LG shows off 5.3 channel HT702TN home theater setup

The new HT702TN "flat home theater" speaker / player combo from LG has a plenty to love. Not only is the 5.3 action kind of neato, with that extra woofer in the front speaker, but the DVD box includes HDMI, with 480p, 720p, 1080i upsampling and other such good times. The player also supports DivX video and DVD-AUDIO playback, so this shiny setup should keep you plenty entertained for a budget unit. Of course, since we don't have any price or availability deets, we're not exactly sure how budgetary, or if this is due for the States or anything exciting as that, but them's the breaks.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 19th 2006 4:15PM]

How does this post relate to High Deffinition?

Maybe this site should be renamed to EngadgetHT (Home Theater). It would allow for a lot more items to be discussed and still remain as a key place to find HD info.

[Alex Atkin UK Posted Oct 21st 2006 12:36AM]

Did you READ the post?

It upscales DVDs up to HDTV resolutions so id say it DOES fit into the HD category. If you have a HDTV you are certainly going to be interested in playing anything you have on DVD as good as possible on that HDTV. A lot of stuff on DVD will not be on HD-DVD/Blu-ray for some time, some stuff might never be. (like pre-Enterprise Star Trek would be kinda pointless as its below-par for DVD never mind HD-DVD)

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 7th 2006 8:48PM]

Ya, but.. how does this differ from the two models of DVD player LG has had for a year now that have had 1080 upconverting already?

Me, I'm waiting for an LG player that plays DivX files bigger than 720x480 (I have LOTS of them).