I would think that eventually software like videoRedo would solve this so you could recode to HD DVD bitrate but the HTPC is looking better all the time.

 

[diogen]

...the HTPC is looking better all the time.

Go for it!
The only thing you'll regret is why you didn't do it a long time ago...

Diogen.