Apple - QuickTime - HD Gallery. With release of Tiger, Apple is bring a number of upgraded applications out, including this stunning HD capable QuickTime 7. The program is released for Mac only, but when I saw it on my 20" monitor, it's breathtaking. They are most beautiful, crisp clear footages I've seen on my monitor.

It looks like next version of Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro 4 is coming out in a month or so. The next suite of these programs are called Final Cut Studio. (The page is not available yet) The programs are not forcing you to upgrade to Tiger (OS 10.4) yet, the hardware requirements are steeper and somewhat prohibitive to effectively run and utilize all the softwares. DVD Studio Pro 4 will allow you to author HD DVD, but I would wait until the next-generation DVD standard is finalized between Japanese conglomerates. (Yes, I'm looking at you Sony.) I'm going to skip this version in order to a) master Final Cut Pro HD and DVD Studio Pro 3, and b) this version seems more of a stop-gap program before HD DVD standard truly hits in next few years.

The latest jargon in HD world is H.265. It's the codec I am familiar with at the moment because that's the codec that runs on Playstation Portable. Good stuff.