Worthwhile: Saving the HDi platform for non-HD DVD media.
MS Don’t Kill HDi! An Open Letter from Format War Frontline
On a technical implementation level HD-DVD was farther along than Blu-ray, even at the time of its death. HDi comprised a powerful tool and a competitor that raised the stakes on its rival, especially because it was [...]

Dave Helmly’s blog at Adobe has a really nice, fairly in-depth primer on authoring a simple Blu-ray (BD-R) disc with Encore.

Apple Rumor: Some sort of event/announcement at the end of February.
Apple files a rather interesting-looking interactive video patent(s) regarding the Apple Remote and AppleTV. Widgets in yr video.
Perian has released a 1.1 update, including performance enhancements and support for DTS and AVCHD. It also improves compatibility with Quicktime 7.4 (Also updated with a bug and [...]

That hand-held camcorder footage was primarily shot on a ($six-figure) Sony F23, Sony’s flagship digital cinema camera. A Panasonic HVX200 was used as well. High Definition Magazine, FreshDV, Videography and Gizmodo have articles.

Snips+notes on Adobe’s implementation of H.264 video in Flash—
* This is a pretty big step in the direction of interoperability of digital video platforms—Web Video/Settops/IPTV/Digital TV/mobile “hardware acceleration” for Web video will be a boon to the adoption of HD-ish quality video via the Innertubes.
ISPs better step it up. Cable’s Bandwidth Shortage.
* Adobe has licensed [...]

Story at ZDNet. More at Beet TV.
We’re announcing a new update to the Flash Player today code named “Moviestar” and it includes support for the widely used industry standard H.264 codec as well as High Efficiency AAC audio support. The update will also be a part of Adobe AIR.
Undoubtedly a move in preparation for adding [...]