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hello_hello · 4th January 2012, 00:46

Most DVD players, as far as I'm aware, won't play HD video at all. I think DivX HD certified DVD players are supposed to play 720p video if it's encoded using the correct DivX (or Xvid) profile but I don't think the idea really caught on. If you want to burn HD content onto DVD and play it you really need to move into Bluray player territory. Once Bluray players arrived on the scene I'd assume there wasn't a great deal of incentive for manufacturers to keep adding features to DVD players.

It's pretty hard to generalize about "HD content" however as it uses a variety of codecs and formats, but these days most/many Bluray players will play the most common ones, either burned to disc or via USB.

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hello_hello Registered User Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 4,829	Most DVD players, as far as I'm aware, won't play HD video at all. I think DivX HD certified DVD players are supposed to play 720p video if it's encoded using the correct DivX (or Xvid) profile but I don't think the idea really caught on. If you want to burn HD content onto DVD and play it you really need to move into Bluray player territory. Once Bluray players arrived on the scene I'd assume there wasn't a great deal of incentive for manufacturers to keep adding features to DVD players. It's pretty hard to generalize about "HD content" however as it uses a variety of codecs and formats, but these days most/many Bluray players will play the most common ones, either burned to disc or via USB. Last edited by hello_hello; 4th January 2012 at 00:50.