Designed and built with 1080p HD pundits and home theater enthusiasts in mind, the LG Electronics BD300 Network Blu-ray Disc Player combines high-end functionality and reliability, with Full HD 1080p (24/30/60Hz)resolution, BD-Live and Bonus View, Netflix Instant Streaming Ready, and BD-Video and multi-format DVD-Video playback. With HDMI (Ver.1.3a) Deep Color output, x.v.Color technology, 720p/1080i/1080p HD video upconversion, and MPEG2, HP@ML, MPEG4 AVC (H.264), [email protected], SMPTE VC1, AP@L3, AVCHD decoding capabilities, this player offers one of the cleanest HD signals on the market.
It brings your movie theater experience - just as the director intended - to a whole new level, without breaking the bank. Enjoy the awesome power of Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, and DTS-HD Advanced Digital audio processing, for a wider, more enveloping surround sound environment with enhanced sound transitions or simply, recreate the ambiance of a concert hall with exquisite detail. Built with a well constructed chassis that ensures exceptional mechanical stability, it's capable of interference-free playback of video and audio sources.
Moreover, it presents superb versatility that will be hard to match. With connectivity to multiple A/V components, Ethernet port, USB Media Host, SIMPLINK control, and playback to a slew of video and audio formats, your entertainment choices are endless with the LG Electronics BD300.
BD-Live 2.0 Ready
This exquisite player enables full interactive access to down-loadable video content, ring tones, and games. In addition, it offers the ability to easily access (during live playback) additional Blu-ray content such as special subtitles, director's commentary, and movie trailers.
Blu-ray Disc Features
Blu-ray discs offers picture quality beyond anything available, with full capability 1080p HD resolution in Blu-ray and up to 40Mbit/secs, encoding 5-10X the capacity of regular DVDs. It also features theater-quality uncompressed audio (supporting 8 channels of Liner PCM), up to 32 streams of audio, interactive capability, seamless menus, integrated games, hi-def bonus and educational features.
High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) Ver. 1.3a w/Deep Color Technology
It features an HDMI Version 1.3a output with Deep Color technology, capable of upconverting standard video signals to 720p, 1080i, and 1080p. Its upconversion process is capable of reproducing high-quality video imagery with sharp backgrounds, while eliminating motion artifacts from moving objects within the video frame. HDMI technology enables this player to carry the HD audio and video information through a single cable and achieving the highest quality picture and clearest sound available.
BonusView with Picture-in-Picture (PIP)
This interactive player offers the ability to easily access (during live playback) additional Blu-ray content. Some BD-Video incorporates the PIP function in pre-selected scenes; BonusView enables you to display the secondary video source over the primary video.
Netflix Instant Streaming Ready
Enjoy the convenience of instant access to movies and TV episodes (up to 12,000) from Netflix (optional subscription required). You'll be amazed at how easy it is to instantly access your favorite movies and shows from the Queue. Also, if newer software is required, a software update screen will automatically appear when you select "Streaming" from the menu.
BD-Java Support
This unit offers BD-Java support with Java applications, which enables access to interactive functions such as games or interactive menus.
SIMPLINK Multi-Device Control
It features SIMPLINK Multi-Device Control, allowing all compatible SIMPLINK components (i.e., your television and receiver) in the system to communicate with each other. You'll be able to control multiple HDMI components with a single remote control.
Multi-Format Versatility
It plays: Blu-ray Discs BD-ROM (Profile 2), DVD, DVD-R/W, DVD+R/W, CD, CD-R/W, MP3, WMA, and JPEG. Also, the player is backward-compatible, enabling playback of all your favorite DVDs in HD resolution.
Top-Notch Video Processing
This player utilizes a 216MHz/12-bit video D/A converter that provides high quality 4x over-sampling for 1080i/720p output. Noise-shaping video processing, shifts the noise component to an unused area to further enhance the signal-to-noise ratio. By incorporating these technologies, it realizes super-fine, high-definition images with over 4400 billion colors.
Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby True HD Decoding
If you have a 7.1-channel home theater receiver - you're in luck - this player is capable of decoding Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby True HD, and DTS-HD (upgradeable) audio, and features a 7.1-channel discrete audio output. Dolby Digital Plus uses less compression than regular Dolby Digital to reproduce fuller and more dynamic sound effects with up to eight discrete channels of surround sound.
Superb 24-bit Audio Processing
Its built-in 192KHz/24-bit digital-to-analog converter is the offers exceptional multi-channel audio conversion. By executing an accurate sound-field reproduction and reducing analog noise in the signal path, this unit is capable of reproducing an enveloping audio signal that is unsurpassed.
Supports Uncompressed Multi-Channel Linear PCM
When attached to a compatible A/V receiver via HDMI or Digital Audio connection, up to 8 channels of Linear PCM surround sound can be realized.
User-Friendly Graphic Interface
It includes various menus and subtitle functions offering the ability to search for detailed content of the video. The full-color, HD animated menu enables full control, and the ability to incorporate your own personal creative touch. When you highlight a menu option on a disc, sound effects can be heard such as button clicks or a voice-over explaining the highlighted menu choice.
Expanding Technology
BD incorporates stringent licensing control, powerful encryption and other content protection. The Blu-ray disc technology offers the ability to copy its data-content to your compatible components. Also, it offers the flexibility to make managed copies across a home network to enjoy music and movies on your PC.
Ethernet//USB Ports
Built-in Ethernet (RJ-45) and USB Host connections enable this player to be updated with future Firmware upgrades, applications and services. Note, for software upgrades, USB port supports only a USB flash drive.
Progressive Scan Technology
With progressive scan technology, this unit is capable of scanning an entire video frame at once; scan-lines commonly associated with interlaced video are drastically reduced. The result is a spectacularly clear image with no motion artifacts (stair-stepping), and details so sharp they seem as if they're etched onto the screen.
HD Component Video Output (1080i)
It achieves greater color accuracy and high resolution playback capability when connected via the HD component output to your HD projector, plasma and/or LCD/CRT televisions.
Home Theater Friendly
Use the optical digital audio output to connect the player to your home theater receiver and enjoy your favorite DVDs in surround sound.
Parental Control
For parents who want full control of media content played back through player, the player's menu features a parental control and rating system adjustment.
Gloss Black Finish
With its elegant gloss black finish, this player matches even the most sophisticated office or home decor.
Full Feature Remote Control
It includes a full-feature remote control able to execute every command from any angle up to ±30°.