hd dvds

Writable HD DVDs due in 2006

News A group led by Toshiba supports a technology called HD DVD for next-generation DVDs, which promise much greater capacity for high-definition movies, while a camp led by Sony backs another format, known as Blu-ray.

9 June 2005, 10:41 > More matches in News

HD-DVD

Reviews Several formats have been proposed for these high-capacity DVDs, including Blu-ray High-definition digital video disc.

21 December 2006, 10:37 > More matches in Reviews

Toshiba HD-EP30 and E1 compared: Hot HD DVD player action

Crave The EP30 can be bought online for as little as £210, and that includes seven free HD DVDs, which is an awesome offer. When the Toshiba HD-EP30 HD DVD player landed on our doormat yesterday, we were keen to put it next to our long-term loan sample...

9 November 2007, 13:27 > More matches in Crave

Toshiba HD-XE1: Good things come to those who wait

Crave A quick test with some of our favourite HD DVDs proved that this player was well worth the wait. It's no secret: we've been on the edges of our seats, waiting for the 1080p HD DVD player from Toshiba, for a while now.

Tags: toshiba, hd, hd dvds, king kong

28 February 2007, 10:28 > More matches in Crave

Win a Toshiba HD-E1 HD DVD player and two free movies!

Crave Your existing DVDs won't be left gathering dust, either -- the HD-E1 will happily play those too, upscaling them to ensure they look as good as possible on HD Ready TVs. We've got two Toshiba HD-E1 HD DVD players to give away completely for free in...

Tags: dvd player, hd, definition, toshiba

6 June 2007, 8:00 > More matches in Crave

Sagem HD-D45H review

Reviews In terms of features, it's got everything, and the performance is noteworthy for standard-definition pictures -- DVDs look so good that you might forget about HD completely. Design The HD-D45H is big, but its frame and speakers are thin and...

Editor's rating   8

Tags: sagem, high definition, demand, remote control

2 March 2006, 15:14 > More matches in Reviews

IFA 2006: Toshiba announces HD DVD players for Europe

Crave They are backwards-compatible with existing DVDs and CDs and will upscale DVD output to 720p or 1080i, and to 1080p in the case of the HD-XE1. Toshiba has announced launch dates and prices for the first stand-alone HD DVD players to reach Europe...

Tags: toshiba, iii, international, hd

4 September 2006, 9:44 > More matches in Crave

DVICO TViX HD M-6500A: Media streaming wootage

Crave Interestingly, there's also AVCHD support included, which means HD camcorder footage will play without any conversion. The 6500 will play video up to 1080p and there's even audio support for Dolby TrueHD, which opens up possibilities for HD...

25 June 2008, 12:30 > More matches in Crave

Toshiba HD DVD players: A couple of tasty updates

Crave HD DVD is undoubtedly suffering from a lack of support, both from movie studios and hardware manufacturers not called Toshiba. This is becoming more important, because there are a couple of HD DVD releases that have some cool Internet functionality.

Tags: toshiba, hd, ray, blu

6 July 2007, 11:38 > More matches in Crave

CNET.co.uk Editors' Choice Awards 2007

Crave The good news is the waiting's over, as a raft of new 'Full HD' TVs have arrived. And the winner is.the Toshiba HD-XE1! Sony PlayStation 3Toshiba HD-XE1 The XE1 also helps you to get the very best out of your DVD collection by providing excellent...

19 October 2007, 11:15 > More matches in Crave

HD DVD posse: "There's room for both formats"

Crave The HD DVD backers understand this, and as such have spent a not insignificant amount of time wooing European studios and helping them produce HD DVDs. We've all got so caught up in the fighting between Blu-ray and HD DVD that we haven't really...

Tags: hd, europe, definition, ray

22 June 2007, 11:01 > More matches in Crave

Michael Bay: 'HD DVD vs Blu-ray is a Microsoft conspiracy'

Crave The interactivity on HD DVDs is also superb, and Transformers proved that too. You might remember some time ago that Michael Bay proved he's a Sony fanboy by ranting about how Paramount would never get a Transformers 2 from him, because it had...

Tags: hd, downloading, disc, ray

5 December 2007, 10:44 > More matches in Crave

Samsung BD-UP5000: HD DVD and Blu-ray

Crave The BD-UP5000 offers playback of both formats, but it also offers full HD DVD HDi functionality, which provides the ability to interact with the format, for example in games and with animated menus. The LG machine doesn't support this functionality...

Tags: samsung, multi, playback, functionality

3 September 2007, 11:37 > More matches in Crave

Toshiba to push HD DVD in its laptops

News Japan's Toshiba aims to put disk drives for HD DVDs on all its laptops next year as it strives to gain an edge in the high-stakes next-generation DVD format battle, a Toshiba executive said on Tuesday.

6 June 2007, 10:57 > More matches in News

Toshiba rolls out HD DVD laptop

News HD DVD is facing off with the Sony-backed Blu-ray standard in a race to become the accepted standard for high-definition DVDs. Toshiba is expected to unveil what it says is the first laptop with an HD DVD player on Tuesday at the E3 game conference...

Tags: intel, definition, toshiba, high definition

9 May 2006, 11:38 > More matches in News