Robin
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As Promised…
I just wanted to share my impressions of my new LG BH100 universal Blue-Ray and HD-DVD, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW player.
Video Quality
For Blue-Ray and HD-DVD play back the video picture quality on my PDP Pioneer HDTV 43” Plasma monitor was just stunningly excellent. :banana: Definitely just as good as the Toshiba HD-A2 player was for HD-DVD. I’m sorry; I really do not care one-way or the other about the “Hdi” menu functions of the HD-DVD disc’s, which the Toshiba HD-A2 player offers… I mean, it’s nice but I can use the “Java-interactive” menu just as well, which is what is offered on the LG BH100 player. Apparently, LG couldn’t get the approval to use the HD-DVD Hdi menu options from HD-DVD.
For DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW play back the video quality was not good at all. The LG BH100, is limited only playing DVD that are copyright protected, in 480i picture resolution. The LG BH100 player will not up-scale the video picture of copyrighted regular DVD's - at all.... So DVD’s are relegated to 480i only, which is a bummer…
I finally found the way to properly hook-up my Monitzu DVD player with the third optical in-put of my Pioneer VSX-59Txi receiver. My Monitzu DVD player us-scales everything, copyrights be damned. My Momitzu player plays all zones 1 through 0 DVD’ and up-scales any zone as well, which is why I purchased the Monitzu DVD player in the first place.
But I digress, I bought this player to play Blue-Ray and HD-DVD’s and the video quality is definatly their for me in both these formats. I will just use my old Momitzu DVD player for regular DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW’s, which will work better for me.
Audio Quality
For Blue-Ray, HD-DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW the audio quality is excellent. The LG BH100 even lets you set-up options to adjusting each speaker (except the subwoofer) to Large or Small. The subwoofer is always adjusted to Large. I have all my speaker set-up to Large on the LG BH100 player. In addition the LG BH100 gives you the option of PCM or Bitstream 48Hz or 96Hz. My Pioneer 59Txi receiver as a processor can handle the 96Hz and the Large speaker settings, which provides breathtakingly excellent full-bodied sound to all 7.1 of my HT. As I stated above, I am not using the LG BH100 to play my regular DVD’s, but the sound was excellent for playing regular DVD's. What I found immediately apparent is that the sound quality from playing regular DVD’s verses playing Blue-Ray or HD-DVD’s on the LG BH100 is soooo much better. The sound volume, tone, and fullness or dynamics in sound quality to each speaker in my 7.1 system is dramatically improved increased in both Blue-Ray and HD-DVD formates. It is like each speaker is receiving more information. I don’t know how this is happening, as I do not have HDMI or HDMI 1.3 on my 59TXi receiver. I only have my sound via optical sound cabling to my Pioneer VSX-59Txi receiver. Maybe it is the DTS-HD, DTS-True ore HD-EX, HD-Dolby sound is pushing my 59Txi receiver’s regular DTS, DTS-ES, DTS-EX, more and the sound becomes more detailed, fuller, more dynamic and/or just larger. Like I said, I don’t know why the sound has become vastly better during Blue-Ray and HD-DVD playback but difference is amazing and very stunning... I even have had to turn down the sound volume to compensate for the increase from 24 down to 30 on my receiver volume level and I just love the fact that I had to adjust it down..., just because I now have too much excellent sound… :band:
Over-all Conclusions
I am glad I purchased this player. Sound and picture quality were dramatically improved for films from DVD versions to Blue-Ray or HD-DVD versions. Excellent examples would be; Kingdom Of Heaven “Director Cut” in Blue-Ray was magnificently detailed visually as well as auditorially speaking. Stunningly incredible picture with very dynamic and completely full and detailed sound, as compared to the regular DVD version. The same was true for “The Last Samurai” in HD-DVD vs. regular DVD.
I found no difference in video or audio quality between Blue-Ray and HD-DVD discs of the same film, like Aeon Flux, which I rented on NetFlix in both formats.
There are features, I wish could have been better like, the price $1,200.00 (USD), which I realize this will more-than-likely come down over the next six months, especially with other universal players with better options coming out soon. I wish this player had HDMI 1.3 instead of what it has, HDMI-A. I wish this player up-scaled copyrighted regular DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW’s to 780p or 1080i, like my old Monitzu DVD player does, instead of only displaying them in 480i. I wish the manual control buttons were on the front of the player, instead of the top, as I have an audio rack in my HT, with stacked audio equipment...
Having said all of that, I still am glad I purchased the LG BH100 universal player. I have been drooling long enough over all the excellent Blue-Ray and HD-DVD titles for soooo long. :drool: I just don’t want to purchase new films on regular DVD any more, if I can help it... I would much rather purchase Blue-Ray or HD-DVD copies of any new film which come out like, “Stranger Than Fiction”, which I just purchased on Blue-Ray DVD. I love the fact, I can now enjoy them all right now, in glorious HD with vastly improved picture and sound quality... Life's Good ~ LG BH100 player gets my recommendation.
