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HD VMD Kickin' it in Poland
November 21, 2007

The little format that could is winning some fans. NME, the company behind this third high-def format technology, is trumpeting that it has sold 10,000 HD VMD Multi-players in Central Europe, spanning the countries of Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia. Whoop! 
Seriously, though, considering all the honking that we hear from the Blu-ray and HD DVD sides, it's quite an achievement that this NME is able to get anything done. 
True, there is little word from NME on what is happening stateside.
A while ago, NME stated that it locked in online retailer PCrush.com to start offering its HD VMD hardware this year. NME thinks that by using red laster technology, it can offer a superior high-def value than the other two formats, which utilize the blue lasers.
Scanning PCrush.com now, there is a plethora of HD DVD and Blu-ray offerings. But no sign of a HD VMD player.
Yet maybe its OK to find success mainly outside of the U.S. Hey, aren't David Hasselhoff, and I swear Jennifer Love Hewitt, really big pop stars in Germany?

Posted by Susanne Ault on November 21, 2007 | Comments (0)