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The editors liked
Plays HD DVD and Blu-ray movies. Supports 1080p24 output via HDMI. Useful and well-crafted on-screen display.
The first dual format Blu-ray and HD DVD player
Stunning picture quality
HDMI upscaling
Excellent video quality using HDMI highdefinition output with Bluray Discs and HDDVDs
Very good upscaling capability with standard DVD playback via HDMI output
Fast startup time when compared to other Bluray Disc or HDDVD players
Easy to set up and use...
Plays back both HD DVD and Blu-ray discs
Excellent image quality on both high-def disc formats
Attractive design with touch-sensitive buttons
Excellent remote
Quick response during scans and chapter skips.
Plays back both HD DVDs and Blu-ray Discs
1080p screen resolution (in Blu-Ray and HD DVD playback)
Easy to use
Simplified remote
The editors didn't like
Does not support interactive/online/graphical HD DVD features. Remote is missing a basic HD DVD navigation-control feature. Remotes backlight is essentially useless. No 1080p upconversion. No support for 1080p60 output.
Lacks support for high definition audio soundtracks
Cant play audio CDs
No support for high resolution audio formats
No support for HDi interactive features
Cannot access iHD content and menu functions available on HDDVD discs
Cannot play standard Audio CDs. No SACD or DVDAudio Compatibility
Cannot play BDR/RE discs
Defaulted to 1080i HDMI output setting
Even though test monitor used was 1080p input cap...
Expensive
No CD playback
Subpar support for new surround soundtracks
Does not support HDi interactive features of HD DVDs
Only a few TVs cant accept its type of 1080p output
Upscaling of DVDs is a step below competitors
Load times are somewhat s...
Does not have full HD DVD interactive menus and interoperability
HDMI version 1.2a
Not HDMI version 1.3
Pricey
No 1080p upconversion
Poor backlight on remote
Abstract: Going back to those heady days of wine, roses and Laserdiscs, the general public, if aware at all of LDs existence, would yawn and claim to be interested when a recordable LD is introduced. Of course that never happened and LD is currently residing i...
Abstract: Blu-ray and HD DVD in one box. Well, no one saw this coming. We’re not that far into the format war between HD DVD and Blu-ray, and LG has come out with the BH100, a player that plays both formats. So, is that it? Format war over? Hardly. Drag It O...
Abstract: While consumer electronic titans, Sony and Toshiba, wage war over format royalties, LG Electronics becomes our Switzerland, providing a safe haven for all who wish to experience the awesomeness of high definition movies, without all this silliness ove...
Abstract: If youre itching to get your hands on a Blu-ray or HD-DVD player but youre waiting to see which one of the two competing HD video disc formats will be the one that sticks around, keep an eye out for LGs BH100. Dubbed the Super Multi Blue Player (yes...
Abstract: LG BH100 Super Multi Blue Blu-ray/HD DVD Player: First Look January, 2007 $1,199 Digital Video Output: HDMI Video Upconversion: 720p, 1080i Audio Decoding: DD, DD+, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio Ins and Outs: HDMI, others TBD Feature Highlights: T...
Abstract: Its more of a Blu-ray deck with limited HD DVD functionality than a true dual-format player Canadians have seemingly ravenous appetites for all things high definition, and that, says electronics manufacturer LG, has prompted the Korean company to sel...
Abstract: The BH100 is smaller and quieter than the Blu-ray players we've seen to date, but it's still painfully slow to load discs. It upscales DVDs to 1080i and also plays Blu-ray and HD DVD discs in 1080p at their native 24 frames per second " but this ...
The only combo Blu-ray/HD DVD player available, faster than usual operation, full 24 frames per second progressive scan output.
Won?t play CDs, interactive features not available for HD DVD.
The LG BH100 Super Multi Blue Player is an excellent Blu-ray player and a pretty good HD DVD and DVD player. And the price is lower than all the other Blu-ray players currently available. This is truly an excellent device.
