LG to launch YouTube-friendly Blu-ray players

Posted by David Walker on Wed 31 Dec 2008

Low-rent clips mix it with high-definition movies

LG is about to make your current Blu-ray player look so 2008, with a range of new networked players offering full access to the YouTube catalogue.

Launching at the forthcoming CES, the as-yet unnamed models will focus on both Blu-ray playback and on-demand entertainment, with deals in place with US movie retailers CinemaNow and Netflix, should you get an urge to view something new when the stores are closed. And if the bank balance is looking bleak (perhaps because you've upgraded your Blu-ray player for the third time in a year), YouTube will be available for clips of comic pets, wannabes and bootlegged gig footage.

Ok, we're talking US services right now, but the technology is universal. We could still pull down YouTube clips in the UK and we have movie download firms in the UK who'll be queuing up to jump on these players. So don't be surprised to see these new players in the UK not long after the US launches, which are currently pencilled in for the first half of the new year.

Link: LG (via Engadget)

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