Funny enough, Plasma screens do not display HD...so the need for a HD-
DVD is unwarranted. Just burn a DVD of good quality and you should
be OK. Plasmas have a built in scan convertor which expands the
signal to fill its 720x1280 max resolution (some are less). Do not
use a 3:4 Pioneer plasma. They are only 640x480 and will not display
computer scanning above that. (You would need a Sony 1024-G (or HD)
to Downconvert.

Robert








--- In hdtvproduction@y..., Lucas Wilson <lucas_wilson@a...> wrote:
> HD DVD's do not exist in a consumer format yet. As of now, they are
still
> prototypes and beta's.
>
> Short answer -- you will not find any HD stock footage on DVD. It
will have
> to be HDCAM or D5. If it's on a DVD, it is HD that has been
downconverted to
> NTSC/PAL anamorphic 16:9 or 4:3 letterbox.
>
> Lucas Wilson
> -----------------
> Avid Los Angeles
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mojoman352_99 [mailto:mojoman352_99@y...]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 7:45 PM
> To: hdtvproduction@y...
> Subject: [HDTV Production] I NEED SOME High Defenition Footage
>
> To All,
> I am in need of some stock HD footage for an up coming tradeshow.
I
> will need about a 3-4 minute clip of outdoor scenes. Was wondering
> if anyone knows of were I can locate it. I need it to be in DVD
> format that can be played on a PC DVD-ROM Drive through a HD plasma
> display. Pricing would also help........
>
> Thanks