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midgetman
25-08-2006, 19:13
i KNOW this is probably answered elsewhere cant be bothered to look:


My mate told he phoned richersounds and they said that HD-DVD's i:e Apollo 13 like on Playusa for 17:99 will play on NORMAL dvd players but wont look that much better....

BUT played on an upscaling player the difference is marginal as is the same difference when played on a PROPER HD-DVD player.
i cant understand that if this is so why release a film in 2 formats..MI:3 released both HD and normal R1 if they can play on the same player

Dan
25-08-2006, 20:47
HD-DVD's will not play on normal DVD players, but DVD's will play on HD-DVD players.

S1515
25-08-2006, 21:03
Some HD-DVD's contain the SD version of the film too and will work in normal players - known as Combo disks.

Dan
26-08-2006, 07:13
Some HD-DVD's contain the SD version of the film too and will work in normal players - known as Combo disks.

Are they double sided discs? :thinking:

S1515
26-08-2006, 12:45
Are they double sided discs? :thinking:


Dunno - Firewall (http://www.dvdtown.com/coverart/firewallhd-dvddvdcombo/19069/) is one of the first. Must be dual sided though??