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LG Electronics to bridge DVD divide

AFP,  January, 2007  

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SEOUL (AFP) — South Korea's LG Electronics has said it plans to sell the world's first DVD player capable of playing rival high-definition DVD formats. The dual-format player, to be released in the United States early this year, will end the "confusion and inconvenience" of competing disc formats for both content producers and consumers, the company said in a statement.

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The high-definition player will play HD DVD format and rival Blu-ray format discs, the statement said. In a replay of the VHS-Betamax battle between two types of video cassette tape in the late 1970s, the two different DVD formats have hit the market offering cinematic-quality ...