Wednesday, January 11, 2006

HD Format War -- so much for the neutral third-party

Way back, about six months ago when it became clear that HD-DVD and Blu-Ray weren't going to come to an agreement to merge their formats, Samsung said, "hey, that's OK, we're making a dual-format player that will play both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray." Sounded good to me. As it turned out, a little too good... now, Sammy sez that licensing agreements prohibit them (or anyone else, I assume) from making a dual-format player. How convenient for consumers. Not.

Samsung sez combo HD DVD/Blu-ray player is a no go? - Engadget

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