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Short for High Definition Digital Versatile Disc, HD DVD
is a high definition DVD standard jointly developed by
NEC and
Toshiba as a replacement for
DVD. The first HD DVD player was released
by Toshiba in Japan on March 31,
2006 and later an HD DVD player in a computer with its release
of the the Toshiba Qosmio 35 on May 16, 2006. HD DVD discs are
capable of holding 15 GB per layer, which is almost three times more
than the traditional DVD that is only able to hold 4.7GB. HD
DVD was backed by
Intel,
Microsoft,
RCA, Sanyo,
and Toshiba
and had been in a format war with Blu-ray until February 19, 2008
when Toshiba officially announced it would no longer manufacturer HD
DVD players or discs.
Also see: Blu-ray, CD definitions,
EVD, HDTV
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