HD DVD Fights Back With New Features

With Blu-ray doing all the conquering in the high-def market over the past few weeks, the folks at the HD-DVD had to figure out a way to counter-attack. As a result, we have upcoming movies that will utilize your HD-DVD’s internet-capability. The movie ‘300’ will allow you to re-arrange the scenes and then upload the edit for others to download, while ‘Blood Diamond’ will have you participate in polls after the movie’s finished.

No, it’s not just you… these features are boring beyond belief. Considering the fact that we are dealing with ‘high-def’ content, why are such features supposed to grab our attention? Heck, even an online trivia session after a movie is finished is better than what we are being promised now.

The HD DVD version of “300” will allow users to re-edit the movie, selecting and ordering the scenes as they see fit, and upload their edit to a server hosted by the studio, Warner Bros. The edit will be accessible to other users, who can download it to their players and see the movie in its new form.

Source: Sydney Morning Herald