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Posted by MassiveProng on 01/14/07 05:22
On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 18:02:04 -0500, Derek Janssen
<ejanss@nospam.comcast.net> Gave us:
>CJ wrote:
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>> The LG Dual Format player may get canned before ever being released. The
>> DVD Forum will not give the player certification because it does not support
>> iHD. Without certification from the DVD Forum, LG cannot publically claim
>> the player supports HD-DVD.
>>
>> Microsoft is also rather upset at LG for announcing the player without
>> telling them first. According to the Microsoft rep on the DVD Forum, the
>> Forum could decide to persue legal action against LG if they do attempt to
>> sell the player. No response from LG on this issue yet. With the threat of
>> legal action from the DVD Forum and Microsoft, I'd be surprised if the
>> player goes on sale during the 1st quarter of 2007 as planned, and perhaps
>> at all unless they find a way to come to agreement with the HD-DVD camp and
>> include iHD.
>>
>> http://ces.betanews.com/entry/LG_Hybrid_BlurayHD_DVD_Player_Cannot_Be_Sold_As_Is/1168407626
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>Most of the first player's HD capability came from pasting some quick
>conversion over a Blu player, hence Microsoft treating the machine as a
>bootleg device--
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>If they decide to still go through with the product, the legal action
>may force LG to back to designing a more native and licensed HD system
>and getting it right this time....
>Or, at the very least, being the sacrificial landmine-tester for other
>companies interested in jumping onto Dual-Format and also doing it right.
>
The common sense solution is a dual drive player. Since they are
essentially multimedia computers that have a single function at
present, adding a second drive mech would seem to me to be (or would
have been) the cheapest "get it on the market now" solution.
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