Blu-ray MIA at LG Dealers Show

[Rob Tomlin]

Originally Posted by AV_Integrated

Frankly it irks me to no end how LG has been throughout this whole thing. Initially they promised to be one of the earliest companies to deliver Blu-ray, then they started rumoring a dual format player, and now they are MIA and completely missing this holiday season.

LG really has no clue what they are doing it seems like. As a company, I would rate them a few steps below Samsung, so if they hope to have some sort of impact, I would hope that at CES we see them in full force with a Blu-ray player announced for 1Q07 that includes a sub $500 MSRP.

But, they really need to get their act together... their early promises and then complete inability to deliver... or even SHOW as of late is getting lame.

I agree.

The interesting/ironic thing is this: if they do release an HD-DVD player after all this, how helpful is that going to really be to HD-DVD? I mean my biggest single complaint against HD-DVD is the lack of quality CE companies making players. LG is on par with Toshiba, perhaps only slightly better, in terms of quality reputation.

So, even if HD-DVD gets another manufacturer on board, if it is LG I don't think it helps too much. If it were Panasonic, or Denon that would be a different story.