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HD DVD

discontinued optical disc format
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Summary

HD DVD is a file format[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of file format entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,450 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Developer: Toshiba[3], DVD Forum[4]
  • Subclass of: optical disc[5], machine-readable medium[6]
  • Commons category: HD-DVD[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:HD DVD[8]
  • Digital rights management system: Advanced Access Content System[9]
  • Described by source: Museum of Obsolete Media[10]

Why It Matters

HD DVD has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Atonement optical disc The Brothers Grimm Toshiba Xbox 360 HD DVD Player

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pixiv encyclopedia id → —
    Ne.se id → hd-dvd
    Kbpedia id → —
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → HD_DVD
    + 45 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Tv tropes id: Platform/HDDVD"
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