LG LHB979

The LG LHB979 is the premier model of LG's latest LHB home theater system line which was announced at the 2009 CES event in Las Vegas. The series includes three new home entertainment receivers; the LG LHB954, LG LHB977, LG LHB979. The LG LHB979 includes a bundled wireless rear speaker, a slick champagne glass design and extra HDMI ports when compared to the lower end models LG LHB977, and LG LHB954; but still offers the same general features. Those general features include a built-in Blu-Ray player that is fully BD-Live compatible, full Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding, access to Netflix, CinemaNow, and Youtube streaming, 5.1 channel sound, two completely wireless tallboy standing speakers, completely wireless rear speakers, an iPod device dock, full 1080p upscaling of standard DVDs, two extra HDMI ports (5 total), and an integrated USB media port. The entire LG LHB series is set to release sometime in May, 2009 but there is no word yet on pricing.