HD-DVDs are stupid and so am I because I bought some

I made one of the stupidest purchases in a long time, I bought an HD DVD Drive and I decided to test it on my Macs. I'm back with a 3rd installment of what I'll call macOS and defunct media, this time with HD-DVD, a failed media format that tried to be successor to DVD. A lot of reading went into this one.

  / dmug  

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James W., Al, beRn, Nicolas W., Kevin B., Quin's Tech Corner


Film locations: Todd Lake Oregon, Mt Washington Oregon, Port Orford Oregon, Cascade locks Oregon, Wahclella Falls Oregon, Portland Oregon, viewpoint on HWY 20 Oregon


Blu-Ray polymer
https://phys.org/news/2005-01-exclusi...

Backstory of DVD
https://web.archive.org/web/202212040...

HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray Recplication costs
https://wesleytech.com/blu-ray-vs-hd-...

HD-DVD News
https://web.archive.org/web/200711060...

http://www.dvdforum.org/press-112702.htm

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2008/0...

https://web.archive.org/web/201506051...

https://blog.ansi.org/blu-ray-vs-hd-d...

51 GB HD-DVD
https://www.engadget.com/2007-02-28-5...

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2007/...

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2007/...

VLC 3.0 update
https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/9/169...

HD DVD Devices
https://www.avsforum.com/threads/list...

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...

https://www.engadget.com/2007-06-12-t...

https://www.owc.com/news/owc-introduc...

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-an...

https://www.newegg.com/toshiba-model-...

https://techcrunch.com/2007/03/15/tos...