Friday, September 9, 2005
Samsung to Launch Dual-standard DVD Player
Posted by James Fee in "NEWS" @ 06:00 AM
"Samsung Electronics Co. will bring out a DVD machine next year capable of playing both Blu-ray and HD DVD if backers of the rival standards fail to agree on a unified format, a newspaper said. Competition between the two camps has hampered the launch of the next generation of optical disks, which will have greater capacity and higher definition, as movie studios hesitate to commit to printing disks on either standard. Samsung's head of consumer electronics, Choi Gee-sung, told the Financial Times Deutschland: "We would welcome a unified standard but if this doesn't come, which looks likely, we'll bring a unified solution to market."
I'm not surprised that Samsung would be able to do this, but it all may be moot as I'm not sure consumers are going to be enamored with either solution for watching DVDs. I'm still betting that consumers will just skip this "generation" and wait for the next better solution.
HD DVD/Blu-Ray = LaserDisc
I'm not surprised that Samsung would be able to do this, but it all may be moot as I'm not sure consumers are going to be enamored with either solution for watching DVDs. I'm still betting that consumers will just skip this "generation" and wait for the next better solution.
HD DVD/Blu-Ray = LaserDisc
