With
October 31st looming, Blu-ray fans are wondering where all the
full profile players are. According to LG's product development director Tim Alessi, LG's latest dual format player (
BH200) is
on schedule to be the first of it's kind. This latest requirement for stand alone Blu-ray players promises to finally bring the
Blu-ray camp up to the standards that
HD DVD has enjoyed since almost the very beginning, including features like PIP. At this point it seems that most of the other manufacturers are content to wait for
CES to announce compliant players, but we'll be on the look out either way. The real question at this point is where's the content? At this point, the only title announced to contain
1.1 features (Resident Evil: Extinction) isn't due out till 2008.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tim @ Oct 12th 2007 1:32PM
"The very begging" ?!? OK, now you have to admit that you are biased, Ben! Freudian slip or deliberate attempt to undermine HD DVD! Oh, you make me so mad!
jk
Ben @ Oct 12th 2007 2:14PM
Opps, thanks for catching my typo.
Alex @ Oct 12th 2007 1:39PM
hahaha nice catch Tim.
So is this dual player going to ever hit the street? I already have a HD DVD player, once duals hit below $600 I will pick one up. Beats wasting money on a PS3.
MI @ Oct 12th 2007 3:29PM
OK, I don't know if you guys are kidding or not, but engaged / CNet clearly stated how deficient HDDVD was 'at the beginning', that you can't remotely claim you aren't a propaganda system for HDdvd.
http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/04/28/cnet-10-ways-hd-dvd-fails-short/
That said, if you want to be a 'hollywood in high def' for HDDVD that's cool. but don't pretend to be a news site. Shees.
Ben @ Oct 12th 2007 3:29PM
This is a joke right? After all many readers call me Ben "Blu-ray" Drawbaugh.
h4ldol @ Oct 12th 2007 5:24PM
Ben "Blu-ray" Drawbaugh
That's a pretty cool name! Nicely done sir...
Asterra @ Oct 12th 2007 7:08PM
The pity is that, as one might readily conclude based on the release schedule for 1.1-demanding discs, the fact that a big chunk of the Blu-ray customer base will be unable to make use of 1.1 features is likely to make studios reluctant to develop the content. HD-DVD can therefore be thanked, as interactive content developed on that platform could be painlessly enabled for any hypothetical Blu-ray iteration. But that means nothing to the studios who have painted themselves into a blue corner.
Asterra @ Oct 12th 2007 7:16PM
The pity is that, as one might readily conclude based on the release schedule for 1.1-demanding discs, the fact that a big chunk of the Blu-ray customer base will be unable to make use of 1.1 features is likely to make studios reluctant to develop the content. HD-DVD can therefore be thanked, as interactive content developed on that platform could be painlessly enabled for any hypothetical Blu-ray iteration. But that means nothing to the studios who have painted themselves into a blue corner.