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LG: There will be no hybrid player yet

Contrary to preliminary plans, LG will not yet have a hybrid desktop player that would handle both Blu-ray and HD-DVD standards.

 

The South Korean company also planned in March that the market launch of the BD199 desktop player would be delayed and instead they would work on developing a hybrid device that handles both formats. With this solution, companies that support both Blu-ray and HD-DVD standards would have expanded their small headcount, but as they stand now, they would rather return to using the Sony format exclusively in their devices.

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LG BD199: Desktop Blu-ray Player

One of its main rivals, Samsung is still planning on hybrid unit, despite the fact that Philips and Sharp are in addition a member controlled by Sony consortium, Respectively as the world first introduced its desktop Blu-ray player.

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