Whilst browsing the news sites I found news of JVC releasing an HD DVD capable playback device using the Red laser.
JVC PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS COMPANY revolutionizes the high definition viewing and distribution process with the introduction of the SRDVD-100U, ProHD media player. The SRDVD-100U provides an economical way of viewing and distributing true HD recordings in a variety of file formats including HDV 's MPEG -2 and Windows Media Video.
Unlike advanced disk formats still under development, the SRDVD-100U utilizes a standard red laser DVD player combined with a decoding engine compatible with several popular HD file formats. MPEG -2 files created with HDV camcorders can be saved onto a common recordable DVD disk using any commercial DVD recorder , and then played back on the SRDVD-100U.