r/HDDVD

When I was browsing a second-hand bookstore in Hong Kong, I happened to come across this disc in a corner of the store’s DVD section that was filled with cheap DVDs. I had never seen this particular release before, and the distinctive red casing of HD DVD immediately caught my attention.

There was a “Sample — Not for Resale” sticker over the barcode on the back of the case. I also inspected the data side of the disc, and it appeared to show no signs of oxidation. Still, just to be safe, I think I should rip the disc as soon as possible.

I think someones taking the weewee, considering there all wb titles, whats the chances any of them will play.

Fyi im not bidding on this

As I’m sorting the Universal USA HD-DVD titles, I’ve got the first releases with the silver spine altogether.

A mixture of textured inside seastone cases and inside smooth finish cases.

Plus a mixture of “The Best in Picture Sound And Interactivity” and “The Look And Sound Of Perfect”.

Interestingly I have 2 different spines for Apollo 13 but the same code on them.

Tonight, I’ve started sorting and cataloging the HD-DVD collection.

Starting with USA Universal releases.

Jarhead has an inner textured seastone case and carries the tagline “The Best in Picture Sound And Interactivity” not “The Look And Sound Of Perfect”. Still has the feet on the cases though 😬

seems that two of the boxes have the logos and one doesn’t! one of my coolest collection finds so far!

https://github.com/321shout/HD-DVD-Player

This is a collection of python scripts I heavily vibe coded over about a week. It allows you to play HD DVDs using the XBOX HD DVD Player attachment on modern day PC's. Let me know what you think, and please feel free to expand upon the code!

I thought I had four Xbox drives, turns out I only have one that works, so time to get a backup. One is DVD-only (ie no blue laser) and two are totally dead (including my ultra-rare black one). So I opened the no-blu one up, and compared it to a drive I found in a drawer. That drive has old firmware (MC05 compared to MC08 on the broken one) and it also has a weird adapter board to expose it as regular IDE. Anyone know about the firmware differences, or whether I stand a chance of just using the drive as-is (I need to find some cables to try it). Are drives "bonded" to these power supplies? I know there are some magic numbers somewhere, for AACS to work, and I recall there were "red" and "green" drives back when I worked on this but that was for Xbox signing, should not effect use on a PC.

In case anyone is curious, this is the adapter I pulled off my prototype Xbox 360 HD DVD drive that lets you use a regular IDE connection to it instead of whatever the built-in connector is.

I was tidying up the storage room at my parents' house when I saw my collection of HD DVD discs next to the Xbox 360 player.

I no longer have a 360 to connect it to, nor do I want to have another console hooked up. So... what did I do?

I had been watching the market until I managed to get a cheap player. Luckily, yesterday a Toshiba HD-EP30 popped up on Vinted for 7€. I can’t wait for it to arrive at home!

The first thing I’ll do is try my discs. Hopefully I have no rotten discs.

However, I’m already browsing the market to expand the collection. Any recommendations?

Who would have thought I’d get interested in 'obsolete' technology and end up buying more discs instead of getting rid of them!

I've been using https://github.com/TheDotSource/New-ISOFile which works, but I've started analyzing the UDF structures and I can see it changes them. This doesn't affect the files once its mounted, but it concerns me it's not a direct bit-copy of the optical disc.

Probably quicker for me to write my own now I understand more about UDF, but wondering what folks use for their HD DVD ISOs? (Note I am after bit-perfect ripping, not transcoding or AACS stuff).

Hey everyone! 👋

I've created a Discord server dedicated to HD DVD preservation and bringing together HD DVD collectors and enthusiasts from around the world.

The goal is to preserve the history of the format, exchange information about releases and rare editions, discuss technical aspects of HD DVD, and keep the community alive.

Whether you're a longtime collector or just getting into HD DVD, you're welcome to join us!

📩 Send me a PM if you'd like an invite to the Discord server.

🔴 Long live HD DVD! 🔴

After taking a couple of months to work on other projects, I finally have enough time to start ripping the rest of my library (which is now at 75 movies). I have 33 from my last batch so now it's gonna be a lot of the movies I've found since then, trying to resurface and clean the movies that wouldn't read, and ripping multi disc sets. I'm glad to be back doing this

Been a while since I've seen any discs out and about let alone this many. Picked a few up I didn't have.

Today’s arrivals. New cheap additions to the HD-DVD collection.

And tonight’s feature presentation. Never seen. Been looking forward to this. U2. Rattle And Hum. On HD-DVD. Dolby Digital Plus soundtrack.

Lovely MPEG-4 AVC encode and great Dolby Digital Plus 1.5 Mbps soundtrack.

Threw this on this morning, unfortunately over time my HD DVD collection has thinned due to bad disc's or being upgraded to 4K UHD.

This HD DVD brings a strong VC-1 and a competent DD+ track. The opening sequence, the celebration in the mead hall is very lively indeed.

Unfortunately if you get the bluray you'll trade that DD+ 5.1 for DD5.1.