This review is for the LG BD390 player playing BD disks only (I use OPPO DV-983 for DVD play-back), and I have to tell you that I am a very very picky person...
I own lots of BD players (Sony BDP-S1, S350, S350, S550, PS3; Panasonic DMP-BD35K, 55K; Samsung 3600; OPPO BD83), and the PQ of this player is ranked almost on the top among all players that I own.
Pros: Very very good BD player for the money (I paid $240 from amazon.com). PQ is very close to that of the OPPO BD-83! SQ is very impressive also. Packed features... Plus lots of goodies as other reviewers mentioned.
I only want to mention the features that I do not like about this player:
Cons: No internal cooling fan to cool down the player, especially when the power supply board gets hot (the temperature is about the same comparing with my OPPO BD-83 before BD-83 turning on its cooling fan, and, of course, I called OPPO and complained the heat build-up problem of BD-83). Power supply board layout could be improved (increase the distance of secondary capacitors and diodes will avoid the heat generated by diodes baking near-by capacitors). No HDMI-CEC. No user settings about enable/disable auto power off function. No front panel VFD display brightness control. Flimsy remote control.
Since I am a audio/video DIYer/modifier for 20+ years, and I can "fix" the power supply problems by mounting the capacitors to the back of the PCB to avoid baking caps by the heat generating from hot diodes, but I still want to inform buyers about this potential problem.
This player is not using Reon, nor Faroudja, nor Anchor Bay video chips, and it achieves very satisfying PQ. Bravo LG engineers!Get more detail about LG BD 390 Network Blu-ray Disc Player.
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