They promised it would be out by 2007, and TDK I believe has come up with their disk... does anyone use it? Too expensive? Why is it nowhere in the news?
2007-06-24 10:07:37 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Two technologies that use the acronym HVD. First one is High-Definition Versatile Disc, the one I think you are referring to. It is used in Asia a lot, but elsewhere has been largely ignored. Very few DVD players will support the format, therefore many people would have to get new players to use it. HD-DVD and Blu-Ray are both better, therefore those are the two new formats that have taken off, leaving HVD behind.
The other is Holographicd Versatile Disc, which I doubt is what you are talking about because it is still a few years away from being mainstream. The are suppose to hold up to almost 4 Terabytes of information. The costs right now are still incredibly high, with players being around $15000, and discs over $100 a piece. You want see those become mainstream until prices become manageable, which will be a while.
2007-06-24 10:18:39 · answer #1 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
VHD was not a great success as a consumer product, but the system sold well for the applications discussed above. VHD has something of a cult following in Japan, and discs and players are both still collected
2007-06-24 10:12:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