- In November 2000, The World's First HDFEST Film Festival takes place including screenings, panel discussions and HD equipment displays
·-HDFEST's website becomes one of the HD industry's key sites for information about High-Definition video and products and receives hundreds of thousands of hits
· To date, the only High-Definition screening of "Gene Roddenberry's: Earth Final Conflict" takes place at HDFEST
-The event also included exhibitors demonstrating the newest high-def products for filmmaking and projection. HDFEST 2000 presented 11 newly produced films all in High-Definition resolution including documentaries, shorts, and features.
-HDFEST Screenings included three television programs Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict LEXX (Sci-Fi Channel) , The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne presented in HD resolution before an audience for the first time,, speakers from each TV program attended the festival and discussed working in high-definition format and its impact on television.
