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Asian bootleggers are buying up Blu-rays and ripping them in AVCHD, a video format that can display a 720p HD image (compared to Blu-ray's 1080p), but can also be burned to a standard DVD (which normally top out at 480p). The pirates are able to save some cash by burning the HD videos to standard DVDs and consumers are able to get upgraded image quality without shelling out the cash for a Blu-ray disc.
The pirates are probably making a bigger profit on their $7 bootleg copies than the movie studios are on their $30 Blu-rays. Looks like the HD revolution is working out for somebody, at least. [From: Techdirt via Engadget]
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Subscribe to commentsGhostDoggyNov 24th 2008 7:28AM
Um, cowsumer grade writable DVD media isn't limited to anything. First, its all about how one authors or re-authors the content. I can just as easily put a 1080P piece of content onto a DVD-R and play it in a PC.
Now, if I have a generic standalone DVD player that is not capable of literally handling the bandwidth beyond 480 progressive lines then this effort isn't going to help me. For instance, how many cowsumer players offer AVCHD playback?
And if I have the ability to play 720P from an optical reader then I probably can just go ahead and play the original disk as well. Keep in mind that the content stored on Blu-ray is typically authored as 1080p24, but the player usually is much broader in offering an output resolution to accommodate the user's display.