After private discussion, currently we are going to put off making a decision on whether or not we might choose to directly support CalMAN at some point in the future. Due to the disk layout, most likely the request would require two versions, which would eventually turn into four versions. That's a trend we would prefer to avoid. In order to retain our original goal of having a single disk for each HD format with an elegant layout for HCFR use, I suggest that alternately CalMAN might add an option within their software at some point to work with the disk. We welcome feedback on this issue for any other ideas, within the capabilities of what Movie Factory 6+ Power Pack offers, which might support both programs and remain easy to use.





We were able to come up with one alternative that might better serve the interests of everyone involved. The idea was that we could open up to the idea of supporting the additional versions if CalMAN users or designers could be able to help us get to our goal of having a quality pattern for setting sharpness, observing overscan, and adjusting centering as described in the known issues of the original post. If CalMAN staff would have this capability exclusively, then I think we would be open to creating a second disk that might best serve their users in exchange for allowing us to include it on our current disk which is geared more toward general users and HCFR.





If anyone has alternate ideas or disapproves you're welcome to express your thoughts, but after discussion I do think that it's beyond our original scope when we still have unfinished items remaining. Our current opinion is that either direct help on the disk or leaving it as a single version for each HD type is the best option. At this point we consider the disk to be a beta version that could certainly change, and we would appreciate any responses from anyone trying the disk, including CalMAN users. Our next goal would probably be to get a similar AVCHD disk put together, and so that will likely be my major focus until there's more feedback on the HD DVD. Again we welcome any offers to help us add to the disk, but largely this has merely been a result of our wanting a disk of this type and simply opening it up to others for that same personal use.