According to a Samsung statement, the company has axed the BD-UP5500, the combination HD DVD/Blu-ray player announced at CES. Why? Because HD DVD is dead, of course. Now it's just up to Samsung to kill off its only other remaining combo player, as well as LG to decide whether or not to support both formats. (Review of the GGW-H10N PC drive here.)
Of course, now that Netflix has pulled out of the HD DVD rental market, and Wal-mart and Amazon have stopped Blu-ray sales, the only thing a hybrid player is good for is to play the few lonely HD DVD discs a consumer might have in his collection.
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