Detail

alternative label
High Definition Digital Versatile Disc
English
New-Proposed

Other Properties

English preferred label HD DVD New-Proposed
English alternative label High-Definition/Density DVD New-Proposed
English alternative label High Definition Digital Versatile Disc New-Proposed
English definition A physical standard for a plastic optical that is 1.2 mm thick and usually 120 mm in diameter, which became commercially available in 2006. HD-DVDs are read with a 405 nm laser at 36 Mbit/s (1×). Disc capacities are 15 GB for single-layer discs and 30 GB for double-layer discs. Support for HD-DVD was discontinued in 2008 New-Proposed