Although the LG also plays HD DVD, I got it primarily for Blu Ray and DVD.- Very fast to load Blu Ray (much faster than my previous Sony and Samsung Blu Ray players).- Excellent DVD upconversion (leaves the Sony BDP 300 and Samsung 1200 (the ones I owned) in the dust)- Decodes all the HD audio formats (I make the player convert it to DTS and output to my receiver via optical - sounds great)- Nice form factor and excellent build quality

Great video quality, great upconversion and decodes the newest audio codecs as well (HDMI only)

You can still get awesome deals ($3 and up) if you shop around and still get that great picture quality

Apparently because of the HDMI cable connection that I am using (connecting both video and audio to the player in a single cable, supposedly to achieve the best definition and quality for each), the wide-zoom mode on my TV became disabled.

a much better menu system and IMHO better quality

has been to leave my new player connected the way it is (for apparently best definition and quality in viewing the actually higher definition main features, while replacing on the shelf my old, standard format DVD player, reconnecting it with its three component video and two audio channel cables, for use most frequently with "Full Screen" DVDs.

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