Format war aside, I just don't see the point of LG doing this. What consumer is going to pay an extra $400 to get a BD player and a format that is no longer supported? HD DVD owners already have players, and I seriously doubt if they are interested in BD they want to drop 700 bucks for a combo.
I think it's more likely that LG is too far along with whatever combo they are releasing to just drop it. These will sit on Best Buy shelves and collect dust.
well I still haven't heard from either Universal or Paramount about dropping HD DVD? Obviously there's a million people who might pay for the movies and LG is banking on that crowd to continue buying their dual format players.
I actually think it's not a bad thing. This would allow HD DVD to live on at least for a while. What a hilarious thing would that be, Samsung and LG sticking with HD DVD after even Toshiba dropped it.
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has officially announced that it will release its titles on Blu-ray.
Though details of the studio's transition away from HD DVD were still sketchy at press time, Universal Studios Home Entertainment President Craig Kornblau officially confirmed the move in a just issued statement:
"The path for widespread adoption of the next-generation platform has finally become clear. Universal will continue its aggressive efforts to broaden awareness for hi-def’s unparalleled offerings in interactivity and connectivity, at an increasingly affordable price. The emergence of a single, high-definition format is cause for consumers, as well as the entire entertainment industry, to celebrate. While Universal values the close partnership we have shared with Toshiba, it is time to turn our focus to releasing new and catalog titles on Blu-ray."
$400 extra? Where did you get that number from? If you look at LG's Combo drives for computers, they are tracking at about $75 more than BR only drives. Factor in the fact that BR Profile 2.0 requires on board memory and an Ethernet port, the extra cost lies exactly where? The optics, HD DVD specific chips and ??? With prices for BR only players headed down (or the story goes) a $300 dual format player isn't unlikely. If they folded in the same Silicon Optix Reon-VX chip as is in the Toshiba HD-XA2, $500 would be a very attractive price.
As far as who would pay that extra $50 - $100, I can think of about 300,000 that would be interested in paying the extra for a dual format player. Considering that these people are also early adopters, even $100 extra isn't going to dissuade them.
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Here are the specs: Samsung BDP-1200 Blu-ray Disc Player High definition just got higher with the SAMSUNG BDP-1200 Blu-ray Disc Player High-Definition disc Player features HQV video processing Blu-ray discs produce unprecedented visual detail and sound Full 1080p HDMI output Next generation sound in DTS and Dolby Digital Plus, HDMI 1.3 port Plays your regular DVDs too! Multiple format playback
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Here are the specs: Samsung BDP-1200 Blu-ray Disc Player High definition just got higher with the SAMSUNG BDP-1200 Blu-ray Disc Player High-Definition disc Player features HQV video processing Blu-ray discs produce unprecedented visual detail and sound Full 1080p HDMI output Next generation sound in DTS and Dolby Digital Plus, HDMI 1.3 port Plays your regular DVDs too! Multiple format playback
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cheese head @ Feb 19th 2008 6:11PM
Format war aside, I just don't see the point of LG doing this. What consumer is going to pay an extra $400 to get a BD player and a format that is no longer supported? HD DVD owners already have players, and I seriously doubt if they are interested in BD they want to drop 700 bucks for a combo.
I think it's more likely that LG is too far along with whatever combo they are releasing to just drop it. These will sit on Best Buy shelves and collect dust.
Nfinity @ Feb 19th 2008 6:22PM
well I still haven't heard from either Universal or Paramount about dropping HD DVD? Obviously there's a million people who might pay for the movies and LG is banking on that crowd to continue buying their dual format players.
I actually think it's not a bad thing. This would allow HD DVD to live on at least for a while. What a hilarious thing would that be, Samsung and LG sticking with HD DVD after even Toshiba dropped it.
hemmy @ Feb 19th 2008 6:51PM
@nfinity:
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has officially announced that it will release its titles on Blu-ray.
Though details of the studio's transition away from HD DVD were still sketchy at press time, Universal Studios Home Entertainment President Craig Kornblau officially confirmed the move in a just issued statement:
"The path for widespread adoption of the next-generation platform has finally become clear. Universal will continue its aggressive efforts to broaden awareness for hi-def’s unparalleled offerings in interactivity and connectivity, at an increasingly affordable price. The emergence of a single, high-definition format is cause for consumers, as well as the entire entertainment industry, to celebrate. While Universal values the close partnership we have shared with Toshiba, it is time to turn our focus to releasing new and catalog titles on Blu-ray."
http://www.homemediamagazine.com/news/html/breaking_article.cfm?article_id=12118
WebDev511 @ Feb 19th 2008 7:25PM
$400 extra? Where did you get that number from? If you look at LG's Combo drives for computers, they are tracking at about $75 more than BR only drives. Factor in the fact that BR Profile 2.0 requires on board memory and an Ethernet port, the extra cost lies exactly where? The optics, HD DVD specific chips and ??? With prices for BR only players headed down (or the story goes) a $300 dual format player isn't unlikely. If they folded in the same Silicon Optix Reon-VX chip as is in the Toshiba HD-XA2, $500 would be a very attractive price.
As far as who would pay that extra $50 - $100, I can think of about 300,000 that would be interested in paying the extra for a dual format player. Considering that these people are also early adopters, even $100 extra isn't going to dissuade them.
worldbfree4me @ Feb 19th 2008 9:40PM
have brand new samsung Blu ray player got as gift. This is new but I do not have the box because my company takes the box so that we cannot return to any store. This is the true High Definition dvd player that plays both blu-ray and standard dvd's in high quality.
Here are the specs:
Samsung BDP-1200 Blu-ray Disc Player
High definition just got higher with the SAMSUNG BDP-1200 Blu-ray Disc Player
High-Definition disc Player features HQV video processing
Blu-ray discs produce unprecedented visual detail and sound
Full 1080p HDMI output
Next generation sound in DTS and Dolby Digital Plus,
HDMI 1.3 port
Plays your regular DVDs too!
Multiple format playback
keys: lcd television 1080p 1080i hd dvd high definition dvd player garage sale blu ray blu-ray bluray hddvd
worldbfree4me @ Feb 19th 2008 9:42PM
have brand new samsung Blu ray player got as gift. This is new but I do not have the box because my company takes the box so that we cannot return to any store. This is the true High Definition dvd player that plays both blu-ray and standard dvd's in high quality.
Here are the specs:
Samsung BDP-1200 Blu-ray Disc Player
High definition just got higher with the SAMSUNG BDP-1200 Blu-ray Disc Player
High-Definition disc Player features HQV video processing
Blu-ray discs produce unprecedented visual detail and sound
Full 1080p HDMI output
Next generation sound in DTS and Dolby Digital Plus,
HDMI 1.3 port
Plays your regular DVDs too!
Multiple format playback
$250...USD
keys: lcd television 1080p 1080i hd dvd high definition dvd player garage sale blu ray blu-ray bluray hddvd