The good thing: HD-DVD players accept HD-DVD "structures" on standard "red laser" DVDs as well. I am not sore, but I believe Blu-ray standalone players do not. (If this is true, Blu-ray sucks big time! )
So yes, it makes perfectly sense to use DVD+-r DL discs for HD content. Compression will almost be impossible if you want to keep the quality (it already is compressed much more than normal DVDs), but leaving out soundtracks (especially the lossless ones) would make at least the main movie fit on DL discs.
For movies longer than 2 hours, you still can split.
Thanks James for the info. That's GREAT news to hear.
Why would compression be necessary on a HD DVD movie? It still doesn't have enough space with 15GB! Or are ALL movies compressed a little? Sorry for the dumb question.
On the sadder side, many of the great movies are over 2 hours, so I guess 2 discs will be what I'll be using if the movie can't be compressed to one. IMO, additional compression will only be worth using if the picture quality doesn't suffer much.
Again, GREAT news. Burning to 2 discs are better than burning to none. That is until the prices for HD DVD R media drops to more affordable prices.:agree:
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