HD DVD the next-generation DVD standard - Coming Soon!

12. December 2005(c) 2005,Toshiba Europe GmbH. Sneak Preview: HD DVD2 Sneak Preview The HD experience – a revolution What is HD DVD? The future of digital entertainment How does HD DVD work? Blue laser technology How does HD DVD stack up against today's DVD standard? HD DVD storage capacity How does HD DVD stack up against Blu-ray? Who supports and promotes HD DVD? Benefits: HD DVD for consumers Sales Advantage: HD DVD for business HD DVD: the future of digital entertainment More information

12. December 2005(c) 2005,Toshiba Europe GmbH. Sneak Preview: HD DVD3 The HD experience – a revolution in home cinema, TV, digital entertainment and more Why does HD matter? HD DVD is the next-generation DVD standard Like VHS and DVD, HD DVD promises to introduce a significant transformation of the home entertainment and the home cinema experience. Here's why and how... HD DVD enables the recording and playback of HDTV programs  HDTV will gradually become the norm, particularly with the shift to digital TV. Increasingly, HD content is available online  Broadband users will want to download, play and store this content on computing devices and digital storage media

12. December 2005(c) 2005,Toshiba Europe GmbH. Sneak Preview: HD DVD4 The HD experience – a revolution in home cinema, TV, digital entertainment and more HD viewing is possible on many computers today  With a video resolution of up to 1080p (approximately six times the resolution of today's DVD video) – Microsoft ® Windows Media ® 9 Series (WMV HD) titles provide a visually stunning experience on Windows XP-based PCs A revolution in the complete home entertainment and viewing experience is underway  HD for TV, movies, Internet, gaming and digital entertainment with computing devices. What is the revolutionary role of HD DVD?

12. December 2005(c) 2005,Toshiba Europe GmbH. Sneak Preview: HD DVD5 What is HD DVD? The future of entertainment HD DVD is the next-generation DVD format for high-definition storage, playback and recording Like today‘s DVDs, HD DVD is 1.2 millimetres thick, but offers significantly more than 3 times the storage capacity Compare the single-layer DVD storage capacity of 4.7GB to the single-layer HD DVD capacity of 15GB. Double-layer HD DVDs support up to 8 hours of HD content. Triple-layer 45GB HD DVD is the maximum capacity. HD DVD discs and HD DVD drives mean that playback, content and storage of HD content will become mainstream. Toshiba HD-DVD player

12. December 2005(c) 2005,Toshiba Europe GmbH. Sneak Preview: HD DVD6 How does HD DVD work? Blue laser technology HD DVD discs write data on a layer 0.6 millimeters from the surface, the same depth as current DVDs. Red laser (650 nanometers) is used for DVD today – by contrast HD DVD uses blue laser, which operates at lower wavelengths (405 nanometers) Why do nanometers matter? Shorter wavelengths suffer less diffraction, which enables a tight focus on the read-write surface. Consequently, the blue laser technology allows for more data to be stored on a disc of the same diameter as today’s standard DVD.

12. December 2005(c) 2005,Toshiba Europe GmbH. Sneak Preview: HD DVD7 How does HD DVD stack up against today's DVD standard? HD DVD means... More than 3 times the storage capacity of DVD. Enough storage space for 4 hours of HD content on a single-layer 15GB HD DVD. The double-layer 30 GB HD DVD can store up to 8 hours of 1,125 scan line HD images, or up to 48 hours of 525 scan line SD images.

12. December 2005(c) 2005,Toshiba Europe GmbH. Sneak Preview: HD DVD8 HD DVD storage capacities at a glance *Triple-layer HD DVD is announced only at this time. Single-layer 4 hours of HD content Dual-layer: 8 hours of HD content Triple-layer:* 12 hours of HD content

12. December 2005(c) 2005,Toshiba Europe GmbH. Sneak Preview: HD DVD9 Why does HD DVD storage capacity matter? Why does storage capacity matter?  HD DVD allows an entire high-definition movie to be stored on the single side of a disc. Uninterrupted viewing  No need to turn over or change discs part way through. This is why HD DVD storage capacity is so important. More digital content  Plenty of room for special features in addition to the HD movie on HD DVDs Support for enhanced video formats  MPEG-2 SD/HD, H.264, VC-1 Support for high-quality audio formats  PCM (Pulse Code Modulation), Dolby TrueHD (MLP), Dolby Digital +, DTS HD Support for iHD technology  Support for enhanced user interactivity requires more storage

