20 años de HD DVD 📀 Un gran y apoyado formato el cual fue elegido por Microsoft para su Xbox 360. Con un perfecto 4K…más tarde perdió frente al BluRay
Tengo varias pelis una de ellas que fue la primera fue Superman Returns
Un aplauso por este formato FÍSICO
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Anyone here interested in dead physical media formats?
Many probably won't remember but in the mid 2000s, there was the last "Format War" we saw in the Home Video Entertainment business - namely HD DVD from Toshiba vs. Blu-ray from Sony. While the latter succeeded, I began to collect several stuff from the first format and last weekend I was unboxing a BRAND NEW and still SEALED HD DVD Player from 2007. 😍
#HDDVD #HD-DVD #Toshiba #physical #formatwar #homevideo #homemedia
over a decade ago i gave away my little hd-dvd collection and replaced them all with blu-ray discs. it was a good move.
i was surprised to find myself a little wistful about the hd-dvd format this year. there was something very exciting and aspirational about the hd disc format wars of the late 2000s. trash quality streamed video wasn’t even on the horizon yet, and cinemaphiles suddenly were given new and interesting choices.
my sole regret was giving away the 5-disc collector’s edition of Blade Runner. it had 5 different cuts of the film, a 4.5 hour documentary, and tons of extras on separate discs
after many, many years of hunting thrift stores for it, i finally found it today for $5 and couldn’t be happier. i plan to pick up a used hd-dvd player - perhaps even that goofy xbox 360 addon. 😅
With my impatience being the real issue, I finally popped in my HD DVD copy of Nine Inch Nails Beside You In Time to see its top-level menu.
Again, since I don't have a remote yet, I have no ability to proceed from here.
So, that's the end of this saga until I can emulate the Toshiba HD DVD Player remote (model SE-R0285, I believe). With how slow this player is, I'm not sure this will ever find a permanent home on my shelves. But it's been fun to get explore the inner workings, even if that was totally unnecessary.
The dozens of other owners of this HD DVD player may already be aware of my issue and laughing at me. Reading the manual revealed a hint with this block of "keep your expectations low" wording. The problem isn't hardware at all. Though I'd still argue it shouldn't be as bad as it is. (Why can't I eject the disc until it's fully booted!?)
Hooking it up to a display for the first time, it eventually showed the clock setting page. (The equivalent to blinking 12:00 on an old VCR, I guess.) This page took probably 30 seconds to show up on my TV's HDMI input. At this point, you can finally eject the disc tray.
Of course, since I don't have a remote, I have to skip this.
So, the initial symptom was that it wouldn't eject the disc tray. At the thrift store, first it would just say "Welcome" forever and the eject button just beeps. After unplugging and trying again, the eject button doesn't even beep.
Being me, my first thought was to take it all apart to make sure it doesn't have any obvious physical obstructions. Took it down to being able to see inside the drive, but nothing obvious causing issues (and no free disc this time).
Technically, I already have a way to play HD DVD discs, but it's the Xbox 360 drive I picked up from eBay for cheap: "parts/untested", but worked fine and even came with a movie.
It's just USB, so you can rip movies [slowly] using that drive on Windows with MakeMKV. And I have an Xbox 360 console, which means I can properly experience the interactive menus and such.
The retro tech hoarder in me couldn't resist picking up some new electronics at the thrift store, hidden amongst various regular DVD and Blu-ray players.
First one I've ever seen in person. Sadly, no remote included. Now to get it working.
Yo, that ship sailed off in retreat at the end of the high density ROM disc format wars.
#Microsoft #HDDVD #Sony #BluRay
https://www.howtogeek.com/xbox-is-now-the-betamax-of-gaming-consoles/
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