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Update 9/12/2009
I'm adding a star to this player. I've had it a while now and received at least 2 software updates. Each made it better. For example Watchmen is now syncing fine. The last update added VuDU - ([...]) which is a hi-def streaming service. The player works fantastic with it. I've watched several movies in 1080p though the player. I think that this player is extremely versatile with these features. I've also had the chance to rent more blu-ray disks and play more dvd disks on it since my first review. I really think that the sound and video are excellent. I can't imagine not having it now.

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I bought this recently. Until then I had an older Sony DVD player that was going through a Sony STRDG920 7.1-Channel Audio/Video Receiver and the Sony was doing the up-converting. That worked well, in fact we were amazed at how good the DVD's looked when up-converted to 1080p and played on the V VIZIO VO37LF - 37" LCD TV - widescreen - 1080p (FullHD) - HDTV.

When I decided it was time to get a Blu-ray, I wanted something that could get movies from netflix since we rent from there. I purchased the LG BD 390 Network Blu-ray Disc Player from Amazon during one of its mark downs or sales or whatever.

I like this player. The up-conversion on DVD's looks as good or better than through the Sony, and I get to take advantage of netflix online streaming. I recommend wired connections though. The wireless worked but sometimes the speed would change due to some interference or other (this happens on the pc's once in a while too but its not as noticeable). I can't comment on Cinemanow because I don't use it. Netflix streaming is pretty cool though. I personally find YouTube a little useless and I wish the player had a better search interface for it, but it does work fine.

Blu-Ray disks look great and its nice to be able to use the DTS HD audio. The only thing I've found odd is with the Watchmen disk. There were some times when the audio was not sync'ed. Hitting pause then play worked around it. LG just came out with a newer software update which may fix that. I haven't had that problem with other Blu-ray disks. I'd like to see them add some more netcast features, maybe hulu and Amazon.

CD's sound great and if you leave the TV on, there is a pretty nice user interface for selecting tracks etc.

The LG bd-390 comes with a scaled down version of Nero media server. I've used that to look at pictures from our pc and some movies we recorded with an older sony cybershot. These worked well too although I'm really not much into slideshows.

All in all I would buy this again.Get more detail about LG BD 390 Network Blu-ray Disc Player.