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WilHarris · 7th Jan 2007, 22:35

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/01...d-dvd_blu-ray/

samkiller42 · 7th Jan 2007, 22:48

hum, this looks like it will be a winner from the start

Sam

Star · 7th Jan 2007, 22:59

where are there two news posts about this or am I just overly confused with the whole format wars issue?

rupbert · 7th Jan 2007, 23:26

Do I recall wrongly, or did Sony not state that they wouldn't license Blu-Ray to be used in a dual format machine?

saeghwin · 7th Jan 2007, 23:57

Wait, since when does Sony own Blu-ray? I thought it was a collaborative effort on the part of a lot of different companies that included Sony.

duc · 8th Jan 2007, 00:04

As LG-Philips is part of the Blue-Ray consortium perhaps that's the reason why there isn't as yet an HD-DVD logo on the front of their new player.

http://forums.bit-tech.net/showpost....4&postcount=17

Lazarus Dark · 8th Jan 2007, 00:06

With terabyte HDD's coming I'm not too concerned about burning to bluray or hddvd. All I want is a 5.25 drive that plays bluray and hddvd movies for, say, under $250USD. Give me that and you've got a sale. Surely this would actually be simpler to make than a burner or dual format burner, why hasn't this come out first. I had a cd-rom drive for years and didn't care about burning, and had a dvd-rom for years after that, still with no cd or dvd burner; I only got a cd/dvd burner just last year! Why is there no hddvd-rom or bd-rom readily available yet? I just want 1080p movies for cheap.

rupbert · 8th Jan 2007, 00:07

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Originally Posted by saeghwin

Wait, since when does Sony own Blu-ray? I thought it was a collaborative effort on the part of a lot of different companies that included Sony.

Collaborative in it's creation, but Sony owns the license.

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Originally Posted by Lazarus Dark

Why is there no hddvd-rom or bd-rom readily available yet?

I'm guessing it's manfacturing, as both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD standalone players are far from 'readily available'.

DXR_13KE · 8th Jan 2007, 14:22

a nice price for what it does. IMO

Flibblebot · 9th Jan 2007, 13:12

Unfortunately, according to reports, the machine doesn't actually offer full HD-DVD compatibility. LG confirmed that while the player will play HD DVD movie discs it, won't offer the full interactive functionality of the system. Users won't even see the onscreen menu system on an HD DVD disc. Instead, the player will default to its own menu. The deck will also not play CDs.

rupbert · 9th Jan 2007, 13:26

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Originally Posted by Flibblebot

Unfortunately, according to reports, the machine doesn't actually offer full HD-DVD compatibility. LG confirmed that while the player will play HD DVD movie discs it, won't offer the full interactive functionality of the system. Users won't even see the onscreen menu system on an HD DVD disc. Instead, the player will default to its own menu. The deck will also not play CDs.

Yeah I was confused as to why the HD-DVD functionality has been gimped, and why on earth can it not play music cds?

Flibblebot · 9th Jan 2007, 14:18

I imagine the cobbling of HD DVD is something to do with licensing.
As for not being able to play CDs, your guess is as good as mine...something to do with the blue laser perhaps?

rupbert · 9th Jan 2007, 14:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flibblebot

I imagine the cobbling of HD DVD is something to do with licensing.
As for not being able to play CDs, your guess is as good as mine...something to do with the blue laser perhaps?

Yeah but it has both a red and blue laser.

lt paul · 9th Jan 2007, 21:27

But for CD's it would also need an infrared laser.

Colonel Sanders · 9th Jan 2007, 21:40

but I thought a blue laser could read media designed for red lasers- I thought the main difference was that the pits for CD/DVDs (red laser) are far larger than the pits on media with blue lasers. Since DVD players don't have trouble reading CDs (which have larger pits) than it would make sense that a blue laser should be able to read CDs or DVDs.

L J

g3n3tiX · 9th Jan 2007, 21:45

It's ot going to stop the war, because people will buy a HD DVD, and bluray, so the two will be forced to coexist. What I think, (my pinch of salt)

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