CES 2007 LG today unveiled the dual-format HD DVD, Blu-ray Disc player that garnered it so many headlines last week. Dubbed the Super Multi Blue Player - aka the BH100 - it's due to go on sale later this quarter, the company said. So will a version for PCs. The BH100 supports 1080p playback through HDMI, component- and composite-video outputs. It supports all the usual codec and multi-channel audio trademarks. No surprises there, but the BH100 does have one other interesting feature: Chocolate-inspired backlit touch-sensitive controls.
The PC-oriented dual-format drive is the GGW-H10N. Like the BH100, it's due for a Q1 release. While it supports all the DVD and CD recordable and re-writeable formats, along with BD-R and BD-RE, it's read-only as far as HD DVD goes, and we understand the player won't support some of the HD DVD format's online interactivity features.
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The PC-oriented dual-format drive is the GGW-H10N. Like the BH100, it's due for a Q1 release. While it supports all the DVD and CD recordable and re-writeable formats, along with BD-R and BD-RE, it's read-only as far as HD DVD goes, and we understand the player won't support some of the HD DVD format's online interactivity features.
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The sooner hddvd dies the better for everyone!
so this drive it can burn blueray discs but only read hd-dvd..
It is neither loose or tight.
Other than that: combined (and these are Toshiba's numbers, I'm surprised they weren't humiliated enough to issue it in a press release) sold players in North America is 175,000. This is standalones, laptop & desktop drives, and the XBOX 360 add-on.
The PlayStation 3 ALONE has sold a million units.
Blu-ray software surpassed HD DVD software sold in December by more than 20%.
CES 2007 is the beginning of the end for HD DVD.
Haha, seriously, who thinks up these names?
ow...
Prices this high for new tech is stupid if they want to get into the marketplace
You sure you didn't buy a more advanced 2nd or 3rd gen play with more a more advanced feature set?
I paid $650 for a first-gen Toshiba SD-3006 when there were only 5 DVDs available, which at release was the top of the line, in being the first/only player with component outputs.
Last edited by YaddaMe on 08 Jan 2007 - 17:12
Best Buy product image
Obviously 1080p via HDMI only... with component and composite offered for added convenience for older sets.
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