Dual-Format High-Definition Disc Unit Offers Consumers the Ultimate
Next-Generation Player
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- With its groundbreaking technology
and convergence, LG Electronics' Super Multi Blue dual-format
high-definition disc player was awarded the prestigious CNET Best of CES
2007 Award at the International 2007 CES(R).
Developed to address the consumer hesitancy caused by the current
competition between Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD, the Super Multi Blue Player
can play both formats, ending consumers' confusion of deciding between two
formats. With Full HD 1080p HDTV gaining ground, CNET honored the Super
Multi Blue Player, winning the Home Video category, and ultimately the Best
in Show. CNET is the first online service devoted entirely to technology
news, with 24- hour a day coverage.
"We are proud of the Super Multi Blue Player and LG's continuing
recognition as a leading innovator in the global consumer electronics
industry," said Michael Ahn, president and CEO of LG Electronics North
American Headquarters. "In addition for being honored by CNET, we are
excited that the Super Multi Blue Player was awarded the 2007 CES Popular
Mechanics' Editor's Choice Award, further reaffirming LG's goal to provide
consumers with the best product possible."
"With the marriage of Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD, LG has alleviated
customers' confusion about the two formats, taking a great step towards
resolving consumer uncertainty due to the two high-definition formats."
Launching in the United States in February 2007, this advanced
dual-format high-definition disc player, LG model BH100, will be the first
player on the market with the capability to play both next-generation disc
formats, addressing the challenge of the current format war. The new player
is ideally suited to LG's expanded lineup of 14 new Full HD 1080p plasma
and LCD HDTVs, delivering best video possible in the highest display
resolution format.
In addition to offering Full HD 1080p picture quality from
high-definition discs, the player incorporates interactive functions based
on BD-Java, which allows advanced menus and functions to be displayed over
the video of Blu-ray discs. And, while the same level of advanced menu
interactivity is not available while playing HD DVD discs, the powerful
combination of Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD audio-video playback technologies is
like no other on the market.
The unit supports various A/V formats, including MPEG-2, VC-1, H.264
video, MPEG1/2 audio, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital+, DTS and DTS-HD audio,
and includes multiple inputs/outputs such as HDMI out, component/composite
video outputs, and optical/coaxial/discrete 5.1 channel audio outputs,
among others.
LG's Super Multi Blue Player (BH100), available to U.S. consumers
during the first quarter of 2007, is expected to sell for about U.S.
$1,199.
ABOUT LG ELECTRONICS USA, INC.
Based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., LG Electronics USA, Inc., (LGEUS) is
the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics, Inc., a $43.4-billion
global force in consumer electronics, home appliances and mobile
communications. In the United States, LGEUS sells a wide range of digital
display and digital media products, digital appliances and mobile phones
under LG's "Life's Good" marketing theme. For more information, please
visit http://www.LGusa.com .
ABOUT LG ELECTRONICS, INC.
LG Electronics, Inc. (KSE: 06657.KS) is a global leader and technology
innovator in consumer electronics, home appliances and mobile
communications, employing more than 72,000 people working in over 120
operations including 80 subsidiaries around the world. Comprising four
business units -- Mobile Communications, Digital Appliance, Digital Display
and Digital Media with 2005 global consolidated sales of US $43.4 billion
-- LG Electronics is the world's largest producer of CDMA handsets,
residential air conditioners, plasma panels, optical storage products, DVD
players and home theater systems. For more information please visit
http://www.lge.com .
SOURCE LG Electronics, Inc.
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