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Player worked great for 2 years. Then the disc tray broke and it would cost $1085 to repair. The player cost me $700 brand new. Make sure you buy some kind of extended warranty.
Following the instruction book's advice on what to do, I was not able to get the thing to function. Other reviewers have expressed their frustration with this product, the LG HD200 all format DVD player. Contacting the manufacturer's US office did not solve the problem. After one year, theplayer just stopped playing. Stuck in "please wait" and then shuts off. I was advised to send it back to the ONLY place in the country.in ALABAMA. Product support for LG is non-existent.
Well folks, I just got back from picking up my LG BH200 from the repair shop. What ever you do, do not buy this product or this will happen to you too. It broke down after 1 year and now I am told by a repair shop that was recommended to me by LG that the parts it needs are no longer available from LG, that they can't fix it and that I should just throw it away. So now, after paying over $500 on this piece of junk, I am stuck with a worthless object that is worth more in the trash than at my house. Although I never trusted LG products, I thought I would give it a try. But, you can bet that I will NEVER EVER buy anything LG again.
Now I got one box to play my digital media in the best presentation presently possible. Even the delay on initial playback that I was warned of was not unusual or extended.
Tried an audio disc first, then a regular dvd (which looked wonderful, great up-converting here), again with no problems. Then came "Batman Begins" on HD DVD, played well, menus and all, with the Hi-Def I had grown accustomed to.
Before even popping in a disc, updated the firmware through the unit's Ethernet with no problems. Popped in Blu Ray "Ratatouille," with no issues.
Finally the Blu Ray "Kingdon Of Heaven." Beautiful. No issues on playback.
Thing even has a USB jack for images & music. It feels great that I won't have to buy another copy of "Battle Of The Bulge."
Sure it's not perfect, but few if any are. I am here on Amazon searching for a second BH200 for another room in my house. I have found lots of firmware on various forums for my machine, this is truly an enthusiasts player. It's too bad they are long ago discontinued and now remaining new ones are going for $1,600 and used in the $700 range. I guess that says how good of a machine this is (although $1600 is far too high). Highly recommended if you can find one. If not, the OPPO BDP-83 is the current best Blu-Ray player available.
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