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Post subject: Re: HD-VMD anyone heard of it? Posted: 29 Sep 2015, 19:32 |
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HD-VMD is VCD of HD home video formats. It's based on existing DVD technology, using the red laser but has 4 layers for 20GB capacity. NME announced 8 layer discs but those were never released. The marketing was towards a cheaper alternative to HD-DVD(it was still alive back then) and BD. A couple of small studios agreed to release HD-VMD discs, I can't tell how many of the above list was actually released but those were the announced titles.
The players: They released NMW ML677 first then ML777 later. I don't know the differences except 677 is silver and 777 is black. I own the ML777 model. It's very cheaply built, can compare to Toshiba HD-A3. It boots pretty fast like a DVD player(essentially it is a modified DVD player), the welcome menu has 4 options, HD-VMD, USB, SD Card, Setup. I don't know what file formats it supports through its usb and sd card but I probably will never find out. HD-VMD discs starts very fast, loading screen is only a few seconds, very similar to DVDs. The player has multiple resolution options all the way from 480i to 1080p60. There isn't an option for 1080p24 but in resolution menu there is an option labeled EDID. This options reads your displays capabilities from its HDMI EDID info and adjust resolution automatically. In EDID mode, the player was outputting 1080p24 which is nice. The player also has all of the usual composite, component, svideo, optical, coax outputs. No network connection which means firmware updates were not expected which is also good.
The discs: I only have two titles pictured above. They are unknown films and bad films. They are encoded in 1080p24 and my receiver verified this. The picture was very sharp, I don't think the player was up converting, I think it is legit 1080p. These films are so low budget, they look like they were shot on digital handycam, so I cant tell if the look is due to encoding or the film itself. They looked overly compressed, macroblocking and banding was available. The only good thing I can tell is I am pretty sure they are 1080p24. The audio is Dolby Digital 2.0, I don't have any way of verifying bitrates but safe to assume it is 192kbps. It sounded very thin and weak. The player converts it to PCM and outputs it that way. I will later try optical out to see if I can get a bitstream output.
Forgot to mention, the films have no annoying previews of anykind. You pop the disc in, you get a few seconds of fancy HD-VMD logo shining then you get to the film menu. Since the player is very fast, all this happens real quick. The film menu has two options, play and chapters:) no subtitles, no audio options.
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Post subject: Re: HD-VMD anyone heard of it? Posted: 07 Oct 2016, 16:32 |
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Reading about the format it could support Dolby Plus 7.1 Quote: The HD VMD format supports up to 7.1-channel Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and DTS audio output, though it will not offer Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD Master Audio surround sound codecs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versatile_Multilayer_DiscHD-VMD the sizes of their hips! https://vimeo.com/184005782
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Post subject: Re: HD-VMD anyone heard of it? Posted: 07 Oct 2016, 16:39 |
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xtempo wrote: there is currently a player on eBay that doesn't have the HDMI out working. is it a good DVD player? Players show up time to time. I have seen 2 prior listings in the past year but none with discs. I contacted each seller, no one has discs. I wouldn't spend any money on this for DVDs. I didn't test it but it's probably only ok.
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Post subject: Re: HD-VMD anyone heard of it? Posted: 07 Oct 2016, 16:41 |
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laserbite34 wrote: Reading about the format it could support Dolby Plus 7.1 Quote: The HD VMD format supports up to 7.1-channel Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and DTS audio output, though it will not offer Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD Master Audio surround sound codecs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versatile_Multilayer_DiscHD-VMD the sizes of their hips! https://vimeo.com/184005782Perhaps it could but I don't know of any titles with 7.1. I only own two titles and they are DD2.0 only. I think they cut every possible corner on this format to make it cheap.
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Post subject: Re: HD-VMD anyone heard of it? Posted: 18 Nov 2016, 21:21 |
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substance wrote: HD-VMD is VCD of HD home video formats. It's based on existing DVD technology, using the red laser but has 4 layers for 20GB capacity Huh . . . kinda sounds like someone in China read all the articles that Joe Kane wrote in advocating a 720p resolution DVD in the late 90s early 2000s and ran with it.
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Post subject: Re: HD-VMD anyone heard of it? Posted: 19 Nov 2016, 01:00 |
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elahrairrah wrote: substance wrote: HD-VMD is VCD of HD home video formats. It's based on existing DVD technology, using the red laser but has 4 layers for 20GB capacity Huh . . . kinda sounds like someone in China read all the articles that Joe Kane wrote in advocating a 720p resolution DVD in the late 90s early 2000s and ran with it. I think it's a European format as it was first offered in the UK. I don't believe it officially made it across the pond. Not certain on both. China got CBHD - China Blue HD based on the defunct HD-DVD tech from Toshiba. 1st gen players TCL and Shinco were Toshiba A35 clones. It is not certain these players read HD-DVD discs (one player has HD-DVD logo on it) and whether CBHD works on HD-DVD players. Each title was like $8 and had 1080p with Dolby Digital (lossy) on them. Most releases were American movies from Warner and Universal.
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Post subject: Re: HD-VMD anyone heard of it? Posted: 06 Oct 2019, 04:19 |
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xtempo wrote: substance have you ever seen Cinema Sickness's Collection? he seems to have some though I have no idea when he got them or if the list is updated. http://www.cinemasickness.com/collectionhdvmd.htmYes he beat me on that auction which those titles were included with the player. I was busy with doing something that week. I wasn’t online near auction ending otherwise he would never beat me lol. But I won the subsequent listing a few later with only two titles included. Since then no discs or players with discs showed up.
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Post subject: Re: HD-VMD anyone heard of it? Posted: 06 Oct 2019, 16:47 |
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rein-o wrote: That's why I use Gavelsnipe. My rookie days with ebay
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Post subject: Re: HD-VMD anyone heard of it? Posted: 07 Oct 2019, 01:13 |
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xtempo wrote: have you tried to get any of the bollywood movies and do they exist? At the time it seem it was going to release more bollywood than anything. Afraid not. There seriously none anywhere. I have in my signature here and many forums for years. Searching all auctions. Not a single one showed up. No Hollywood no bollywood no nothing. I pretty much gave up long time ago.
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