LG BH200: Mini-FAQ + Firmware Info (TrueHD 7.1, DTS-HD, 24p) + SD DVD Multiregion! - Page 93

If you don't have or are not plaining on acquiring any HD-DVDs then you will be better off with a BD only player. Personally I love old obsolete video/audio formats so all my players are dual ones (have 5 of the Sammy BD-UP5000s and one of the LG BH200s). I have even sold or given away some of my BDs that I originally bought used or new for cheep once I found the HD equivalent. A few of those I have kept the BD and not opened the HD since many of the last ones produced are quite expensive and valuable (to the right person) now. But for the most part I collect the HDs and not the BDs, though my BD collection is almost as vast as the HD collection now, given all the material that is not on HD but has been released on BD.

The BH200 is still a very good and capable machine and over the past year or so has now surpassed the Sammy as far as playability problems (lack of). The Sammy has issues with the latest code and several newer Disney titles where the LG does not. Also the LG supports BD-live, not something I care about. I prefer the Sammy due to Reon video processing for DVDs. Also don't miss 3D, that ImOHO is an annoying passing fad that I wish would go away. Also parts and broken down or marginal players to harvest for parts are plentiful, where the LG seems to be a bit more obscure.

I didn't think there were ever any 50i HD-DVDs were there? Since Toshiba didn't release a firmware update to make their European HD-DVD players 50i compatible till about the same time as the format war ended and they said they were going to stop making players.

^Draconian and Orwellian are so 21st century!

That's also the best I've found in leaving files untouched. I don't know any others that match. The Feds targeted the one that would do the most damage.

Hi all I have seem to have run into a small issue changing regions on my BH-200. The HDMI stopped working a few months back so I got a set of component cables. However a problem arose, once the disc tray is open the screen goes black, and since that's the first step to changing regions I'm stuck.

Now following the other steps blindly with my remote the front screen of my player shows AT 00 which is all the further I can go. If somebody could give me a count of button presses (press left 4 times, press up 6 times) I would appreciate it.

Does anyone know where you can get the April 2008 FW so you can play Bd-re's? Also does anyone have the problem with bluray where the Bh-200 just blacks out for a few seconds every once in a while?

Here you go:
http://www.file-upload.net/download-...08_FW.zip.html

If I downgrade from the latest firmware to the April 2008 version to enable playing of BD-R, what would I miss out on, besides BDLive (not fussed) and compatibility with some movies? In particular, will I be able to bitstream all HD audio formats properly over HDMI? Any other show stoppers?

The only reason I had to upgrade mine was to be able to play the original "Back to the Future" movie. Wouldn't play on the 2008 firmware for some reason, the other movies in the trilogy were fine.

Hi,new here. Nice to meet you all. I was wondering if anyone knew where I could find the
LG BH200 USA SD DVD MR Hack.zip? I cant seem to find it anywhere but megaupload and its down. Thanks a ton in advance.

Has anyone had any issues playing the Blu ray version of THX-1138? I can't seem to get it to play on my BH-200. I have the latest Firmware (BH02100330A) and Drivers (0702). The movie or I should say cloud screen shows up and then it goes black and starts showing a disc spinning on the TV screen, goldish, in colour and it just keeps spinning. I gave up after 15 minutes.

Anyone know of any fixes that might get it running properly?

Thanks for any help anyone can provide.

I haven't tried mine in the LG yet, only the Sammy 5K. When I get back from this business trip I will give it a whirl. A long shot, but did you try to unhook the Ethernet cable or disable Internet etc. when you tried to play it. I can't remember if that one has BD live content or not. My LG has the same firmware/driver as yours.

I had a similar problem with Californication. Using the prior version of the firmware allowed it to play.

Same results for me except I got a disc error and it spit it out on the first try. I have never seen that before and this is the first disc that I have had an issue with. Played lady and the tramp BD and DVD with no issues. I tried with and without internet and also tried the stop then disc menu trick that helps some movies in the Sammy combo.

In the same boat as dvddad..
Can someone help us out, I need the "LG BH200 USA SD DVD MR Hack.zip"
to make my BH200 region free for DVD's. All the links to Megaupload are now dead due to the site being taken down.

Here we go found one that works.. SO I have uploaded it
LG-BH200-USA-SD-DVD-MR-Hack.zip

http://www.file-upload.net/download-...-Hack.zip.html

Anyone have instructions for this?

A_C

Go to the start of this thread and read the faq.

I just bought one thru BB's Private auction site and awaiting delivery. Do not know if it is a return or demo. Is the Ethernet update still viable or will I need to request the files?

Thanks,

Brettwf

Looks like Ethernet updates still work. Unit updated to the 330A firmware. Says that the 401A is available for update. From what I read here it is the 330A firmware so should not update again. Sampled one HD-DVD and one BR. I was able to select DTS-HD for the HP movie. Have not tried a DVD yet. Moved unit to guest room and will be used sparingly. Will any thumb drive work and what format for BD-Live?

Brettwf

I'm not even sure what FW mine has, but I haven't updated it in awhile.
Downloading the 4/10 file now.

I have only had 1 or 2 netflix movies that didn't work, and I have used a LOT of them, including new releases that work without a hitch.
I haven't used the HD DVD in at least a year or so(maybe 2 years- I dunno), but I do remember that the last time I updated the fw, it hosed the HD DVD portion, the disc player was making growling noises while playing HDDVDS, so I downgraded back to the earlier version and it worked fine again....so my FW must be at least 2 generations old.

This player still works fine, and I have no intention of upgrading any time soon.

Edit: I just did a search in this thread, the last time I discussed FW was like 8/09, when I made reference to the grinding noises the newest FW(at THAT time) caused my player, so my FW is probably the 402 fw, I think the fw that caused the grinding was the 620 fw - now remember, that was in 09, so the 4/10 fw is obviously almost a year newer than the fw that caused my player to make grinding noises....

Edit2- I just went back to the FW watch thread, and it seems I am most likely using 402 from 2008!
I cannot use the 1397139 trick to see what FW I actually have loaded, as it doesn't seem to work, and I tried it like 10 times.

Not 100% sure I'm going to update it, it seems to work fine the way it is.

Home button> setup>Aspect Ratio>16:9 Wide>1397139>enter?

If so, that doesn't do anything for me.

Thanks

I hate to dredge up a dormant thread, but maybe there are still some flickering lights out there...

My BH200 is suffering from consistent lock-up: power it up, and once in a while it boots up normally, but usually doesn't. Of course, it worked fine the first time it had been used in a while to boot-up and open the tray to load a DVD, but then froze (well, stayed forever at "please wait"). I eventually got it to boot up normally using the unplug...press&hold power sw..plug back in trick, but it only worked twice in about 30 attempts. (Got the disk out, though.)

Anything I can do to reset the beasty, or is it just plain old dying?

Meanwhile, my Oppo 70 DVD player that is a year older is doing just fine, thankyouverymuch. Maybe because it gets used more?

Still, LG isn't winning any reliability wards recently, AFAICT, so I will continue to steer clear of the brand.

shinksma

Only suggestion, make sure you have the latest firmware. It's a finicky gadget because it's a computer and DVD player rolled into one. That's my nonexpert advice anyway.

Mine is still working great and still has the best DVD image quality even compared to my brand new Panasonic player.

Just picked up a second one from eBay. It had the original CAN FW. Used a thumb drive to update to latest and then used network update to update to latest driver. All three formats worked. Now if I can get the seller to send me the correct AC cord, I'll have two of these babies working. I have red HDMI cables for my HD DVD players and blue for my BR and PS3. Guess I will need to get purple for these two.