SD only from DVD SP? is this True?

I recently heard a rumor that it is not possible to output HD content from DVD SP
- it is an SD DVD authoring program. Period. No HD options.
Is this true?

There are two DVD-Video formats: DVD and HD DVD. DVD-Video IS an SD only delivery format. Period. HD DVD is now obsolete. Blu-ray is not DVD. Blu-ray is Blu-ray.
To restate:
DVD is SD only. It's always been that way.
HD DVD is HD and is now obsolete having been abandoned by the group of manufacturers that supported it. However, DVD-SP will author HD DVDs that will play on most Macs and a couple of (now obsolete) HD DVD players from Toshiba.
Blu-ray is NOT DVD. Blu-ray is an entirely different delivery format. The only thing it has in common with DVD is that it's delivered on optical disc (but not the same type of disc as DVD or HD DVD).
-DH

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