In an effort to capitalise on the fallout from the HD DVD Vs Blu ray war Samsung has confirmed that they are set to roll out a Blu ray drive that will also read HD DVD discs.
"The format war was confusing consumers", said a Samsung insider. "But our engineers didn't stop developing the Blu-ray drives." Pocket Lint reports in the UK.
"There are still HD DVD discs that people want to read; but no one wants to write to that format", confirmed our source. The aim will be to provide a solution allowing users to still access content on the now obsolete high-def format.
In March Samsung cancelled the launch of its dual format HD disc player, the BD-UP5500 Duo, stating that "It remains a practical solution, but the window of opportunity is smaller than it was before. In light of recent announcements, Samsung will not introduce the BD-UP5500 Duo HD Player".
Samsung confirmed that their drives should be available in August 2008.
