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History (2007): HD DVD-R

Disbanded in 2008 after format war with Blu-Ray

This article was published by the Museum of Obsolete Media.

HD DVD-R (2007-2008)

HD DVD (short for High-Definition/Density DVD) was a high-density optical disc format for video or data.

Supported principally by Toshiba, it was was envisioned to be the successor to the standard DVD format.

The recordable variant, HD DVD-R, was available available with a single-layer capacity of 15GB or a dual-layer capacity of 30GB.

In the middle of 2007, the first HD DVD recorders were released in Japan.

The HD DVD promotion group was disbanded in 2008 after a format war with Blu-Ray.

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