Finally decided to ordered a Blu-Ray player.

Posted by oscar (A) on March 20, 2007 at 17:33:05

Every current player out there has issues but I decided not to wait and be an early-adopter guinea pig.

The reasons I went with the LG BH100 include:

HD-DVD playback (with internet issues I don't care about) and Blu-Ray.

Video may not ideal for 1080p, but quite adequate with 1080i feeding a 720p display I plan to keep using for several years.

Analog 5.1 audio outputs - This player (supposedly?) outputs some version of DTS HD and DD+ on the analog outputs. I got a brief audition of this sound from an otherwise high end HT setup; and it sounded really good. I have a 4x6 analog preamp/switcher I use for MC SACD and 5.1 DD/DTS (satellite/DVD player sources) from an archaic preamp/processor. I just need to add another set of analog cables for 5.1 from the LG. Even the DD/DTS from this player may be better than my own pre/pro's because of the newer DACs.

I don't plan on adopting HDMI until my pre/pro craps out; hopefully that won't happen for several years yet while the pre/pro manufacturers work out the "jitters" on HDMI high resolution digital audio implementations.

Hopefully, I'll have it this weekend; though more likely it'll be backordered for several weeks.

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