High-Definition DVDs

MTBer · 04-24-2006, 07:35 PM

I recently read about these and saw a player in a circuit city ad for about $500. Is there linux software currently of playing these DVDs? I heard they are 1080p how cool is that?

tamoneya · 04-24-2006, 07:47 PM

HD DVD is a very new technology. I seriously doubt that it would be supported yet. Hopefullt soon though. Takes time for it to get into linux because things need to be reverse engineered.

tomdkat · 04-24-2006, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by MTBer

I recently read about these and saw a player in a circuit city ad for about $500.

That's the Toshiba HD-A1, I believe the model is.

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Is there linux software currently of playing these DVDs?

Not yet.

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I heard they are 1080p how cool is that?

The movies are encoded in 1080p but the Toshiba player outputs 720p/1080i max. It can also upconvert DVDs to HD resolutions but will output upconverted DVD video via HDMI.

But I digress....

Peace...