lg and warner seek to end the blu-ray/hd dvd war

January 4th, 2007 post a comment (1) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob

A while back we reported that Ricoh was working on a optical mechanism that could handle both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs. At next week’s CES show, it’s expected that two companies will be showing off their proposed solutions to dealing with the incompatible formats.

On the hardware front, LG is expected to announce a combo player that can play both formats. Conversely, Warner is planning on rolling out dual-sided discs that feature Blu-ray on one side and HD DVD on the other. While I think the Warner idea is kind of a nice short-term solution for movie studios that otherwise would have released on both formats, the LG approach of a universal player that can handle both formats seems like a better choice for consumers.

[via Engadget]

January 4th, 2007 post a comment (1) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob

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blu ray, ces, compatibility, format war, hd dvd, hdtv, lg, warner

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1. ManChicken | January 4th, 2007 at 9:21 am

How about neither? Instead of choosing between two ridiculous formats that encrypt purchased media and restrict consumer freedom and choice, why not come up with one (or more) format that respects consumer freedom?

Blu-Ray and HD-DVD combined with Microsoft Vista will result in the most restrictive general-purpose computing ever recorded. Let’s not pay for a format that benefits the media company over the consumer, let’s pay for a media format that benefits the consumer.