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High Definition Media Facts

Experience it with Verbatim.

With less than 10 years since the debut of the DVD format, the ‘Next Generation’ of optical media is already on the production line and the demand for the new revolution in home entertainment – High Definition (HD) is on the rise.

High Definition Television provides an unsurpassed picture quality and a remarkable high-end surround sound. With the superb resolution, dynamic contrast, vivid colours and remarkably clear sound effects, high definition brings an additional dimension to your visual entertainment.

Since the 1950s, Hollywood has been using 70mm film to achieve widescreen shots, sharp pictures and most importantly, high quality sound. Since our television systems during the past 50 have had a lower resolution than these films, reproduction was of a lesser quality.

Nowadays, with the development of High Definition Media, the same Hollywood quality can be viewed on the new High Definition televisions which are now on the market (HDTV).

With the expected growth of HDTV, there is a consequent growth in the recording of the HD television programming. Today, recording 2 hours of standard definition television in high quality requires a full 4.7GB DVD disc. High Definition content – with its increased resolution and digital sound tracks requires an ever greater amount of storage capacity. What does this mean? For consumers who want to record High Definition content, a higher capacity DVD is needed that can store

this content with increased resolution and digital sound tracks.

Verbatim has recognised this need and to meet the demands of the market, we are offering the two current formats on the market: Blu-ray Discs and HD DVDs.