http://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/ Engadget HD Comments for LG's BH100 hybrid Blu-ray & HD DVD player: $1,199 http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/Jan 7th 2007 12:21PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/Jan 8th 2007 3:05PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/Jan 7th 2007 1:18PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/Jan 7th 2007 6:25PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/Jan 7th 2007 1:27PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/Jan 7th 2007 4:10PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/Look HD DVD fans, what happens when Blu-ray even touches you :) Bang, and the ugly box is off :D

Yet very expensive but good. Now people should use it for BDs only cos they are cheaper...]]>Jan 7th 2007 2:03PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/Jan 7th 2007 2:32PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/Jan 7th 2007 11:14PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/Jan 7th 2007 6:31PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/
If I recall, Sony's first combo DVD+R/-R media burner retailed at around $400 while non-combo burners were around half that. This HD offering price is consistent in relation to single format players in my opinion.

Also, even though it will probably never be revealed, I'd like to know how much (% wise) of the price of this unit is going to Sony and it's family of supporters for BR licensing, vs. how much is going to the HD-DVD camp for licensing. I'd dare speculate it's at least $2-$1 to the BR camp.

Since HD-DVD (in my opinion) is the underdog format as far as the CE/Media industry is concerned, a dual format burner is more likely to benefit HD-DVD more than BR because it will cement it's existence as a format, not as necessarily a WINNER in the war, but at the very least, a persistent alternative format. I'm not saying this player in particular will do the trick for HD-DVD but in general a well performing combo player will. If HD-DVD doesn't die, there is no way BR and it's consortium can compete with that format in terms of costs of production.

This is not good news for the BR camp.]]>Jan 7th 2007 11:57PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/Jan 9th 2007 3:48AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/Jan 9th 2007 1:03PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/Will I have to go back to ripping? If so what product takes in account HD DVD?
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Versions should be 1.2 and 1.2a and not 2.0 and 2.0a

My apologises, Barrington]]>Jan 12th 2007 3:43AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/Jan 28th 2007 11:14AM