LG to End HD Format Wars

[tampabuc]

Hope this holds true....

LG to End HD Format Wars
01.04.07

Company will unveil new Blue-Ray/HD-DVD player at CES.


By Lance Ulanoff
Could the HD-DVD vs Blue-Ray wars end with a whimper instead of bang? It sounds like a distinct possibility now that Korean-based electronics manufacturer LG announced that it will unveil the world's first dual-format high definition disc player next week at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas. That's right, Blu-ray and HD-DVD living in perfect harmony.

It unclear right now if LG has the blessings of Blu-ray camp (Sony and its partners) or the HD-DVD camps (Toshiba, Microsoft, et al), but the introduction of this drive could be good news for consumers and the movie industry, which has been scrambling to fill both format platforms with new content.


Most industry watchers believe all format supporters got little more than coal this holiday season, and consumers generally ignored the new set-top players from Sony, Samsung, and Toshiba. There are laptops with the new players, (and some burners as well, but it's too soon to project sales penetration on those).

LG offered few details on its planned dual-format player launch at the CES Show, but its press release does make the company's goals clear: "LG expects this technological breakthrough to end the confusion and inconvenience of competing high-definition disc formats for both content producers and consumers."


Source:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2079049,00.asp

[tampabuc]

GoatMother, I just read your post in the other thread...you beat me to it, thanks for the info. Mods, you can delete this thread.

[GoatMother]

Nah, this probably should have had it's own thread

I think this is a much better way to go than those Hybrid discs announced by Warner.

[tampabuc]

Cool....yeah, can you imagine? Another format for your friendly neighborhood electronics store/dept. employees to master could be a challenge.

[dmiller68]

Cool if LG does this maybe bigger vendors like Denon might... Hint, hint Denon...

[Jon Liu]

lol, that would be awesome if Denon jumped on this too.

[BiffCo]

I want me an RCA brand! Does RCA make anything worth owning anymore?

-Brad

[alter_ego_trip]

Originally Posted by Jon Liu

lol, that would be awesome if Denon jumped on this too.

[D_Litch]

I was once told companies like Sony and Pioneer use a lot of LG parts in the manufacturing of their equipment. I've always enjoyed LG products.

Good job on their part, this "Format War" was stupid.

[Serren]

The price was just released, $2,000!!!!!














just kidding

[CamDawg]

I was starting to kick myself for buying a PS3 and HD add-on instead of waiting until after CES. Now I'm glad that I didn't wait. With a price at $2000, it will be at least another generation until this is down to the reasonable range.

[D_Litch]

Sarcasm?

[Serren]

I was kidding about the price. I have no idea about that. But if it was the same as both units seperate, it wouldnt be a deal.

[CamDawg]

Man, you caught me on that one. I didn't scroll down!

[D_Litch]

Serren is a tricky mofo. He traded me magic beans for my cow, and guess what, they weren't magical at all. They were pinto.

[CamDawg]

[CamDawg]

Best Buy has it on their website as coming soon with a price of $1200. Link

[tampabuc]

Awesome find CamDawg.

That is one ugly piece of equipment.

[D_Litch]

Super Multi Blue Player?