HDscape Sampler (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD]

HDScape discs transform your television and home theater system into breathtaking High Definition environments - capturing the world's most beautiful scenery by award-winning cinematographers with musical accompaniments and natural sounds in Dolby® TrueHD. Each two-sided HDScape disc includes one HD DVD side and one standard Definition DVD side that plays on all existing DVD players. The HDScape Sampler features clips from such beautiful, entertaining HD DVD programs such as Antarctica Dreaming, Exotic Saltwater Aquarium, Fireplace: Visions of Tranquility, HD Window: Hawaii, HD Window: The Great Southwest, Serenity: Southern Seas, Stargaze II and Visions of the Sea: Explorations.

This HD DVD is great to show off your 1080p TV. Makes a great backdrop when the family is over and captivates the toddlers. You can't beat the price for the serenity it can provide.

Play this on a 1080p HD DVD player and a good 1080p tv and you will be amazed.

HDscape Sampler (HD DVD + DVD Combo) This is a good sampler to start with as more and more movies go to high-def. The price was right too. I don't even have a HD-DVD player yet but of course it comes with a standard DVD side to the single disc for best of both worlds. I'm really looking forward to that new Plasma and HD player coming soon to me this year. Blu-ray and HD-DVD is the way of the future!

fantasic clear images but very short duration of each title, by the time you start enjoying it, the title is over. If you dont mind playing the repeat button - this is very good, but for me it was just too short of a duration for each title.

So I was one of the people that got this HD-DVD when it came out, and there were issues with playing it back on the Xbox 360 with the HD-DVD drive, that issues seems to have gone away thanks to some updates from Microsoft. That being said, this is a pretty DVD, just a short sample of several of the company's products, but usually enough to show of the picture quality on your TV. For me, I have an older Xbox that did not have the HDMI port so I am using the component, and I do really think that there is a quality hit from using Component versus HDMI. Since you are going Dgital (the Disc) to Analog (Component) back to Digital (TV), I am sure that part of the issue will come from the Xbox conversion of the video to component. Overall, a nice little sample.