Meridian refutes HD DVD hardware announcement

[The News Bot]

Meridian will not be releasing an HD DVD player anytime soon. So says brand spokesman John Bamford, who claims that he was surprised to read that the company had been announced as a hardware partner by the HD DVD Promotion Group during its Las Vegas CES press event. “We’re interested in HD DVD, but we’re also [...]
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[andythescientis]

I'd be careful quoting from that website, i've seen some odd stuff on it. I'd expect a proper new source like reuters to have picked up a press release if the meridian link was false. We'll see though, some members certainly seemed to have heard about this pre CES, so i'd imagine it's true

[Nic Rhodes]

International CES 2007, Las Vegas, NV, January 11, 2007—Leading British audio/video manufacturer Meridian (South Hall 1, Booth 20538) is pleased to make the following statement to clarify the situation regarding reports on its involvement in HD-DVD.

“Meridian is a company renowned for state-of-the-art digital audio and video technology, and we are delighted to be working with Microsoft on the development of high-end players. Meridian has for some time been deeply involved in some of the core audio technology in HD DVD and at CES 2007 we are pleased to announce that we have now joined the HD DVD Promotional Group.

“Consistent with Meridian's product development approach, where standards of performance, particularly for audio and video are exceptionally high, product development takes some time, and for that reason we cannot announce any product-specific details at this time."