HD DVD or Blu-Ray. It’s a choice that has
been imposed on the consumer by the various manufacturers and studios that
promote the different standards. However there is a third choice, a DVD
player that will play both formats. The LG SuperBlu is one of these dual
format players, the only other that I know of is the Samsung BD-UP5000
but that is not available yet.

The LG SuperBlu BH200 has full support
for both HD DVD and Blu-Ray including the BDJava and HD-i interactive additions
that can now be found on an increasing number of titles ( the older BH100
did not support the interactive features ). After connecting up the player
and testing it I have to admit that I am very happy with the purchase,
one device instead of two and I also managed to reduce the cabling behind
my TV by going with HDMI for video and an optical cable for audio.

Looking at the LG
Service website I did notice that
there was a newer firmware for the player. After downloading the file I
noticed that the upgrade instructions were not very clear at all.

The name of the single file in the zipfile
that I’d downloaded was LG_BH_LV221BH.ROM_1119F_PRODUCTION. Do I write
this file to the DVD or do I rename it.  There was no way to tell
from the service website. Thank goodness for rewritable DVD’s

So the proceedure is fairly simple :

• Download the new firmware file from
  the LG Service website

• Unzip the file
• RENAME it so it just ends in .ROM
• Burn it to the root of a blank DVD (
  rewritable is best )

• Insert the disk in the BH200 player.
• The player will detect the upgrade and
  show you the old Firmware version and the new firmware version.

• Click OK to upgrade the device.

  I hope this helps anybody else who purchases
  the LG SuperBlu BH200.