Total Hi Def

Total Hi Def Disc, also called Total HD or THD, was a planned optical disc format that included both of the rival high-definition optical disc formats, Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD. It was officially announced January 8, 2007 at the Warner Bros. press conference held at CES 2007.[http://www.timewarner.com/corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,1583580,00.html Warner Home Video Announces Creation of Total Hi Def Disc] One side was to contain a single or dual-layer Blu-ray Disc, and the other was to contain a single or dual-layer HD DVD.

In November 2007, Warner Brothers put development of the Total HD discs on hold for an indefinite amount of time after several delays.{{Cite web |url=http://www.engadgethd.com/tag/totalhd |title=Posts tagged Totalhd at Engadget HD |access-date=2008-01-06 |archive-date=2008-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112154657/http://www.engadgethd.com/tag/totalhd |url-status=dead }} Warner announced one of the reasons for doing so as a lack of interest in it from other major studios. Finally, on January 4, 2008, Warner Bros. Pictures announced that they were discontinuing HD DVD support,[http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080104005575&newsLang=en Warner Bros. Entertainment to Release Its High-Definition DVD Titles Exclusively in the Blu-ray Disc Format Beginning Later This Year] putting an end to THD's development.{{Cite news|title=Blu-ray supporters scent victory|publisher=BBC News|date=8 January 2008|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7176185.stm}}