FVD (WMV-HD)

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FVD (WMV-HD)

Post by TaranT » Sat Dec 10, 2005 3:08 am

Looks like the Far East is moving ahead with their own HD format:
DigiTimes wrote:...FVD players support two movie formats, Microsoft WMV HD (Windows media high definition video) and IMAX, Idar pointed out. Idar currently produces 10,000 FVD players a month and aims to ship 300,000 players next year, the company indicated. There will be more than 1,000 FVD movie discs available by the end of 2006, Idar added....

DVD players supporting Blu-ray Disc (BD) or HD-DVD or both standards will be expensive and therefore not popular until 2008 at the earliest, Huang pointed out. In the meantime, there are many good opportunities for promoting FVD players, Huang emphasized....

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Wikipedia writes: "FVD (Forward Versatile Disc) is not expected to be marketed outside of Taiwan."
Sounds naive to me, but it might happen like that.

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