HD DVD and HD DVD Players from RCA and Toshiba
HD DVD stands to be the next generation of the DVD standard which has become the de facto medium in which movies are popularly distributed. At its most base, the main difference between standard DVD and HD DVD would be their capacities, with HD DVD boasting more data capacities over DVD discs.
Jointly developed by NEC and Toshiba, HD DVD has been voted and supported by the DVD Forum, the original developers of the DVD system. Its HD DVD name stands for High Definition Digital Versatile Disc, and was previously called the "Advanced Optical Disc" or AOD. Standard DVD discs have storage capacities supporting up to 4.7 gigabytes of data, with dual-layer DVD discs capable of storing up to 8.5 gigabytes of data. HD DVD discs have triple the storage capacities of DVD discs, boasting up to 15 gigabytes of data storage capacities, with 30 gigabytes supported by dual-layer HD DVD discs. This impressive storage capacity, coupled with the active utilization of advanced video and audio codec systems, make HD DVD the perfect standard when distributing high definition movies are concerned. With surround sound support reaching to 7.1 surround sound channel setups, the crystal clear videos of HD DVDs is perfectly complemented with superb surround sound quality.
Developed through a joint endeavor between Toshiba and NEC, HD DVD stands to be supported by the DVD Forum, the original developers of the DVD standard, and is basically groomed to be the successor of the original DVD format.
RCA and Toshiba are known to boast impressive HD DVD media players, which truly bring HD DVD to the best of its potentials, even besting the best of HDTV broadcast resolutions.
The RCA HDV-5000 is quite the media player, bringing HD DVD movies to life in 1920 x 1080 pixel resolutions, making way for eye popping definitively clear picture quality. Perfectly complementing the RCA line of HDTV sets, like the Scenium line, the RCA HDV-5000 stands to be a standard bearer where HD DVD media players are concerned.
The Toshiba HD A1, another popular HD DVD media player, stands alongside the RCA HDV-5000, but has one merit to its name: it is the first HD DVD player in the world, introduced in April of 2006.
Both the RCA HDV-5000 and the Toshiba HD A1 feature backwards compatibility, meaning they could easily handle standard DVD formats, as though they were HD DVD discs.
Bottom line, if you are on the lookout for HD DVD Players, look in the direction towards the Toshiba HD A1 or towards the RCA HDV-5000.
