LG Electronics unveiled three new Super Multi Blue optical disc device models, the BH100 Blu-ray Disc (BD)/HD DVD dual-format player, the GGW-H20L BD burner plus HD DVD-ROM drive, and the GGC-H20L BD-ROM/HD DVD-ROM drive, for launch in the Taiwan market in mid-September 2007, according to LG Electronics Taiwan Taipei (LGETT) at a press conference on August 21.
BH100 is the first player to support of both BD and HD DVD formats, LGETT claimed. BH100 can support full high-definition (HD) 1,080p playback for BD or HD DVD and 1,080i for playback in DVD formats including DVD-Video, DVD+R/-R and DVD+RW/-RW, LGETT indicated. The player will sell at a recommended retail price of NT$39,900 (US$1,213).
GGC-H20L, has the same specifications as GGW-H20L but lacks of BD burning functionality. The drives will carry a recommended retail price of NT$12,900 for the former and that of NT$19,900 for the latter.
| GGW-H20L: Read and write speeds | |||
| Format | Write | Read | |
| BD | -R (recordable, write once) | 6x for SL (single-sided single-layer), 4x for DL (single-sided double-layer) | 6x |
| -RE (rewritable) | 2x for SL, DL | ||
| HD DVD | Not support | 3x | |
| DVD | +R/-R | 16x for SL, 4x for DL | 16x |
| +RW | 8x | ||
| -RW | 6x | ||
| CD | -R | 40x | 40x |
| -RW | 24x | ||
Source: LGETT, compiled by Digitimes, August 2007
LG BD/HD DVD player, BH100
Photo: LG Electronics Taiwan Taipei