Helios Labs has announced their latest DVD player, the H2000. While priced at only $99, the H2000 offers features like HDMI output and the ability to upscale DVD's and videos in MPEG-4, XviD, DivX and MPEG-2 format.

Helios Labs announces today the H2000, an HD upscaling DVD player that allows you to experience the most from your HDTV set all at an affordable price. Helios Labs, known for their innovative X-series line of networking DVD players, is poised to release an affordable option for their customers.

The H2000 is a region-free DVD player capable of upscaling a variety of formats including: MPEG-4, XviD, DivX and MPEG-2 to 1080i resolution via Component, HDMI and VGA; not to mention upscaling your entire DVD collection. Furthermore, it can output 480i/576i unprocessed digital signal via HDMI. But what does this mean for you? Helios Labs’ CTO, Roy Ping, weighs in on this feature.

“H2000 offers the most HD upscaling options. You can let it upscale all your content to 720p/1080i, or you can allow it to output an unprocessed 480i/576i video signal and allow your TV/external video scaler to do the work. This will help customers maximize its performance and consequently, ensure you have a much clearer, distortion-free image.”
The H2000 will launch in the US on August 10th. More information is available on Helios Labs' website.