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The Blu-Ray video quality of this machine is fabulous when connected to your flat screen TV using HDMI cables. It also has composite analog RCA jacks to connect to older TV's without HDMI inputs. The BD 390 will even improve the quality of DVD movies when using HDMI cables. Being an older model player,the BD 390 has a limit of internet sites it can access. The big disadvantage is You Tube no longer supports this player. You may be able to display some menus from You Tube, but a notice of network congestion is displayed on the TV screen when you try to click on any video. You Tube ran a short video a while back explaining they have switched to a different video format and only newer Blu-Ray players are able to access You Tube videos.
Verified purchase: No
I had one previously, and threw it away when it locked up and wouldn't play anything. Finding out years later, that one software 542B allows it to perform perfectly playing all disks. Every update from LG after that rendered it useless. If you like to fill your screen. ..... this player has 13 small incremental zoom settings to do it. No current player has that ability. ... So once I loaded the correct firmware, it played perfectly and was in immaculate condition.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
The Samsung BD390 is a very cool machine and I would recommend it. It replaced my Windows Media Extender, a good part of my movie channels from Time Warner and my old non blu-DVD player. Instead of using Time Warner's extended packaging at another 60 bucks, I am using Netflix streaming video's. Now I can keep my childrens movies much more commercial free and I don't have to buy the DVD's. I love that I can use this machine to surf Youtube video's. Now I can watch my Alex Jones on TV instead of the computer. The Software updates are a breeze if you have a wired or wireless internet connection setup. Simply go to the settings with your remote and run the update. You can alternately, download the software update, place it on a flash drive and connect it to the front of the unit. I tried this and it works very well too. Now for the problems which are not really bad. I have not been able to get the unit to detect my Wireless N signal. It only detects the Wireless G signal. The support staff didn't really have much to say about this. I'm going to try to move my Wireless Access Point around to see if that helps. Although, it is worth noting that I have been streaming HD content from Netflix over wireless G and it's working pretty well. No application setup to stream Pandora (thumbs down) No custom URL entry to go to another site with streaming content if you choose (thumbs down) No HDMI cable included (thumbs down) No Nero software CD included to allow you to connect to your other computers and stream media from them. I am working with support to see if I can get a CD for free so the jury is still out on this. However, if I can stream media from my computer, that will totally replace my Windows Media Extender. The funny thing is that I can browse the media on my home computer without Nero but I just cannot stream it from there yet. The Power button is above the DVD tray and the eject button is on the other end of the player so I keep shutting off the device when I want to open the DVD tray. The system boots fast so it's not that bad and I guess I'll eventually get used to this. Bottom Line. I'd buy this unit again but they could have been more flexible with what they allow you to do with this unit. The setup was fast. I had mine up and running in about 20 minutes with internet connectivity and wiring and it worked the first time.Read full review
I bought this network blu-ray player 1 month ago for my HD 65" TV and mainly for watching streaming movies from Netflix on this big screen TV from my bed. I'm quite pleased with its wireless network capability which can easily detect my router once the player is turned on. Activating the player with Netflix is no brainer with the instruction from the player showing on my TV. After installing Nero MediaHome s/w, came with the player, on my desktop and starting its 'server' service, I can browse my photos and video on the desktop via the player and have them shown on the TV. So far, I have no problem to view avi and mpg files. Unfortunately, the player does not support iso files as I know of. I hope it does happen in the near future via the player's software upgrade. I do not like the player's remote control that much because its buttons are hard to see and quite a simple design. Above all, I like the LG BD-390's wireless feature the best.Read full review
I am very impressed with the ease of use. The on screen menu is excellent. Updates to the OS are easy to do. The YouTube experience is nice on the big home theater screen, but not as fast to navigate, load and view as compared to a modern computer. The USB interface is easy to use for playing photos and videos from your computer or camera (tennis shoe network), but some video formats may not play (ymmv). There are a number of features that I have not tried since they are subscription based, but the bottom line is that the BD390 is made for interfacing with your home network and the internet so I think this is a big plus-plus. One drawback that I have is that I have another LG brand DVD/VCR combo player in the same area so when I use the remote to turn on or turn off the BD390, the other LG device will also respond... on a side note, the LG BD390 has options onscreen to play the DVD from a particular time (Hours/Minutes/Seconds), but the remote supplied does not have any numbers! Funny huh? Well the other LG remote for my older DVD/VCR does have numbers on it so I can do a switch if need be. A universal remote may be a solution if it can differentiate between the two. I also like the HDMI interface to the TV. If you are shopping for an audio amp, be sure to get one with HDMI so it can work with both devices at the same level of quality signal. For me it may be time to upgrade my amp, but the BD390 offers digital audio so most people will be happy. Check your specs!Read full review
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