*** The LG BH100 HD Super Multi Blue Player *** official owner's thread - Page 23

I hate this player and am selling it, getting a PS3..Sony will keep up to date with that player and they know engrish a bit better.

Arghhhhhhhhh....And to think I spent 800 for it when it came out...should have know better.

Smo

With the latest updates how solid is this player? I don't care for the HDi stuff. I remember when it came out that it would only do 1080i for hd dvd. With all the updates can it put out 1080p 24fps for both formats? Any issues with sound? This is an open box with no remote. How much should I buy it at? 150 to 250 sound right where I should consider biting? Thanks for your help

Sounds like a great deal (I paid $1200 for mine). You get a very capable Bluray player than does 1080/24p for film and 1080i for video (automatically switching!) and a HD-DVD player. I would go go for it.

Has anybody successfully played 'We Own the Night' on the BH100? I rented it from Blockbuster Online and it recognizes the BluRay disk but then says 'disk error' and spits it back out.
thanks!
Sam

By the way, I'm also having trouble playing some Academy Award screener DVD's. This player is frustrating.
Cheers,
Sam

I bought it and it played fine in mine

Thanks Kurtis,
I'll report a problem with the disk and reorder it.
Thanks!
Sam

It CAN do 1080p/24 on HD DVD,sound very good from multi analog outs,very solid with latest update,no audio drop outs,no freezing.
I payed it 1100 Euros in June and never regreted.

My BH100 outputs 1080p/24 for both HD-DVD and Blu-ray through HDMI,but I do have the BH100 connected to my VP50pro (Video processor's) HDMI input so that allows me the option to set the BH100's HDMI output to 1080p/24 for HDM....

Has anybody had any problems playing Ratatouille on this player. Specifically, when I play it, sometimes the disc will freeze just before the old lady finds the rats. This doesn't always happen. Disc is clean and scratchless. I am using the latest firmware.

My BH-100 played that movie just fine. No problems.

I had that problem until I loaded the latest firmware. I'll bet if you check, you will find you really don't have the latest firmware. They snuck one out about a month ago.

I put the one on that came out a month ago and now have HDCP authentication errors.

Beware....

Smo

I am using firmware 080109a. If there is a newer one, I can't find it on their website. Also, I am using HDMI for 2ch pcm sound; I have experimented with different output options (bitstream audio, component video, etc),wondering if changing them would affect the freezing, to no avail. I have not had any problems with any other blu-ray movies, and I have tried a replacement disc with the same results. I emailed LG about the problem. Hopefully they'll fix the issue with a firmware update. (By the way Rutgar, what is your players' build date, mine is feb. 07.)

I picked one of these up yesterday and I have to hold the remote at a 45 degree angle to the unit to get it to work and it only works withing about 4 feet. To use the remote horizontally it only works within 2 feet away the unit. I have another LG DVD player its remote did work but the remote worked in the same manner so its not batteries or the remote.

I've looked through the posts and not found anything like this. Has anyone else experienced this???

Hi Mr Molding,
I would say the opposite is true with mine. It has one of the best remote receivers. My player sits down a short hallway and facing 90 degrees away from me and it is very responsive. So what you describe is not normal.
Good Luck,
Sam

I haven't seen the bh100 compared to the samsung 5000 ---guys, how would you rate this player versus the samsung 5000????

thanks (I searched but didn't find it --- I didn't want to go thru 600+ replies to see if this was mentioned)

If you directly connect the player to a tv then the only sound you will get is 2 channel PCM, becuase that's the only sound the tv supports. If you use a HDMI receiver, make sure the sound stops at the receiver (its a setting of your receiver). Only video signal should run to the tv. This way you get more than the 2 channel PCM.

I think the IR eye in the player has shifted a little, return the player.

Dukey, we were talking about Ratatouille freezing, not sound output issues. I was trying various configurations to see if it would fix the problem.

I have no idea why your having this problem. go back to the older firmware version, try it and see if you have the same problems. then go back to the new firmware or wait for the next one.

Athanasios

well I have my first problem but ti could be a bad disc. Has anyone tried Hit Man yet? My player wont even read it just spits it out.

Athanasios

I was able to watch the Hit Man BD (from Netflix) without any problems.

Must be a bad disc, i'll try to return it today and post back later.

Athanasios

Ok it was my bad , I didnt realize there were two disc's int he package.The Blu-ray disc was on the left side under that extra paper inserts and the SD DVD was on the right...so it would not play the SD DVD of hitman.

athanasios

In the BH200 thread, a conversation with LG was posted, and below, is an answer given by LG that references the BH100.

"4) Yes, of course there is a hack nearly everything made has a backdoor. I am surprised the BH100 hack is not posted. Lots of goodies to unlock...."

My question is: Does anyone know the hack for the BH100, and has unlocked the "goodies"?

I have both the 100 and 200. The hack for the 100 that LG mentioned sounds interesting.

see full conversation here: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...1#post13381739
post #784

Agreed it does sound interesting. Here is the direct link to the conversation:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...&postcount=784

Has anyone tried a mulit-region disk in the LG BH100? I'm in Australia and mine still has the FBI warning.

I haven't tried any Blu-ray disks from the US though (other than those that are marked region free).

My BH100 plays the multi-region BLU-RAY disks as it should.I think when the BH100 was
first released in Australia the firmware alowed it to play all region BLU-Ray disks, but I am
not shore wether this was corrected with the later versions of firmware....

I haven't been having any trouble with my BH100 but LG did put an updated firmware version out on their website. I noticed it today.