The HD-VMD story - The format that lost to the format that lost

If you thought HD-DVD lost the HD disc format war to Blu-ray, you're right. But spare a thought for the third-placed format. One that could only dream of achieving HD-DVD's level of success. This is the story of HD-VMD, the other disc. A follow up to this video can be found here    • The HD-VMD Conclusion -  Uncovering t...   - wherein I actually get to play a HD-VMD

00:00 Utter nonsense
01:58 Moving on
03:20 HD-DVD vs Blu-ray
05:51 Who were NME?
07:03 VMD acquisition
11:05 The VMD USP
13:37 Launch problems
18:02 Downfall
19:55 THE PLAYERS
28:59 Lazy Town to the rescue
32:47 Lost?
34:02 The only way to win was not to play
34:48 Patreon credits

Here’s a link to the video from the chap with the Saw HD-VMD (amongst others)    • Видео  

‘Pub’ ambience sound from https://www.zapsplat.com

Note: Any physical resemblance of the characters in the pub skit to Rick Lagina and/or Henry Cole is purely co-incidental.

APOLOGIES FOR ANY SOUND ISSUES.
It's a dull story regarding neighbours with power tools. However after a lot of messing with the audio, trust me it now sounds many times better than it did originally.

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