Dual Standard Drives Please

[njwashor]

I just read online that Dual Standard drives (ones that play both HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs) are longer off than anticipated because "Until everyone agrees to check their egos at the door and help the consumer, there is nothing [Samsung] can do about a universal product."

I'm a consumer and I love HD quality video. I have been anticipating Blu-ray for years and support the Blu-ray standard over the HD-DVD standard. Simply put, it's better.

However, it really ticks me off that the execs in charge of the two standards (Blu-ray included) are going to make it more difficult on the consumer over their dim-witted ego issues and a battle for the larger pot of money.

The morons in charge need to realize that there is not going to be a single standard anymore (just like their isn't a single HD standard - God, there's like 17 of em). Neither one (BD or HD-DVD) is going to win this war. It's time that these overgrown children in charge of these standards grow up.

I hope the execs in charge read this post (I doubt they will, and if they happen to, I doubt they'll care), but more importantly I hope the readers of this forum and the internet as a whole read this post. I hope they read it and get angry enough to post their own posts, and I hope this continues to grow until these money-gluttons have to pay attention and do what is right for the consumer... standardization (or at least peaceful co-existence).

Nathan Washor