I figured this should be placed here in the general section, seeing as it plays both discs.
So, has anyone pulled the trigger on this puppy yet? Lets get the reviews and discussion started from owners and users.
Please keep this thread isolated to reports of the new LG BH100 HD Super Multi Blue Player only. Questions and comments related to those reports are fine, but find a different thread if discussions head into off-topic territory.
It looks like 7438, but there's no such P/N in Broadcom's catalog. Their BD/HD-DVD SoC is called BCM7440...perhaps the 7438 was a prototype that became the 7440? The other two are 7412's (decoders).
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I am the ISF reporting my observations with the LG BH100 outputting 1080/24p with a Lumagen external scaler. I confirmed the output ability with a LG engineer. This player does not support 1080/60p output. AFAIK this is the only player currently able to output an HD DVD as its native 1080/24p.
That is the most likely scenario but it is possible that the display supports the resolution and the EDID file is wrong. We need someone with an HLS series display and a external scaler to test for 24p support to be sure. Can anyone help with that test?
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That is the most likely scenario but it is possible that the display supports the resolution and the EDID file is wrong. We need someone with an HLS series display and a external scaler to test for 24p support to be sure. Can anyone help with that test?
Yes, I have seen companys update firmware in the field to fix EDID files but it normally required a service call by a technician. It couldn't hurt to contact Samsung and ask them about 24p support.
I tried two other SD DVDs and I was able to switch between 480i, 480p, 720p and 1080i via component (Red/Green/Blue). I did have to press STOP twice to stop the movie then push the RESOLUTION button then press PLAY to start the movie again. But the resolution was changing.
The two SD DVDs were Star Wars III Revenge of the Sith and Brokeback Mountain (the DVD side of the HD DVD combo disc).
I'm interested in this player. I would like to run it by just HDMI to my receiver. Does the audio go over the HDMI cable? I thought I read somewhere that it doesn't send audio over HDMI.
Please let me know as I"m about ready to pull the trigger.
I've been in contact with product planners and support engineers at LG's US headquarters and their service division.
*I am not an LG employee. We are a dealer and authorized service center. What I am telling everyone here is not to be considered official LG information*
They are aware of the HDMI issue, especially with the Denon receivers (has anyone tested any other brand of receiver?)
They are working on a software fix and will have firmware available to be installed by a service tech. Historically LG has not made firmware available to the general public (only to ASC's.)
I will keep everyone here up to date so long as everyone behaves and refrains from whining about HDMI audio not working and calling LG crap. Last time I checked first gen cutting edge products such as this one have problems. If you don't want to be on the cutting edge don't join the club, and please don't whine when it doesn't work!
Probably just wishful thinking, but does the BH100 support 1080p 24 fps over HDMI for SD DVD? I was browsing through the online manual and such details are scarce.
Jeff -- sorry. Trying to get too much stuff done at home before heading into the office. "BH200" is a typo. There is just the BH100. I'll fix that above.
Probably just wishful thinking, but does the BH100 support 1080p 24 fps over HDMI for SD DVD? I was browsing through the online manual and such details are scarce.
It is greyed out on the BH100 menu for me as well on my Sony SXRD 50A2000 which does not support 1080p/24 (only 1080p/60). It is not greyed out on my Panasonic AX100 which does support 1080p/24.
What you are seeing is expected behavior if you have a set that does only 1080p/60.
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It is greyed out on the BH100 menu for me as well on my Sony SXRD 50A2000 which does not support 1080p/24 (only 1080p/60). It is not greyed out on my Panasonic AX100 which does support 1080p/24.
What you are seeing is expected behavior if you have a set that does only 1080p/60.
There are 128MB DDR SDRAM and another 512MB DDR SDRAM, 512MB Flash Memory and another 4MB Flash, and Xilinx Spartan-3E FPGA. Just look at chips, mainboard seems to be capable of Profile 1.1.
Downside is its HDMI connection is quite problematic. It locked up when I fed HDMI to AVR HDMI connector and got no video and audio. Only success was direct connection to TV.
The inability to send TrueHD over HDMI/PCM would annoy me. For $1200, the unit sounds rushed.
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