LG Electronics, one of the world's biggest optical drive makers, will support HD DVD as well as Blu-ray in the emerging war over the next DVD standard, the company said on Wednesday.
Until now LG Electronics was firmly in the Blu-ray camp, together with most of the other big consumer electronics firms such as Sony, Philips, Dell and Matsushita's Panasonic.
LG is the second high-profile Blu-ray supporter to change position after Hewlett-Packard, the world's second biggest PC maker, decided last year to also support HD DVD alongside Blu-ray.
LG expects to announce the first product later this year, its European president James Kim told Reuters on the fringes of the world's top electronics trade fair CeBIT in Hannover, Germany.
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