HT relaxed comfortably surrounded in ML bliss, until next time let the Blue-Ray and HD-DVD sights and sounds turn you on…
I just wanted to share my impressions of my new LG BH100 universal Blue-Ray and HD-DVD, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW player.
Video Quality
For Blue-Ray and HD-DVD play back the video picture quality on my PDP Pioneer HDTV 43” Plasma monitor was just stunningly excellent. :banana: Definitely just as good as the Toshiba HD-A2 player was for HD-DVD. I’m sorry; I really do not care one-way or the other about the “Hdi” menu functions of the HD-DVD disc’s, which the Toshiba HD-A2 player offers… I mean, it’s nice but I can use the “Java-interactive” menu just as well, which is what is offered on the LG BH100 player. Apparently, LG couldn’t get the approval to use the HD-DVD Hdi menu options from HD-DVD.
For DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW play back the video quality was not good at all. The LG BH100, is limited only playing DVD that are copyright protected, in 480i picture resolution. The LG BH100 player will not up-scale the video picture of copyrighted regular DVD's - at all.... So DVD’s are relegated to 480i only, which is a bummer…
I finally found the way to properly hook-up my Monitzu DVD player with the third optical in-put of my Pioneer VSX-59Txi receiver. My Monitzu DVD player us-scales everything, copyrights be damned. My Momitzu player plays all zones 1 through 0 DVD’ and up-scales any zone as well, which is why I purchased the Monitzu DVD player in the first place.
But I digress, I bought this player to play Blue-Ray and HD-DVD’s and the video quality is definatly their for me in both these formats. I will just use my old Momitzu DVD player for regular DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW’s, which will work better for me.
Audio Quality
For Blue-Ray, HD-DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW the audio quality is excellent. The LG BH100 even lets you set-up options to adjusting each speaker (except the subwoofer) to Large or Small. The subwoofer is always adjusted to Large. I have all my speaker set-up to Large on the LG BH100 player. In addition the LG BH100 gives you the option of PCM or Bitstream 48Hz or 96Hz. My Pioneer 59Txi receiver as a processor can handle the 96Hz and the Large speaker settings, which provides breathtakingly excellent full-bodied sound to all 7.1 of my HT. As I stated above, I am not using the LG BH100 to play my regular DVD’s, but the sound was excellent for playing regular DVD's. What I found immediately apparent is that the sound quality from playing regular DVD’s verses playing Blue-Ray or HD-DVD’s on the LG BH100 is soooo much better. The sound volume, tone, and fullness or dynamics in sound quality to each speaker in my 7.1 system is dramatically improved increased in both Blue-Ray and HD-DVD formates. It is like each speaker is receiving more information. I don’t know how this is happening, as I do not have HDMI or HDMI 1.3 on my 59TXi receiver. I only have my sound via optical sound cabling to my Pioneer VSX-59Txi receiver. Maybe it is the DTS-HD, DTS-True ore HD-EX, HD-Dolby sound is pushing my 59Txi receiver’s regular DTS, DTS-ES, DTS-EX, more and the sound becomes more detailed, fuller, more dynamic and/or just larger. Like I said, I don’t know why the sound has become vastly better during Blue-Ray and HD-DVD playback but difference is amazing and very stunning... I even have had to turn down the sound volume to compensate for the increase from 24 down to 30 on my receiver volume level and I just love the fact that I had to adjust it down..., just because I now have too much excellent sound… :band:
Over-all Conclusions
I am glad I purchased this player. Sound and picture quality were dramatically improved for films from DVD versions to Blue-Ray or HD-DVD versions. Excellent examples would be; Kingdom Of Heaven “Director Cut” in Blue-Ray was magnificently detailed visually as well as auditorially speaking. Stunningly incredible picture with very dynamic and completely full and detailed sound, as compared to the regular DVD version. The same was true for “The Last Samurai” in HD-DVD vs. regular DVD.
I found no difference in video or audio quality between Blue-Ray and HD-DVD discs of the same film, like Aeon Flux, which I rented on NetFlix in both formats.
There are features, I wish could have been better like, the price $1,200.00 (USD), which I realize this will more-than-likely come down over the next six months, especially with other universal players with better options coming out soon. I wish this player had HDMI 1.3 instead of what it has, HDMI-A. I wish this player up-scaled copyrighted regular DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW’s to 780p or 1080i, like my old Monitzu DVD player does, instead of only displaying them in 480i. I wish the manual control buttons were on the front of the player, instead of the top, as I have an audio rack in my HT, with stacked audio equipment...
Having said all of that, I still am glad I purchased the LG BH100 universal player. I have been drooling long enough over all the excellent Blue-Ray and HD-DVD titles for soooo long. :drool: I just don’t want to purchase new films on regular DVD any more, if I can help it... I would much rather purchase Blue-Ray or HD-DVD copies of any new film which come out like, “Stranger Than Fiction”, which I just purchased on Blue-Ray DVD. I love the fact, I can now enjoy them all right now, in glorious HD with vastly improved picture and sound quality... Life's Good ~ LG BH100 player gets my recommendation.
HT relaxed comfortably surrounded in ML bliss, until next time let the Blue-Ray and HD-DVD sights and sounds turn you on…
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