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02-15-2006, 05:58 PM
<p>Filed under: <a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com" rel="tag">HDTV</a>, <a href="http://homeentertainment.engadget.com" rel="tag">Home Entertainment</a></p><div id="pc579755"><a href="http://news.com.com/A DVD combo Dont hold your
breath/2100-1041_3-6024875.html?part=rss&tag=6024875&subj=news"><img width="200" vspace="16" hspace="4"
height="164" border="0" align="right"
src="http://img.engadget.com/common/images/8927147503635671.jpg?0.423973325223049" alt="Blu-ray HD DVD" /></a>Last we
heard, things degraded from <a
href="http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/17/the-engadget-interview-david-steel-vice-president-of/">gung-ho to so-so</a>
for Samsung on the prospect of going in on a dual-mode device that'd <a
href="http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/06/samsung-planning-dual-format-hd-dvd-blu-ray-disc-player/">bridge the gap
between HD DVD and Blu-ray</a> for the consumer. But it looks like guarded has now turned to
closed-until-further-notice according to a SVP of Marketing at Samsung North America, Peter Weedfald. We had no idea
there were licensing agreements in place that prevented a dual-mode player, but apparently "Until everyone agrees
to check their egos at the door and help the consumer, there is nothing [Samsung] can do about a universal
product." And thus today our final hope for a truce -- even if involuntary on the part of both warring factions --
is dashed. We're not going to worry too much, however, you know how these things like to turn around every fifteen
minutes, or how tech execs get "misquoted" and rescind.</div><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://news.com.com/A%20DVD%20combo%20Dont%20hold%20your%20breath/2100-1041_3-6024875.html?part=rss&tag=6024875&subj=news>Read</a>*|*<a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/01/10/samsung-sez-combo-hd-dvd-blu-ray-player-is-a-no-go/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>*|*<a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/forward/579755/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>*|*<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&fc=1&url=http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/01/10/samsung-sez-combo-hd-dvd-blu-ray-player-is-a-no-go/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking*Blogs</a>*|*<a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/01/10/samsung-sez-combo-hd-dvd-blu-ray-player-is-a-no-go/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_21-579755"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/21-579755?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_21-579755" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&channel=22&output=png&cuid=21-579755&url=http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/01/10/samsung-sez-combo-hd-dvd-blu-ray-player-is-a-no-go/" /></p>
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breath/2100-1041_3-6024875.html?part=rss&tag=6024875&subj=news"><img width="200" vspace="16" hspace="4"
height="164" border="0" align="right"
src="http://img.engadget.com/common/images/8927147503635671.jpg?0.423973325223049" alt="Blu-ray HD DVD" /></a>Last we
heard, things degraded from <a
href="http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/17/the-engadget-interview-david-steel-vice-president-of/">gung-ho to so-so</a>
for Samsung on the prospect of going in on a dual-mode device that'd <a
href="http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/06/samsung-planning-dual-format-hd-dvd-blu-ray-disc-player/">bridge the gap
between HD DVD and Blu-ray</a> for the consumer. But it looks like guarded has now turned to
closed-until-further-notice according to a SVP of Marketing at Samsung North America, Peter Weedfald. We had no idea
there were licensing agreements in place that prevented a dual-mode player, but apparently "Until everyone agrees
to check their egos at the door and help the consumer, there is nothing [Samsung] can do about a universal
product." And thus today our final hope for a truce -- even if involuntary on the part of both warring factions --
is dashed. We're not going to worry too much, however, you know how these things like to turn around every fifteen
minutes, or how tech execs get "misquoted" and rescind.</div><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://news.com.com/A%20DVD%20combo%20Dont%20hold%20your%20breath/2100-1041_3-6024875.html?part=rss&tag=6024875&subj=news>Read</a>*|*<a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/01/10/samsung-sez-combo-hd-dvd-blu-ray-player-is-a-no-go/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>*|*<a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/forward/579755/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>*|*<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&fc=1&url=http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/01/10/samsung-sez-combo-hd-dvd-blu-ray-player-is-a-no-go/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking*Blogs</a>*|*<a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/01/10/samsung-sez-combo-hd-dvd-blu-ray-player-is-a-no-go/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_21-579755"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/21-579755?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_21-579755" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&channel=22&output=png&cuid=21-579755&url=http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/01/10/samsung-sez-combo-hd-dvd-blu-ray-player-is-a-no-go/" /></p>
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