LG BD 390 Network Blu-ray Disc Player This instant

I am going to skip over the review of the BD and DVD playback features (which are both excellent, by the way) and get to the point right away. So here it goes:

NetFlix Streaming
This is where this player shines. Yes, its not perfect; selections are still limited; audio is still two channel; movies can't be added to your queue on the fly; rewinding and ff is still a bit awkward...but boy you certainly get the feeling that you are witnessing the end of the DVD era. Picture quality in my opinion is at least as good as DVDs if not better. And most importantly, there is no so called "Netflix guilt" involved (you know what I am talking about - you watch "Step Brothers" which just came in today while "kite runner" sits on the shelf for a month unwatched). No such problems here. Fifteen minutes into a movie you realize its not your thing, you move on. There is always something else.

YouTube
This was the big feature which made me trade my Panasonic BD player for this one. But unfortunately once the novelty of watching YouTube on big screen wore off (in about 15 minutes), it was just not worth the effort to "search" for new and fun things to watch. The search metaphor robs you of the most common entry into the YouTube world - a link. Without a link to click on, the instant gratification part of YouTube is gone. Awkwardly searching YouTube using a virtual keyboard with a remote feels like work. Obviously some kind of voice enabled search technology (possibly with a tiny microphone integrated with the remote itself) is what will make this work. Hey, wait a minute - did I just give LG the next big user interface idea?

myMedia
Alright, this one is a great idea really gone bad. If you have ever played with Apple TV, Windows Media Extenders (XBox 360 is one), or Sonos, you know this implementation is a non-starter. The strict folder based browsing of pictures or music is tiresome. No playlist support; no alternate browsing by album or rating or genre; no ability to search for new music - thanks, but no thanks. LG, please go back and try again (or look at Sonos for inspiration).

Don't get me wrong. This is a great machine - just needs a bit more polish.
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