Electronics giant LG will continue to support the HD DVD format, keeping its combo format players on the market - so says Gizmodo. I am glad to see LG is not a pussy like Toshiba.

“LG believes that at this present moment in time, it is necessary to provide a player which supports both formats and therefore create simplicity and convenience for the existing HDDVD consumer.”

“With the recent announcement from Toshiba, Blu-Ray will now be the format that will pave the way for high definition movies, however this does not rule out HD DVD immediately as there are still a number of consumers who have chosen HD DVD and begun to build a HD DVD collection.”

“Overall LG is still excited about the future of this market, LG has always set out to lead high definition players and will continue to do so with more technology evolutions and hybrids which will launch in due course.”

This is welcome news and affirms that you should not sell your HD DVDs, and if you do, sell them to me: admin (at) ilovehddvd (dot) com. It also keeps the format in a medically induced coma. Without studio support, there will only be about 400 movies in HD DVD.

The catch will be to make this combo player affordable.

This should get slightly more interesting when China releases CH DVD … ilovechdvd.com anyone?

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