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'''HD-DVD''' ('''High-definition Digital Versatile Disc''') was a short-lived optical storage format.
'''HD-DVD''' ('''High-definition Digital Versatile Disc''') was a short-lived optical storage format.
It was launched on March 31, 2006, and was discontinued merely two years later on March 28, 2008.


==Competition==
==Competition==
It was designed to supersede [[DVD]], but it never did so. It became obsolete due to the more successful competing high-definition optical storage format, [[Blu-ray]].
It was designed to supersede [[DVD]], but it never did so. It became obsolete due to the more successful competing high-definition optical storage format, [[Blu-ray]].


[[Category:2006 inventions]]
[[Category:Toshiba inventions]]
[[Category:Storage media]]
[[Category:Storage media]]

Latest revision as of 06:53, 31 August 2024

HD-DVD logo.png
HD-DVD
Developer DVD forum, Toshiba
Publisher Various
Systems Xbox 360
Released March 31, 2006
Added to Museum Not yet

HD-DVD (High-definition Digital Versatile Disc) was a short-lived optical storage format.

It was launched on March 31, 2006, and was discontinued merely two years later on March 28, 2008.

Competition

It was designed to supersede DVD, but it never did so. It became obsolete due to the more successful competing high-definition optical storage format, Blu-ray.