
Just when every patient, fence-sitting individual finally rejoiced that a single unit was being introduced to solve the HD DVD vs. Blu-ray
dilemma, we had a hunch things wouldn't be perfectly peachy. Sure enough, the
BH100's
dirty little secret could keep the machine a secret altogether, as it reportedly won't be able to claim HD DVD-compliance (and consequently, hit shelves at all) without support for HDi. Playing a bit of favorites, the player provides the goods to show off those
BD-J extras just fine, but users hoping to experience the lovely bonuses requiring
HDi would be sorely disappointed. According to BetaNews, the player cannot receive the necessary thumbs-up from the DVD Forum with such a void in its makeup, and even suggested a very dark, unwanted result could end up happening, you know, like the BH100 getting the axe. Nevertheless, we certainly hope LG gets on the ball and throws in the (
scarcely used thus far) HDi support, or else we could be facing
yet another reversed decision in the combo player arena.