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Technical Details
- Playback Blu-ray discs in full High Definition
- Stream YouTube videos from the internet
- Play existing DVD's and upscale them to 1080P for improved picture quality
- 160Gb HDD - up to 463 hours recording time, no tapes or discs required
- 8 day programme guide with series link
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
LG Blu-ray brings the movies home like you've never seen before as well making you ready for digital TV - all in one place. Only the LG HR400 digital TV recorder with Blu-ray can you play the latest Blu-ray movies in full high definition and record 477 hours of Freeview digital TV. And if that's not enough the LG HR400 lets you playback your existing DVD collection and upscale them for improved picture quality as well as stream over 2.5 billion videos from YouTube.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
At the time of buying this item I'd also considered some of the more expensive contenders too but decided on the LG due to it's price tag. Having now had the unit for around four months I feel I'm in a position to offer a fair, if somewhat detrimental review of it. Overall, it does what it says it does; plays Blu Ray discs; upscales standard DVD's and records to its in built HDD TV transmissions. All things considered I'm puzzled as to why LG couldn't have shipped it with an in built DVD recorder to allow the transfer of recorded TV programmes to standard DVD discs. My main reservations with this particular product are as follows;
On more than one occasion the clock has drifted by around 10 minutes within a day. Setting it to auto seemed to trigger this so have since set it manually.
Likewise with the clock, the series link feature is scarily unreliable. On three occasions so far it has reset itself. I could understand this if there'd been a power outage but I know there hasn't been.
On some occasions as I've been watching a DVD on it and the time of day has reached a point where a series link programme has been scheduled to begin, a 5 minute warning message has flashed up on screen after which the unit has then recorded said programme, this is fine and dandy, however, at other times in the same situation, no warning message has flashed up on screen and consequently no programme has been recorded, grrrrrrr, (but on checking, the listing is still live in the series link).
The remote control/on screen graphics aren't particularly intuitive. When a DVD has ended and you've pressed stop, more often than not you're presented with a screen with a preset wallpaper - not particularly obvious at that point how to return to the in built tuner and this has resulted on more than one occasion with me pressing the remote control buttons until something happens.
On the plus side, the reproduction of Blu Ray discs is stunning and the selectable picture type is a great help when connecting to a projector that wasn't designed for 1080. Likewise, having access to YouTube is a boon too.
Overall I'd suggest that if you're looking for a Blu Ray player that has a HDD unit in it too then do some serious comparisons between this and what ever else is available on the market. It won't be too long though before Blu Ray recorders become mainstream and therefore more affordable in the same way that their little brothers, the standard HDD DVD recorders have, in which case, hang on to your wallet for now.
On more than one occasion the clock has drifted by around 10 minutes within a day. Setting it to auto seemed to trigger this so have since set it manually.
Likewise with the clock, the series link feature is scarily unreliable. On three occasions so far it has reset itself. I could understand this if there'd been a power outage but I know there hasn't been.
On some occasions as I've been watching a DVD on it and the time of day has reached a point where a series link programme has been scheduled to begin, a 5 minute warning message has flashed up on screen after which the unit has then recorded said programme, this is fine and dandy, however, at other times in the same situation, no warning message has flashed up on screen and consequently no programme has been recorded, grrrrrrr, (but on checking, the listing is still live in the series link).
The remote control/on screen graphics aren't particularly intuitive. When a DVD has ended and you've pressed stop, more often than not you're presented with a screen with a preset wallpaper - not particularly obvious at that point how to return to the in built tuner and this has resulted on more than one occasion with me pressing the remote control buttons until something happens.
On the plus side, the reproduction of Blu Ray discs is stunning and the selectable picture type is a great help when connecting to a projector that wasn't designed for 1080. Likewise, having access to YouTube is a boon too.
Overall I'd suggest that if you're looking for a Blu Ray player that has a HDD unit in it too then do some serious comparisons between this and what ever else is available on the market. It won't be too long though before Blu Ray recorders become mainstream and therefore more affordable in the same way that their little brothers, the standard HDD DVD recorders have, in which case, hang on to your wallet for now.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
This HDD player + freeview is very easy to use once installed. Programming it to record programmes onto the HDD from freeview can be done just by pressing one button. The picture quality is excellant. We particularly like the easy to view recorded programmes menu that shows the programmes in picture file boxes. Once viewed the watched programmes are deleted easily in seconds.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
I bought this box of tricks to replace a number of standalone boxes. Overall I am pleased but have a couple of reservations. After setting up the preferences to NOT show subtitles, they come on automatically when recording and then you have to go into setup again to cancel this. You can stop subtitles without going into set-up, but every time you change channel they come back.
I'm sure this is a bug, but not sure how to overcome it.
You cannot change channel whilst recording a programme which is quite annoying.
Other than that, the set-up was quite straightforward. You-Tube installation is very easy to my wireless router.
I'm sure this is a bug, but not sure how to overcome it.
You cannot change channel whilst recording a programme which is quite annoying.
Other than that, the set-up was quite straightforward. You-Tube installation is very easy to my wireless router.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Awful machine
Awful machine and a waste of money. I went with LG as I have an LG television which I am happy with. This machine does not let you watch something else when you record. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mr. Patrick Mcgahon
Decent all-in-one
If you're looking to save some space under your tv then the HR400 does a good job cramming a lot of technology into one box. Read more
Published on 14 Dec 2009 by RJ89
Does what I want
I was reluctant to buy this item, given the mixed reviews. Well, I liked it very much. First, when you record on the HDD you can deselect video mode and watch something different... Read more
Published on 15 Sep 2009 by blue_skies_2000
A complete load of rubbish
You cannot record one freeview channel and watch another. That is the whole point of recording- so that you don't miss things that play at the same time. Read more
Published on 13 Sep 2009 by A reader
Misinformed
I purchased the LG over the Sony because it puported to have a twin tuner. This turned out to be incorrect so I returned it as I have a Bravia TV, which talks to the Sony... Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2009 by D. White
In theory this should be a good buy...
In theory this product is pretty much what I was looking for: A recording freeview combined with a Blu-ray player, with a USB port to play movies and photos. Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2009 by Tero
Essential feature missing
The LG HD370 is an excellent Blu-Ray player. The 400 is also a DVD hard disk recorder but the facility to dub from hard disk to dvd and vice-versa, standard on all dvd recorders... Read more
Published on 29 Aug 2009 by E. Goring
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