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With everyone running from HD DVD and pledging their support to Blu-ray it almost seems strange to see any company still offering any support for HD DVD. LG has made a statement letting us all know they have not given up just yet;

“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 HD DVD consumer.”

“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.”

While its nice to see that the current owners of HD DVD movies will not be left out in the cold, it seems like a market that will not be able to continue for that long. LG is aiming to offer dual-format players, which at some time will become outdated. Especially considering the studios are all switching over to Blu-ray and at some point in the future new movies will no longer be available on HD DVD.

Via [I4U News]