Some Overlooked HD DVD News...

Sonopress says that it is ready for HD DVD. The global operating replicator of data and information carriers offers its clients premastering, mastering and replication for the new format. Full press statement here. This is possibly the second European disc replicator that has issued press statement saying that they are ready for HD DVD disc replication.

The first was QOL (Quantum Optical Laboratories) located in France which boasts in its press statement "An HD-DVD capacity of 2m/month". I assume '2m' here means two million which in my opinion is rather respectable. The press statement however doesn't say whether this figure refers to the HD-15 or HD-30 or both or with HD DVD / DVD Combos included or both HD DVD and Blu-ray discs. You can read its joint press statement with DTS, Inc. here.