He should have mentioned that the studios that use them have found a way to make more money from a small marke segment. Same thing was done in LD when they used CAV (30 min a side) versus CLV (60 min a side) But with the CAV - you could look at a movie frame by frame.
The Combo IMO is a two fold format:
1. Married HD DVD to DVD - now played in any optical disc reader
2. A stop gap measure until the TL Twin is ready for prime time
Will they go away? Doubtful because of the time constraint on a 1 layer 5GB SD.
Of course not having a choice can be viewed as a problem. Only choice is a DVD and if you have decided to give up DVD - well that means no choice at all. Either buy it as a Combo - or wait for it to be on HD "OTA" and lose out on the IME/IF's.
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