Blu-ray backer Samsung releases HD-DVD product

Longtime Blu-ray backer Samsung recently showed off a laptop computer with HD-DVD drive.

If this is a sign of change from the first company to release a Blu-ray player in the US is uncertain. Will they release a stand alone player? If so this will be a major boost for the HD-DVD camp.

The laptop will first be released in Samsung's homeland Korea and feature a full 17" HD (1920×1200) LCD screen.

For those of you who read Korean you can read more on Samsung's website.