We just can’t seem to get enough of LG’s BD300 since it was introduced just yesterday. First we got pictures, now Crave gives us their hands-on impression of the new Blu-ray player.
Among their impressions, they note that the Netflix functionality is identical to that of a standalone Roku Netflix Player. You load up an “Instant” queue on your Netflix account, pair the LG player to your account, and then begin watching the movie or tv show as it streams using your broadband connection. Other features includes the ‘home’ button on the remote that give you instant access to the most common features such as Netflix, as seen in the picture above. The LG BD300 will also stream music and pictures from networked PCs or flash drives plugged into its front panel USB port.
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[Crave]
Tags: BD 300, Blu-ray Players, LG, LG BD300, Netflix
Yesterday we brought you the news of LG’s BD300 Blu-ray player that will be capable of streaming Netflix movies. Today Gizmodo has the first pictures of this new player. We also get a glimpse at the interface where you’ll be able to select your Netflix movie streams. The itself is slim and comparable in size to other Blu-ray players. The LG BD300 is one sweet looking player!
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Tags: BD300, Blu-ray Players, LG, LG BD300, Netflix
LG Electronics and Netflix have announced the first Blu-ray player that allows Netflix members to stream more than 12,000 standard definition movies and television shows. The price of the BD300 will be “well under $500″ when it’s released this September.
Netflix members will not be charged any additional fees, apart from their monthly paid subscription. Members will add movies to their individual instant queues through the Netflix website. When selected from the TV, movies will then begin playing in as little as 30 seconds. Using the BD300’s remote control, users can browse, make selections, read synopses, rate movies, and fast-forward / rewind video streams. The BD300 will support BD Live and LG’s SimpLink technology to integrate with LG TVs and AV products.
[AkihabaraNews]
Tags: BD300, Blu-ray Players, LG, LG BD300, Netflix
The BE06 6x Blu-ray burner is now available along with two internal models, the GBC-H20L and GBW-H20L that also burn at 6x. This comes a few weeks after the LG BE06 made its middle east debut as the world’s fastest Blu-ray burner. All three drives have SecurDisc capabilities and LightScribe technology, burning BD-Rs at 6x and BD-REs at 2x.
The BEO6 external USB 2.0 drive has an MSRP of $429.95, while the GBH-H20L and GBW-H20L are $199.95 and $279.95.
[LG Electronics]
Tags: BE06, Blu-ray Burners, Blu-ray Drives, Blu-ray Movies, GBH-H20L, GBW-H20L, LG, LG BE06, LG Electronics, LG GBH-H20L, LG GBW-H20L
In an expected move, both Samsung and LG Electronics have ceased their production lines on Blu-ray/HD-DVD combo players which play discs from both formats. Apparently this has been the case for Samsung since February as a spokesperson stated ‘we have no longer been producing combo players that support the playback of HD-DVD and Blu-ray high-definition discs’. LG Electronics won’t stop production of their ‘Super Blu’ combo player until the second half of this year and is seen as a ‘tough decision’ seeing as how they invested roughly $11 billion into the ‘Super-Blu’ business over the past three years.
[EngadgetHD]
Tags: Blu-ray News, Blu-ray Players, LG, Samsung
LG Electronics’ Middle East company has released the Super Multi Blue Blu-ray Disc Rewriter (BE06) making it the fastest rewriter that reads and writes Blu-ray at 6x. The BEO6 is an external rewriter that is targeted for laptop users or those with multiple PCs and can be connected via USB 2.0 and a DC power connector. The Super Multi Blue-ray Disc Rewriter (whew, that was long) has Optical Pickup Technology that supports Blu-ray disc write/playback, HD-DVD playback, and DVD/CD write playback. LG’s proprietary technology, Optical Pickup, is essentially the device reading and storing data by converting the code of light reflected by an optical disc to electric code. The cost is $549 and a release date for the U.S. is yet to be announced.
[AMEInfo]
Tags: BE06, Blu-ray Drives, Blu-ray News, LG, LG BE06
