HD DVD-R, HD DVD-RW and HD DVD-RAM in 2009?

[Henri Tapani Heinonen]

What is going to happen to HD DVD-R, HD DVD-RW and HD DVD-RAM discs and drives? Can I still buy them in the year 2009?

[hoxlund]

they are going to make spectacular hard to shoot, plastic shooting clays

[Henri Tapani Heinonen]

they are going to make spectacular hard to shoot, plastic shooting clays

They do not make movies to HD DVDs anymore. Will they still use HD DVDs as data discs? This is a serious question.

I would like to store my data to HD DVD-R(W)s or HD DVD-RAMs...

[MediumRare]

I would like to store my data to HD DVD-R(W)s or HD DVD-RAMs...

Forget it (unless you mean High Defintion as in Blu-Ray). HD-DVD is dead. There's only been one HD-DVD burner (sort of) available for consumers, and it has miserable writing qualities.

Have a look here for more details.

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[Morpheus]

LG is the only manufacturer who is still making HD DVD drives. I believe those are combo drives: HD-DVD Rom/BluRay Rom or HD DVD Rom/BluRay writer. These are popular with the HTPC crowd to play HD DVD and BluRay movies on their HTPCs using PowerDVD (or Arcsoft?). I haven't heard of any HD DVD writers and it looks like what HD DVD blank disks were out there are being discontinued.

[Henri Tapani Heinonen]

I am trying to do a better petition than the old one.

This is the new petition:
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All-formats-drive should read these formats:
- CD: CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DD CD-ROM, DD CD-R, DD CD-RW
- DVD: DVD-ROM, DVD-R General, DVD-R Authoring, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW, DVD-RW DL, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD+RW DL, DVD-RAM (versions 1.0...6.0)
- HD DVD: HD DVD-ROM, HD DVD-R, HD DVD-R DL, HD DVD-RW DL, HD DVD-RAM
- Blu-ray Disc (BD): BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE
- Minor formats: Phase-change Dual (PD), HD-BURN R (CD), HD-BURN RW (CD), Gigarec (CD), (ML CD?), (GD-ROM, GD-R?)

All-formats-drive should write these formats:
- CD: CD-R, CD-RW (1x...32x), DD CD-R, DD CD-RW
- DVD: DVD-R General, DVD-R Authoring, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW, DVD-RW DL, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD+RW DL, DVD-RAM (versions 1.0...6.0)
- HD DVD: HD DVD-R, HD DVD-R DL, HD DVD-RW DL, HD DVD-RAM
- Blu-ray Disc (BD): BD-R, BD-RE
- Minor formats: Phase-change Dual (PD), HD-BURN R (CD), HD-BURN RW (CD), Gigarec (CD), Mount Rainier, (ML CD?), (GD-R?)
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Comments? Suggestions?

[DrageMester]

Comments? Suggestions?

Good luck with that. I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you.

[dolphinius_rex]

I'm sorry, but I fail to see the point in petitioning to keep failed formats around. It's just not economically feesible