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This box has a number of really good features. The best I think is how easy it is to connect to a home network and connect to Netflix. This exceeded my expectations by far. The fact that the player auto-checks for firmware updates and is easy to do is also pretty slick. It has a neat function where it remembers where you are on a disk even if you take the disk out and play something else.

To get the best out of this box
a) Use HDMI to connect to your TV (you need this to get full 1080p anyway)
b) Use ethernet rather than wifi for Netflix etc. (picture quality when streaming is proportional to your network connection speed - Wifi is much slower than ethernet, but you'll only really notice it on high bandwidth applications like video).

I personally find the remote a little clunky and odd (for example the stop play pause buttons are small, identical and aligned horizontally together). Most ergonomic remote control designs these days align these key buttons vertically, or at least use different sizes and colors.

Note for critics on Netflix that you can only manage your queue online and not through the player - this is a Netflix feature as it is the same if you use any other players such as a TiVo Series 3. (I have both as I bought the LG before I upgraded my TiVo). However LG does have a nice feature in that you can scroll through your queue front to back or vice versa, which you can't on other boxes (this is really useful when you have a long queue)

Only bad point is build quality which is why the warranty is a telling 90 days only. At 4 months in the player stopped playing blu-rays and wouldn't even recognize when a DVD was inserted.

LG customer support is pretty reasonable (no voice-mail hell) and I paid to have it shipped back and repaired (for $70). A key part had been replaced but their QA had clearly never tested it by inserting a disk because the disk spindle now sounded like an aircraft taking off, making watching anything unbearable. I sent it back (at no cost) and have a fully working box back now. So overall: Good product, fair to good customer service, poor quality and very poor warranty duration.Get more detail about LG BD 390 Network Blu-ray Disc Player.