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combo tv box This September a new Blu-ray player will hit the market from LGthat makes cunning use of the Ethernet port. The BD300 will becapable of streaming Netflix movies. Blu-ray Profile 2.0 certainlyhas its advantages.

    If you’re one of those choosey chaps for whom playing backBlu-ray discs and up-converting standard definition DVDs to 1080psimply isn’t enough... LG has your number. It’s the modelnumber BD300 to be precise. LG is the Korean electronics firmthat’s been planning set-top-box streamers for use with Netflix,the sort that might compete with Apple TV. But few would haveexpected to see the Netflix streamer combined with a Blu-rayplayer.

    Netflix subscribers will be able to take advantage of its 12,000title library of streaming video entertainment without the need foran extra box. At an anticipated price point below $500, LG’s newBlu-ray player will be an affordable way to get the format’scomplete profile into your home theater. The BD300 will include BDLive, BonusView features and LG’s own SimpLink technology thatcombines on-screen menus of other LG products.

    Netflix is looking like a company on the move. It’s alreadypromoting its streaming movie titles through both Xbox Live and Roku. We’ve been looking for an LG set-top-box announcement, butcombining it with a Blu-ray player makes sense. The LG press release is of course a bit light on details for the Blu-ray player. Forinstance it doesn’t mention audio-video codecs with which theplayer will be compatible. We’ll look for more details asSeptember arrives.