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Just when you thought there was finally a closure to the bitter-sweet HD format war, we've received more news on the Chinese HD-DVD specifications. These have been updated and officially blessed by the DVD steering committee. With the world's largest population backing, there's a very good chance the defunct Toshiba-led format will make a comeback. CH-DVD uses a combination of HD-DVD as well as Chinese proprietary video encoding, copy protection and technologies.
On a separate note, Toshiba is betting its chips on a new DVD Download/DL standard that promises better picture quality and possible Web content access.
On a separate note, Toshiba is betting its chips on a new DVD Download/DL standard that promises better picture quality and possible Web content access.
The new "DVD - Download DL" logo is interesting. What does DL stand for? Download or Dual Layer? What kind of downloads? Perhaps download and burn your own (CSS encrypted) DVDs?