Everybody has sympathy for Toshiba over HD DVD, but few have shed a tear for LG. Let’s not forget that the plucky South Korean giant put its heart, s(e)oul and more than a few shekels into the Super Multi Blue idea, with combination Blu-ray/HD DVD PC drives and dedicated players. At the time the company didn’t just hedge its bets, it positively, er, rainforested them. And maybe it could have worked, had Warner not made the fateful decision to stop supporting both formats almost two years ago.
A dual HD deck, you see, was a highly attractive proposition, and LG would’ve been King of the Hill had it all panned out. Instead, as a result, the manufacturer has taken longer to get out of the blocks with dedicated Blu-ray spinners than rivals such as Sony, Panasonic and near neighbours Samsung. It took a fair while to even sing from the same hymn sheet, and as good as the BD370 was (reviewed in HCC #170) it was still a catch-up deck, offering essentially the same features the others have been touting for months...
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"Everybody has sympathy for
Tombstone (not verified) - 8 November 2009 - 9:03pm"Everybody has sympathy for Toshiba over HD DVD"?
No, not everybody. Why should I? They capitulated without dignity or grace, flogging a dead horse to the last. I know HCC was always the HD-DVD evangelist but this is getting ridiculous.
THEY LOST, GET OVER IT.
Think of the children
Rik Henderson - 9 November 2009 - 10:40amMy point is that when people remember HD DVD, they remember Toshiba, not LG and the few others who also invested millions if not billions into the format. LG lost in the war too. But has now come out fighting hard.
If you read the rest of the review, you can see that I am a massive fan of HD content, regardless of the format. And always have been.
Rik Henderson
Deputy Editor
Home Cinema Choice
All these companies do is to
pca_ (not verified) - 13 January 2010 - 4:21amAll these companies do is to copy what one of them does first. A never ending process really.