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TONY RAMIREZ: Hi, my name is Tony Ramirez and this is the high-definition movies and
players. HD DVD, of course, which stands for high-definition DVD. The HD DVDs are seen
just like this. They're usually in the maroonish, reddish, whatever color you can tell this
is cover. Of course, the Blu-rays' blue, these are in the reddish-maroon colors. The logo
is right here HD DVD. Just like that, of course again, which stands for high-definition DVD.
Right now, HD DVD is being backed by Universal Studios, Paramount pictures, Warner Bros.,
Microsoft, Toshiba, HP and Intel. So although they got some big guns behind them too, I
do feel that Sony, with their Blu-ray, have a little bit more backing, but my favorite
so far--I'm more impressed with HD DVDs than anything else. In further chapters, I will
show you like--what I think the biggest difference of the menus. I like the menus more in HD
DVD than anything else. What's really cool about HD DVDs is a lot of them--for instance,
this one here is an HD DVD combo. This is great for--they're calling it future proofing
your collection. So if you've got a standard DVD player and you're planning on getting
an HD DVD player in the future, you can actually buy this. And what it'll be--is on one side
will be a standard DVD and on the other side will be your HD DVD. Now this is great, excuse
me, Sony does not do this and this is how it is; it's the same physical size as the
CD, a DVD or anything else like that. Sony does not do this, again, remember. So these
discs cost a little bit cheaper than the Blu-rays. Remember, all these high-definition DVDs for
older movies are coming out about $20; more expensive movies can be almost up to $50.
So just keep that in mind when you're purchasing, whether you're going to future proof your
system with the HD DVD combo or if you're going to get your Blu-ray.