http://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2006/09/warner-bros-little-secret-in-the-format-war/ Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:29:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2006/09/warner-bros-little-secret-in-the-format-war/#comment-942 B.Greenway Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:01:29 +0000 http://www.hometheaterblog.com/?p=480#comment-942 I suppose but the U.S. patent clearly spells out one intended use, “4. The disc of claim 1 wherein the first data layer conforms to an HD-DVD protocol and said second data layer conforms to a BD protocol.” I suppose but the U.S. patent clearly spells out one intended use, “4. The disc of claim 1 wherein the first data layer conforms to an HD-DVD protocol and said second data layer conforms to a BD protocol.”

]]> http://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2006/09/warner-bros-little-secret-in-the-format-war/#comment-941 Kevin Fri, 08 Sep 2006 07:20:14 +0000 http://www.hometheaterblog.com/?p=480#comment-941 I'd suspect this would have more utility with CD/DVD stamped on top of an HDDVD/BluRay layer than it would to combine the two formats. Since DVD-A and SACD are still niche formats, a CD layer on an HDDVD/Bluray disk could finally provide you with high resolution audio that you could still put in your car CD player. A DVD layer could also be useful to save the studio from having to print two versions of the movie. I’d suspect this would have more utility with CD/DVD stamped on top of an HDDVD/BluRay layer than it would to combine the two formats. Since DVD-A and SACD are still niche formats, a CD layer on an HDDVD/Bluray disk could finally provide you with high resolution audio that you could still put in your car CD player. A DVD layer could also be useful to save the studio from having to print two versions of the movie.

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