Posted by Derek Janssen on 01/14/07 18:02

Aaron J. Bossig wrote:

>>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? You're right, that would be the simplest solution, and IMO
>>probably the cheapest solution as well.
>
>
> Kinda, yeah, but it's basically a BluRay drive that's had HD-DVD capability
> shoehorned into it, not a drive that can hande both formats natively.
> There are some HD-DVD functions that had to be left off because of this.

Specifically HDi (yeah, that was the "Connect your player to the
Internet and get new bonuses" thing), which was required--and even some
native menu functions--but emphasizes the point that the shoehorning was
too "unofficial" for the Bosses to give consent.

Which LG also hadn't even bothered to ask for.

Derek Janssen (c'mon guys, let's get this right, I'm waiting to buy one!)
ejanss@comcast.net

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