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With firmware updates they've added the ability to decode True HD, Dolby Digital plus, and DTS-HD all in 7.1 surround sound. In the time i've owned it, its always worked great for me. The usb port is great for listening to mp3s or viewing pictures. All Blu-Ray players need to be updated regularly since the format is still being developed, and this one is no exception.LG has really done an outstanding job of continuing development for this player.
It also does an awesome job upconverting any old DVDs you have.Out of hundreds of HD-DVDs and Blu-Rays, the only disc i couldn't get to work with it was Clerks 2. What is LG going to do, make a 1.1 profile player months before a single 1.1 profile disc exists.
You can a) connect the player to the internet and download it b) burn it on a cd or c) stick in a usb flash drive.Don't be fooled by people complaining about the movie Sunshine. They've also added BD Profile 1.1 compatibility (BD Profile 2.0 compatibility is on the way) and 24fps film mode.You can also easily change some codes in the player to enable PAL playback and change the region of the DVD or BD.
This little player can do Blu-Rays (Regions A, B, and C), HD-DVDs, Standard DVDs (All Regions, NTSC or PAL), and even DVD copies burned onto blank DVDs. I did a lot of research before I bought a new player, and decided on the LG BH200.
That problem was fixed months ago and in all fairness, it was the first disc to be BD profile 1.1. Now keep in mind, you're going to want to update the firmware as it adds many new features and fixes a lot of compatibility with certain discs.
Fortunately updating the firmware for the machine is pretty easy. Every other disc worked flawlessly without any dropouts or problems.In short, if you want a great player that plays HD-DVDs and Blu-Rays, is profile 1.1 (and soon to be 2.0), and upconverts DVDs really well (including different regions and video formats), then this player is definitely one to get.
Now, to be fair to both formats I can't tell the difference Audio or Video wise. The option of selling these HD-DVD's was out of the question and I couldn't even give them away if I wanted too. This player does great with both formats and you will be pleased with the performance and if you already own an LG HDTV it also comes with a remote that can control both.
So, my only choice was to buy this player. Now a word of caution, if you own a Microsoft Zune or an Apple ipod the player does have a USB Port that will charge your device however it will not play music, movies, and JPEG's. I was one of the many to back a format before the format war was over.
This made my HD-DVD Player useless and my XBOX 360 useless since I only use to play home videos anyhow. I purchased the HD-DVD Player that works alongside the XBOX 360 and literally two months after I bought the player Warner Bros. announce it was going strictly Blu.
Like the title says, if you own a Blu-ray Player now you have nothing to worry about because all the major studios are saying they'll back Blu Ray Discs but if you don't want to throw hundreds of dollars worth of HD-DVD invest in this dual player.
Right out of the box this DVD player gave me trouble, both Blue Ray and H/D disk viewing had two horizontal lines of distortion with sound prop outs and sometimes with stopages of the movie and having to restart again and again, inserting a standard DVD most of the time this machine would not recognise it or play it with distorted sound with no picture or both sound and picture distorted, I tried using my DVD cleaning disk and after using it about 8 times tried each disk again and found some improvement in Blue Ray And H/D playback however standard DVD`S would not play at all,it did seem to improve with use so I let it play a few DVS`S that would (somewhat) play thru for hours with both TV and amplifier off, that helped a bit more, more babying and it most of the time now it will play a complete movie with impressive sound and picture HOWEVER one movie this machine absolutely hates, the movie SUNSHINE, after over a dozen attempts I have only seen about 1/3 of this movie, it locks up to the point that I have to manualy turn off power then after more than thirty seconds then turning this player back on it has to start from the beginning, the use of fast forward or skip (next) only produces for a short while moving picture with no sound then after a few seconds a complete freez lock up and the emergency manual power shut off is a requirement otherwise it just sets there with a frozen picture forever.The LG BH200 when it does play correctly is fantastic, I can only hope that in a few years of use I can see SUNSHINE in it`s entirety.
Hd-dvd's such as Bourne Ultimatum look incredible.As far as upconversion, this player is just as good, if not better than my old hd-xa2. I decided to purchase this player instead of the Samsung combo player. I tried various dvds, everything from Frasier to Finding Nemo. While it still looked good, t whe PS3 bd image was always a little grainy (though not as noticeable to my wife.
This player is great at upconverting.If you have at least $225 worth of hd-dvd's or just want the best of both worlds, this player is for you. I have the first Pirates movie on BD and it looks AMAZING on this player, much better than on my PS3.
There have been no audio or video drop outs, at least that have been noticeable. It uses QDEO processing, which is very similar to HQV processing.
You have all the same settings plus a little more. I purchased this player a few days ago.
Hd-dvd menus are a bit sluggish,about the same speed as my hd-a2, but slower than my hd-xa2 (which I returned after the WB announcement). Both players have issues but the Samsung appeared to have the bulk of them.I tried the Ratatoiulle BD and it worked great.
I didn't have the annoying camera icon everyone was talking about. So far it plays all my discs without hesitation.
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