the beta and VHS mediums were different sizes... i don't see why i'd be that hard to make a single drawer player where if you put it face side up it reads Blu-ray and face down it reads HD-DVD.
No, no machine can play both formats.
That’s the whole problem of... you know.... two formats.
You’d have to have a machine with 2 seperate drives/trays. They are not at all easily made compatible.
Try to find the ever elusive machine that can play beta and VHS.
This is the same thing that happened 20 years ago with videos.
One would think the industry would have learned from that fiasco.
See #6
the beta and VHS mediums were different sizes... i don't see why i'd be that hard to make a single drawer player where if you put it face side up it reads Blu-ray and face down it reads HD-DVD.
Not correct. LG, for one, makes a machine that will play both. The comparison to the Betamax/VHS differences ignores a key fact. Those two machines had cartridges that were not only physically different in size, but which also had different mechanical structures. HD, Blu, and DVDs, on the other hand, all at least fit in the same hole, they just use different pick ups.
The only apt comparison to the Beta/VHS wars is Sony's corporate arrogance.
I don't think that's correct.I think Samsung makes a dual format machine.