LG BH100 Blu-ray and HD-DVD Player Review

If like us you’re sick and tired of the whole HD DVD/Blu-ray disc format war madness currently paralysing what should be a buoyant next-gen video market, LG’s BH100 could quite possibly be the answer to your HD prayers. Why? Simply because it’s the first deck in the UK able to play both HD DVD and Blu-ray discs. No industry politics. No pathetic ‘but technically it’s very hard to make a combi deck’ excuses. No ‘let’s wait and see which format wins before we do anything’ procrastination. Here’s a deck that just plays both disc types without charging a huge premium for the privelege, and in doing so finally gives us punters what we’ve been crying out for. Um, except that, depressingly, it turns out that it doesn’t.

..We guess it’s possible to see a small ray of hope in the BH100. After all, it certainly proves that a combi player can deliver good quality video playback from both next-gen formats. However, that ray of hope applies to future products only. For as it stands the BH100 feels like a merely half-finished affair that compromises the full potential of both HD formats to far greater a degree than we’re willing to accept.

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