We first told you about HD VMD overtwo years ago , then we told you again aboutone year ago . But the “ next gen ” HD optical disc aiming to take down … giant … Blu - ray and HD videodisc is finally add up to realisation . New Medium Enterprises will plunge its new ML622S HD VMD player next month , a 1080p , single - slotted HDMI 1.3 , ethernet - upgradable equipment that is expected to be only $ 150 at many middleman ( though MSRP is $ 200 ) .
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HD VMD restrain costs low by using the same red lasers we see in videodisc intersection , with the drives name by New Medium as videodisk with new firmware . For now the technology is still MPEG2 based , encoded at somewhere between 40 - 45MB / s ( reports differ ) , place it bang between Blu - ray and HD videodisk data rates . 7.1 surround sound is supported , but the engineering will not support Dolby TrueHD or DTS Master Audio data formatting .
I ca n’t get a finalise maximum repositing storey on the HD VMD discs either , so just how much elbow room is open for extra equate to Blu - ray and HD DVD is not clear . study vary between 20 and 40 GB .
Launching with 20 titles in the US this October , HD VMD may be the most consumer well-disposed technology on the market , but does anyone really see it direct over giants Sony and Toshiba … who are both fighting over the studio / food waste as it is ? Investors , we ’re talking to you . [ productvia pcworld ]
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