Consumers too are becoming more demanding. The trend of watching movies at home is picking up worldwide. This is a factor driving the home theater sales up. Home theater systems are continually evolving with one constant factor; the manufacturers are never content with what they have achieved. This augurs well for the future of high definition DVD players.

The rapid pace of technology has seen us graduate from the VHS to laser disc, and then finally to the DVD. DVDs are convenient and affordable, offering quality output. It is remarkable how these small pieces of plastic have revolutionized the home theater market. One thing to be noted here is that even with your latest high definition DVD player, you watch movies which have been encoded on standard DVDs, which leaves scope for further improvement. What we mean to say is the next logical step would be the development of high definition DVDs or HDs as they are termed.

HD DVDs

Industry analysts already see the market being ripe for the introduction of these HD DVDs, which could become the standard for home video. Another thing that the high definition DVD players have done is to drive the high definition TV market. After all, that is where you are going to view your favorite flicks. The displays as they are known are already there. You have a plasma, rear projection, LCD, front projection, and what not. What is needed is the HD, with the content encoded in it for lighting up the eager pixels of these high definition television sets.

HD content is already available in the form of the D-VHS. But it is based on an awkward tape format, which requires expensive hardware and software. Moreover, the entire system is under-supported. What we want is an HD video disc, with all the convenience of a DVD, plus higher quality image output. Technical geeks are already working on the concept and it won