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'''Total Hi Def Disc''', also called '''Total HD''' or '''THD''', was a planned [[optical disc]] format that included both of the rival [[Comparison of high definition optical disc formats|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 [[Consumer Electronics Show|CES 2007]].<ref>[http://www.timewarner.com/corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,1583580,00.html Warner Home Video Announces Creation of Total Hi Def Disc]</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.engadgethd.com/tag/totalhd |title=Posts tagged Totalhd at Engadget HD<!-- Bot generated title --> |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 }}</ref> 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,<ref>[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<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> putting an end to THD's development.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[DualDisc]] and [[DVDplus]]  – two technologies for combining [[Compact Disc|CDs]] and [[DVD]]s

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