Posted by David McCall on 10/23/07 19:00

"PTravel" <ptravel@travelersvideo.com> wrote in message
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> "David McCall" <mccallmail@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>> You are the last person I would think would say that you don't
>> know what Sony is thinking when it comes to rights protection :-)
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> I don't think it's a rights issue, so much as a technological one. My
> BDS300 BluRay player struggles with SD DVD-Rs. I suspect, like the early
> standard definition DVD players, the early model BluRay players simply
> have trouble reading dye-based DVDs.
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>> Ultimately we went with HD-DVD and it worked out very well. The total
>> time was pretty short so we were able to burn to a standard DVD-R
>> using a standard DVD burner. We got the 3 players for under $500.
>> The best part was that we were able to fade to the logo at the end of
>> each segment then jump to a menu that was the same logo image
>> (no buttons).
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> Do I understand you to be saying that you burned standard definition DVDs
> and played them on standard definition DVD players that upscale to HD? I
> suppose I can do that, but I'd really prefer an all-HD delivery solution.
> I've done a search for BluRay burners -- they're still in the $400-700
> range, so I'm going to wait. Finished projects can be archived to tape
> (or even cheapie external eSata drives) for now.
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I'm sorry that I wasn't clear.

As it turns out, you can make an HD-DVD using ordinary DVD-Rs and burner.
It is some what limited in terms of how long the piece can be, but it will
play
in an HD-DVD player at full 1080. You need software that knows how to do
HD-DVDs, We used Final Cut Studio 2, but I think current versions of Encore
and Vegas will do it too.

We bought an open box HD-DVD player for around $200 and 2 more for the
client to take to Germany for the show at $250. It was a much better
solution.
Not all HD-DVD players could keep up with our disc (even in the same line).
Perhaps we could have upped the compression a bit. However for this project
it was a stunning success for very short bucks.

David

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