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Posted by Derek Janssen on 01/14/07 06:18
MassiveProng wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 05:46:21 GMT, "CJ" <cjmartin04@verizon.net> Gave
> us:
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>>"MassiveProng" <MassiveProng@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in
>>message
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>>> 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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>>I don't know much about the LG player specifics, but was this not what they
>>were doing? Including an HD-DVD drive and a Blu-Ray drive in one player?
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> No. They designed a single drive mechanism for both formats. That
> is likely why they are in trouble. Also, apparently designs that are
> to be compliant to HD DVD standards must be submitted and approved
> before they can carry the moniker/tag.
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> I suggested TWO physical drives, side by side, in one player.
If rumors are true of Apple leaning toward dual-format for the next
version, that would involve a single-drive system--
Although they likely saw it as just a codec-translation issue, which's
probably what LG thought going in.
LG's player only had problems in that it started out being built as one
thing and ended up another--A correct single-drive system could be built
from the ground up, but it would involve having that goal from the
design stage this time.
Derek Janssen
ejanss@comcast.net
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