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Posted by M.I.5 on 01/09/07 13:13
"Derek Janssen" <ejanss@nospam.comcast.net> wrote in message
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> M.I.5 wrote:
>> "Alpha" <none@none.NET> wrote in message
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>>>"Martin Heffels" <twentyfourthof@november.edu> wrote in message
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>>>>There are no more worries. We can play 'm both with a single player from
>>>>now on :-) LG will introduce a HD DVD and Blu-ray-combi-player at CES!
>>>
>>>This is not clear. In September, LG announced this, then immediately
>>>retracted the announcement stating they had no design for a combi. Now
>>>the same thing appears again.
>>>
>>>As one reviewer said: I will believe it when I see it.
>>>
>>>Even if it does come out, it may cost mega $$ since the laser and drive
>>>mechanism are many times more technically difficult than a single drive.
>>
>> It was unveiled last week. They claim they will hit the market in Spring
>> of this year. We will have to wait and see.
>
> Still the first-draft, though:
> Hopefully, by the time we can afford to put down cash for one in Fall,
> they'll have announced some lower-cost second-generation model with more
> native HD-DVD processing (instead of nominally converted Blu), and/or
> another third-party company may have jumped on the bandwagon from scratch.
>
Precisely!
> ...And if so, *then* we will be able to tell Sony and Microsoft to kiss
> our big fat white dual-format hinders. :)
Now that is just wishful thinking. :-(
>
> Derek Janssen (nope, don't hike those pants down quite yet)
> ejanss@comcast.net
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