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In Spring 2011, I started a project to attempt to create a free-culture compatible / non-DRM alternative to Blu-Ray for high-definition video releases on fixed-media, and after about a year hiatus, I'm getting back to it with some new ideas. The first is that I've concluded that optical discs are a bust for this kind of application, and that the time has come to move on to Flash media, specifically SDHC/SDXC as the hardware medium. This is a more expensive choice of medium, and still not perfect, but it has enough advantages to make it a clear choice now.

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If you're gonna use h264 anyway, you can just use a DVD or dual layer DVD. It is much cheaper and better.

Only as long as your films are not longer than 56 minutes.

Only at 1080p, at 720p you can fit Watchmen UC (215 min) on a single DVD-R single layer.

Right, haven't thought about using 720p.