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According to the Samsung article linked to above, that's correct!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray So, yeah! A "Combo" deck will require multiple laser lens (either red and blue and/or both blue with one utilizing the HD-DVD wavelength) in order to provide a "universal" CD/DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-ray drive. BTW, the most interesting development alluded to in...

That's not 100% accurate. HD-DVD actually does utilize a blue laser just like Blu-ray. The difference is that the frequency chosen by the HD-DVD technology allows the same laser to be able to read standard DVD and CD. But, due to that backward compatibility, HD-DVD cannot pack as much data onto...

According to this recent article, the answer is "Yes!" : http://www.cio.com/blog_view.html?CID=22245 There has been some confusion in the past several weeks about whether or not Samsung would be allowed to bring a dual format player to market this early (supposedly the Blu-ray camp was...

Sheesh!! At the rate Sony is going, Samsung will have their HD-DVD/Blu-ray "combo" deck out before the first Sony Blu-ray is available. Now that's embarrassing!!