DVD Forum’s 7 Mbps HD DVD
Dear Gary: Please read these threads regarding D-VHS: http://www.softronix.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000938.html and http://www.hometheaterforum .com/htforum/showthread.php?s=&threadid= 57582&perpage=30&display=&pagenumber=1 I echo your sentiments regarding D-Theater. My fear is that if D-VHS doesn’t become reasonably successful, we will get MPEG-4 red laser shoved down our throats by DVD Forum members. I wholeheartedly disagree with 7 Mbps MPEG-4 to provide 1080i or any other poor attempt to provide HD DVD. Anything short of FMD technology or some sort of Blu-ray technology for HD DVD will provide nothing more than questionably better quality we already have with the current DVD format. I hope that fellow home theatre enthusiasts embrace the humongous increase in video and picture quality that D-VHS brings to the table today. I will not settle for any attempt by the DVD Forum to call over-compressed, 7 Mpbs 1080i video an HD DVD format. If the DVD Forum can bring to the table something close to what D-VHS brings to the table, that is a different story. I FULLY and WHOLEHEARTEDLY embrace D-VHS and look forward to buying as many prerecorded movies as possible in the D-VHS format.
Christian Artman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Editor-In-Chief Gary Reber Comments:
We address the DVD Forum proposal in this issue. While those who have seen demonstrations of MPEG-4 HD DVD say it is a wonderful picture, it assuredly does not equal the picture quality of the D-VHS D-Theater platform. I am an advocate for HD DVD that demonstrates a quantum leap in picture performance. Let’s get it right.
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