I'm not often moved to write reviews, but 2 days after receiving my BD-390 I am absolutely in love. I was worried about how easy it would be to set up. My fears were completely unjustified, it was simple to set up, easy to enable the wireless and get it on my home network and a joy to use. We upgraded to Blu-Ray becuase after getting our first HDTV late last year, I was concerned that we were not getting the full potential out of our TV.
Our early Blu-Ray purchases are spectacularly gorgeous. X-Men: The Last Stand [Blu-ray], Coraline (Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy w/ 3D) [Blu-ray], The Fall (+ BD Live) [Blu-ray] and Kung Fu Panda (+BD Live) [Blu-ray] are all visual feasts for the eyes. The sound also seems to be an improvement over DVD (although I admit that could just be my own excitement about the new player.
I do buy the theory that even upconverted DVDs look a little better when played on Blu-Ray players. I'm not sure if this is just the power of suggestion, I can't speak from a technical perspective. Havign said that, the picture does look a bit crisper to me when viewing DVDs.
The Streaming You Tube feature is fun. I can't imagine we'll ever use it much, but we have enjoyed playing with it thus far. I understand some other players stream Pandora, that would be appreicated in a future update. Currently I am streaming Pandora through my Pre connected to our home system, it would be nice not to have to do that. I also found it surprisingly easy to access shared media (pictures and audio) from our home computer on the same network.
The arrival of the player was well timed as my kids were home sick from school the next day. Streaming Netlfix to the rescue... the ability to stream movies straight to the TV kept my wife and kids from going stir crazy. I even added movies to the queue for them from the grocery store via my smartphone. My only complaint is that I wish the audio from netflix was in 5.1. I certainly don't expect the video to be up to the quality of having an actual disc, but I've got to believe that 5.1 audo could be done with ease.
My wife and I agreed that the streaming netflix feature was something we would have paid half the price of this player for as a standalone.
Finally, the ability to connect wirelessly is critical. Our player is upstairs in an A/V closet, our computer is in the basement. A hard-wired connection would have required drilling holes in walls etc....
4.8 stars-- just a small deduction for the 2.0 audio on streaming movies.Get more detail about LG BD 390 Network Blu-ray Disc Player.
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