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Re: B&O News on Hi-def video

355f — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:26:30 GMT

KENMAC:

ollowing is taken from http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=493014#post493014

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Bang & Olufsen drops HD DVD plans after Warner decision
Danish tech company Bang & Olufsen had a small press reception yesterday evening at CES. I attended with a couple dozen others. In the question-answer session I asked about Blu-ray support since no HD DVD or BD players had been announced (although players from both sides had been used in their demos of their new displays).

Peter Petersen, B&O's Chief Technology Officer, said they had been planning on making a combo player but after Friday's Warner's announcement they have dropped plans to include HD DVD and now will develop only a BD player. He said it would be available in 2009.

Edit: Update to include name of B&O spokesperson.
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Well the good news there is that we wont be subjected to a modded version of the awful samsung dual format player.

Lets hope they jump into bed with panasonic on the BR deal

Re: B&O News on Hi-def video

mr_anders_son — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:07:13 GMT

I hope it will be an add-on module to BV9 to

Re: B&O News on Hi-def video

linder — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:33:57 GMT

I am really delighted that B&O will come out with a Blu-ray player. I hope they will have a Blu-ray player in the Beovision 7.

I also read the remarks in the Blu-ray forum. I think some of those people don't get out of the house too much.

Re: B&O News on Hi-def video

moxxey — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:55:40 GMT

KENMAC:
The following is taken from http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=493014#post493014

Good news that they are doing something with Blu-ray, not so good news it's 2009 (that could be end of 2009!).

Seen some of the posts about B&O on that Blu-ray forum? Seen the posts that state that B&O spend all the time and money producing well designed objects, but lack audio quality. Amazing.

B&O News on Hi-def video

KENMAC — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:03:24 GMT

The following is taken from http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=493014#post493014

Bang & Olufsen drops HD DVD plans after Warner decision

Danish tech company Bang & Olufsen had a small press reception yesterday evening at CES. I attended with a couple dozen others. In the question-answer session I asked about Blu-ray support since no HD DVD or BD players had been announced (although players from both sides had been used in their demos of their new displays).

Peter Petersen, B&O's Chief Technology Officer, said they had been planning on making a combo player but after Friday's Warner's announcement they have dropped plans to include HD DVD and now will develop only a BD player. He said it would be available in 2009.

Edit: Update to include name of B&O spokesperson.

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Rich Peterson "