12. December 2005(c) 2005,Toshiba Europe GmbH. Sneak Preview: HD DVD10 More rugged disc format The Blu-ray disc recording occurs much closer to the surface, making it more susceptible to scratches or damage. Wide range of HD DVD supporters/promoters Includes the DVD Forum, technology leaders such as Toshiba, NEC, HP, Sanyo, Microsoft, Intel, etc. plus Hollywood and TV studios, including Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Paramount Home Entertainment, New Line Cinema, Warner Home Video and HBO. First-to-market advantage Available in 2006 – look for notebooks with HD DVD drives. Ideal for the digital home network HD DVD guarantees "managed copy," which lets a computer user copy a movie to a computer hard drive so it can be beamed around the house. More interactive The iHD software offers "greater interactivity," for example, letting a small screen with a movie director be overlaid onto the main video screen. Compatible manufacturing method for DVD and HD DVD HD DVD manufacturing is easier than for Blu-ray's BD-ROM because it does not require a significant change in manufacturing equipment. This means mass production is simpler, less expensive. Guaranteed future-proof compatibility for DVD users HD DVD’s "hybrid disk" feature means an owner of today's DVD player will be able to buy a dual-format disk that can be played in tomorrow's HD DVD player. How does HD DVD stack up against Blu-ray?

12. December 2005(c) 2005,Toshiba Europe GmbH. Sneak Preview: HD DVD11 HD DVD drives for notebooks are ready At CEATAC in 2005, slim HD DVD drives were on display. These demo models of the TS- L802A, a thin HD DVD playback drive for notebook PCs was developed by Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology (TSST).

12. December 2005(c) 2005,Toshiba Europe GmbH. Sneak Preview: HD DVD12 First notebook with integrated HD DVD drive Look for Qosmio with a HD DVD drive in 2006 The slim-type HD DVD-ROM drive, with a height of only 12.7 millimetres, takes full advantage of the physical structure of HD DVD discs to realize a pick-up head with a single optical lens that can read HD DVD discs and read and write to standard DVD and CD. Mobile HD DVD: this size advantage brings high definition capabilities to the go-anywhere small form factor of the notebook PC.

12. December 2005(c) 2005,Toshiba Europe GmbH. Sneak Preview: HD DVD13 HD DVD: Benefits for consumers High-quality, high-defintion entertainment available on HD DVD All–in-one HD DVD, CD and DVD drive More digital storage space on HD DVD Mobile HD DVD for cinema, TV and more digital entertainment on the go State-of-the-art digital convergence is enabled Ready for the future of digital home networking

12. December 2005(c) 2005,Toshiba Europe GmbH. Sneak Preview: HD DVD14 HD DVD: Benefits for business Back up HD content on HD DVD More storage capacity for data backup – 15 GB or 30 GB or 45 GB Ideal for graphics and multimedia storage – up to 48 hours of SD content on a 30 GB drive Take a break on business trips: watch HD DVD movies in the plane or train 45 GB HD DVD stores twelve hours of high- definition movies on a single disc

12. December 2005(c) 2005,Toshiba Europe GmbH. Sneak Preview: HD DVD15 HD DVD movies coming soon... Look for announced Paramount, Universal and Warner Home Video / New Line HD DVD movies, including:  Batman Begins  Constantine  The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded The Matrix Revolutions  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban  The Manchurian Candidate  Elizabethtown  Van Helsing  The Bourne Supremacy  The Chronicles of Riddick  and the list goes on... Double-sided HD DVD and DVD discs will be available for backwards/future compatibility

12. December 2005(c) 2005,Toshiba Europe GmbH. Sneak Preview: HD DVD16 Other sources and uses for HD content Look for... HD content on the web  broadband in the home means that downloading HD content is quick and easy HD viewing  supported on notebooks using the latest display technologies HDTV already exists today  combine HDTV with an HD DVD player for a complete HD home entertainment theatre system Notebooks with HD DVD drives  coming in 2006 Gaming stations with HD DVD drives  Microsoft has announced HD DVD support for X-box 360

12. December 2005(c) 2005,Toshiba Europe GmbH. Sneak Preview: HD DVD17 HD DVD: the future of digital entertainment Toshiba has announced triple-layer HD DVD-ROM (read-only) disc with a data capacity of 45 gigabytes 50% more than the 30-gigabyte dual-layer HD DVD-ROM disc Record twelve hours of high-definition movies on a single disc.

12. December 2005(c) 2005,Toshiba Europe GmbH. Sneak Preview: HD DVD18 More information HD DVD Promotion Group European HDTV Forum Toshiba Press Release on HD DVD notebook Microsoft: WMV HD Content Showcase Microsoft: WMV HD Content Showcase The WMV HD website Sonic: HD-DVD Application Development Tools Sonic: HD-DVD Application Development Tools HBO in HD Warner Home Video: Press release of titles HP chooses HD DVD HD DVD for xBox

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