Blu-ray combo TVs coming soon. All your fun belong to us.

Remember those TVs that had VCRs in them? Pretty nifty idea. Instead if having to deal with a separate box, plugging it in, and having wires frayed all over the place, it was conveniently put into the TV casing. That idea is now getting a next-gen (or is it finally just "now-gen"?) approach thanks to Sony.

Speaking at a conference in Taipei, Sony’s president and chief operating officer Ryoji Chubachi said he wanted to more than double Blu-Ray’s market share, and the solution is to put the discs in more products.

“Integrating an HD LCD TV with BD recording functionality” is one way of boosting Blu-Ray’s presence in the living room, the Sony boss said, adding that more IT products would see Blu-Ray functionality soon.
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Pretty damn cool, if you ask me. Personally, I think HD-DVD is the better format for video playback where data size is not as important as read speed, but whatever. I also don't like LCD, as dead pixels (burnt out LEDs) are nearly impossible to fix unless you are willing to spend a small fortune. The burn-in problems with plasma are a thing of the past the color is just as good if not better than most LCD TVs and plasmas last a much longer time, but whatever. Blu-ray won and it's time to start getting those video player/TV combos rolling on out.