The quality of the picture from this is the best I've ever seen.
It plays ANY region of DVD from around the world.
It plays ANY region of Blu-Ray from around the world
It plays CD-r, DVD-R, USB memory sticks, almost anything!
The initial screen asks what you want to play (ie. Movie - DVD, photos, DVD-R etc)
Unlike my other DVD player (Toshiba RDXV60, that is very slow at loading the DVD and selecting anything from the DVD menu), this LG is made to be as quick as possible at loading the disc and playing whatever you choose from the disc menu as quick as possible. That feature alone is superb, as slower DVD players can be annoying when they take a while everytime to click on an option on the menu. This LG does not have that problem at all! It is remarkably quick.
PLEASE NOTE: This does NOT record. It is a player only. If you want to record anything from TV or DVD etc,. this unit will not do it for you (this is why I have the Toshiba as well - as that's the best-quality DVD/VHS/HDD recorder, in my opinion) but this LG unit is the best player!
So worth buying as long as you are sorted for recording things with another unit or if you never record anything.