LG recently released its dual Blu-Ray / HD-DVD player (the BH200) better known as "Super Blu". Today at CES, we got a close look at it in action and we were impressed.
Priced at $999, it isn't cheap but for users who want to have both formats in a single device, here it is (of course, at $999 one could start pricing how much it would cost to simply buy both on their own).
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Priced at $999, it isn't cheap but for users who want to have both formats in a single device, here it is (of course, at $999 one could start pricing how much it would cost to simply buy both on their own).
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I think Mr. Shmoe here would just pick out what he finds first at the store...
Xbox 360 $279 + HD-DVD addon $179= $460
PS3 + $400
$860 for an HD-DVD plus Blu-Ray player, which happens to include media centers, gaming abilities, DVD upscaling, internet connectivity and browsing and much more. I will take the two gaming machines, thank you very much.
No, they are not as sleek or as quiet, but it's a much better bargain.
If I had an extra grand to spend, I still wouldn't buy one.
Edit: Removing unnecessary quote
Last edited by Burst404 on 08 Jan 2008 - 23:38
$199 + $399 + $199 = $800
Remove the PSP if you don't need it and still, you're only at $600.
SO... LG is far far from the current price and I would not buy their player.
$199 + $399 + $199 = $800
Remove the PSP if you don't need it and still, you're only at $600.
SO... LG is far far from the current price and I would not buy their player.
Well, I would then go with the Xbox 360 + HD-DVD addon for $460 and the Samsung BD-P1400 Blu-ray Player for $295 so I at least would have the better gaming system
Not as good of a deal as yours, but saves you about $100 from my first quote.
Yep totally agree, who's going to buy a dual player at that price, even more so now that the end is within sight.
Yep totally agree, who's going to buy a dual player at that price, even more so now that the end is within sight.
Yeah, it's a bit odd with a release like this, but it was designed when the war had still not seen the recent news.
Still, it can be useful to those who own HD-DVD's and want to move to Blu-ray. But I would still not recommend this one at this price, and then just two drives instead. Hopefully the user would have room for another drive in the computer.
It wasn't so long ago when we couldn't decide on +RW or -RW, then drives appeared that could play and record both, so it became a non-issue. Same thing is happening here.
Um, no it's not.
But damn, it's even far cheaper to buy two separate drives. Sure, you save some space with this solution, and one 5 1/4" drive bay, but that's it. I wouldn't recommend it unless you have very special needs, like all drive bays occupied or something.
Last edited by Jugalator on 09 Jan 2008 - 15:09
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