Blu-Ray plays HD-DVD?

[bboynfuel]

According to the product description of this Sony Vaio on Circuit City's website...

Blu-Ray ROM: This drive has the ability to play Blu-Ray Disc media—a format that provides five times the capacity of standard DVDs. Blu-Ray also supports HD-DVD playback, so your movies will look incredible.

I'm pretty sure it's just a typo at this point, but I thought it was funny. I am waiting for this laptop to become available. A pretty good deal IMO.

[smiley]

Wow that's messed up.

[mystiksuicide]

Yea that's a typo for sure.

[WickyWoo]

There's a lot of confused people out there, inclduing ones writing ad copy

They mean that it'll upconvert

[stockstar1138]

it could be a typo, but remember there is a difference between hd-dvd and hd dvd. hd-dvd is simply a disc that supports hd, hd dvd is a specific format of hd disc. its very confusing.

[miokti]

maybe it's like that one guy's 5-year old DVD player that can play anything

[Big Daddy]

Maybe Toshiba has paid Sony to become HD-DVD exclusive.

[Big Daddy]

These types of computer drives are available. Check the following links. I am not suggesting that Sony would install such a drive in their laptops.

http://www.hdtvinfo.eu/news/hd-video...s-from-lg.html

http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/h...lion-desktops/

http://www.electronicsshowplace.com/...?network=yahoo

http://www.blurayfreak.com/bluray_drives/index.html

http://www.shop4tech.com/user.htm?go...&id=7070&r=459

http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/h...lion-desktops/

[bageleaterkkjji]

if my blu ray player played hddvds id have to run it over and then shoot it

[crxvtec]

maybe it's like that one guy's 5-year old DVD player that can play anything

That one was good.

My freind says that his PS3 can play the mission impossible 3 hddvd disk on his playstation. I told him it had to be a hddvd dvd combo disk and he was playingthe DVD side. He keeps saying to come over so he can show me. I really think it is BS.

[Marcusarilius]

Will DUD players play BDs? Could make the DUD Meister's transition to blu a bit easier....

[Todd]

Originally Posted by bboynfuel

According to the product description of this Sony Vaio on Circuit City's website...



I'm pretty sure it's just a typo at this point, but I thought it was funny. I am waiting for this laptop to become available. A pretty good deal IMO.

technically speaking no it won't be playing that inferior hd media, but instead maybe they were tell people that their computer could play hd content from a standard dvd when encoded with files such as wm9

[jubaiweaponx]

a glitch in tha matrix perhaps ,damn marcus getting clost to 2000 posts where have I been ? lol