LG's BH200 to be first profile 1.1 Blu-ray player

With October 31st looming, Blu-ray fans are wondering where all the full profile players are. According to LG's product development director Tim Alessi, LG's latest dual format player (BH200) is on schedule to be the first of it's kind. This latest requirement for stand alone Blu-ray players promises to finally bring the Blu-ray camp up to the standards that HD DVD has enjoyed since almost the very beginning, including features like PIP. At this point it seems that most of the other manufacturers are content to wait for CES to announce compliant players, but we'll be on the look out either way. The real question at this point is where's the content? At this point, the only title announced to contain 1.1 features (Resident Evil: Extinction) isn't due out till 2008.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 12th 2007 1:32PM]

"The very begging" ?!? OK, now you have to admit that you are biased, Ben! Freudian slip or deliberate attempt to undermine HD DVD! Oh, you make me so mad!

jk

[BenD Posted Oct 12th 2007 2:14PM]

Opps, thanks for catching my typo.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 12th 2007 1:39PM]

hahaha nice catch Tim.

So is this dual player going to ever hit the street? I already have a HD DVD player, once duals hit below $600 I will pick one up. Beats wasting money on a PS3.

[MickBurke Posted Oct 12th 2007 3:29PM]

OK, I don't know if you guys are kidding or not, but engaged / CNet clearly stated how deficient HDDVD was 'at the beginning', that you can't remotely claim you aren't a propaganda system for HDdvd.
http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/04/28/cnet-10-ways-hd-dvd-fails-short/

That said, if you want to be a 'hollywood in high def' for HDDVD that's cool. but don't pretend to be a news site. Shees.

[BenD Posted Oct 12th 2007 3:29PM]

This is a joke right? After all many readers call me Ben "Blu-ray" Drawbaugh.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 12th 2007 5:24PM]

Ben "Blu-ray" Drawbaugh

That's a pretty cool name! Nicely done sir...

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 12th 2007 7:08PM]

The pity is that, as one might readily conclude based on the release schedule for 1.1-demanding discs, the fact that a big chunk of the Blu-ray customer base will be unable to make use of 1.1 features is likely to make studios reluctant to develop the content. HD-DVD can therefore be thanked, as interactive content developed on that platform could be painlessly enabled for any hypothetical Blu-ray iteration. But that means nothing to the studios who have painted themselves into a blue corner.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 12th 2007 7:16PM]

The pity is that, as one might readily conclude based on the release schedule for 1.1-demanding discs, the fact that a big chunk of the Blu-ray customer base will be unable to make use of 1.1 features is likely to make studios reluctant to develop the content. HD-DVD can therefore be thanked, as interactive content developed on that platform could be painlessly enabled for any hypothetical Blu-ray iteration. But that means nothing to the studios who have painted themselves into a blue corner.