A month after its continental announcement,Korean consumer electronics maker LG has announced the HR400, a Blu-ray player for the European market that will include a Freeview+ and analog TV tuner and a 160GB hard drive to record programs on. Also supported will be YouTube access and DivX playback. However, no optical disc recording will be possible. Price is still pending confirmation, but it will be around 350 UK pounds.
Its main features are:
- 1080p output including 1080/24p
- 1080p DVD upscaling
- Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD
- DTS re-encoder
- Instant Tray Open: 5 seconds
- Quick BD Booting: about 19 seconds, depending on disc
- DVB-T and analog hybrid tuner
- 8- day Electronic Program Guide
- Video playback via USB 2.0
- Piano black finish