LG BH100 Super Multi Blue, Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD Player Now Available

The LG BH100 "Super Multi Blue Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD player that won the Best of CES award is finally available in the U.S. at Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA and other dealers. What's the big deal? Well, the LG BH100 is the only player (for now) that plays both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD high-definition video content.

In addition to offering Full HD 1080p picture quality from high-definition discs, the player incorporates interactive functions based on BD-Java, which allows advanced menus and functions to be displayed over the video of Blu-ray discs. And, while the same level of advanced menu interactivity is not available while playing HD DVD discs, the powerful combination of Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD audio-video playback technologies is like no other on the market. For consumers' existing DVD libraries, the player upconverts standard DVDs to 1080i resolution, providing compatibility with consumers' existing movie libraries while improving the picture quality of those discs.

The LG BH100 outputs 24- and 30-frame-per-second 1080p signals, supports various A/V formats, including MPEG-2, VC-1, H.264 video, MPEG1/2 audio, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital+, DTS and DTS-HD audio. The unit also includes multiple inputs/outputs such as HDMI out, component/composite video outputs, and optical/coaxial/discrete 5.1 channel audio outputs. Price: $1,199