Posted by Joshua Zyber on 10/26/06 23:15

"Doug Jacobs" <djacobs@shell.rawbw.com> wrote in message
news:12k29l2r1cesf00@corp.supernews.com...
>> And unlike VHS, current Blu-Ray and HD players both play most
>> standard
>> DVD, and therefore not as immediate a need to "replace your library".
>> (Unless, like newly released DVD's at the time, you wanted to.)
>
> I know that's supposed to be the case, but I thought that the initial
> group of players were pretty much only handled their specific HD
> format,
> and nothing else. The players able to handle DVD and CD wouldn't be
> out
> until next year, followed - hopefully - by players able to handle both
> HD
> formats AND CD/DVD media.

Incorrect on all counts. HD DVD and Blu-ray players are both backwards
compatible with DVD.

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