HD BluRay Q

[urpresident]

Will HD Disc &/or BluRay Disc be able to play in standard DVD players?

[foxyshadis]

Given that both HD formats require a blue laser, rather than the red of dvds, and tremedously more processing power, no.

[bond]

Given that both HD formats require a blue laser, rather than the red of dvds, and tremedously more processing power, no.
correct, tough it might be added that with hddvd you can also use dvd media (readable with red laser), tough a dvd player cant handle avc and vc-1 video streams propably used

this makes me wonder whether plain dvd (with mpeg-2 video aso) is part of the hddvd specs or not

[mpucoder]

You might want to read this (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=112391) thread.