Which is a good thing for independent filmmakers and small production houses. 

Here at Outsidethewire.com, our distribution has been through Amazon/Createspace (DVD on demand), which launched a High Definition service late in the summer.

The problem for us was that Amazon/Creatspace chose the Toshiba HD-DVD format. 

The three major PC video editing platforms--Avid, Premiere, and Vegas all allow for making a BluRay disc.  When combined with a BluRay DVD burner--the path of an independent filmmaker to High Definition was complete as the cheapest way to distribute small runs is by replicating the actual disc. 

We use Avid and Premiere products and we sprung for a BluRay burner.  An HD-DVD burner does not seem to exist. 

What this all means is that at some point my recent documentaries, which were shot in High Definition on a Canon XL-H camera, will be available on BluRay.  And the next ones, which will be shot this spring, will be available in BluRay. 

I have seen my own footage in High Defintion played back through the camera and it is almost creepy--everything is so clear and the colors very bright.  It actually makes Iraq look more real than it did in real life.

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