
2 expert reviews - 0 user reviews
Follow
0
0
Want it
0
Have it
0
Had it
0
We have collected 2 reviews of the LG BD390. Experts rate LG BD390 9/10. Reviewsor.com helps you find reviews, best prices, user reviews of the LG BD390 and LG Blu-ray players.
LG isn't necessarily the biggest name in Blu-ray, but the Korean manufacturer knows what's doing when producing High Definition video for a demanding public. Note that we tested the European version, which isn't compatible with video-on-demand, which is reserved for American users. Sleek and stylish with a blue-tinged design, the BD390 is without a doubt one of the most powerful CD, DVD and Blu-ray players currently available. For a very reasonable price you get a device that's so full of features it's almost drowning in them. To start with, you should know that, like other recent Blu-ray players, this device is actually more of a digital media hub, accepting content from a whole range of sources. The options are almost endless thanks to the Internet connection, which can either be wired (by connecting the LAN port up to your router) or wireless, which is very handy. Once you're online, you can update the firmware, or go and look for bonus content for BD-Live compatible discs meeting the Profile 2.0 standard. These extra features can either be stored on the 1 GB of internal memory or on a USB key.
When you pop a Blu-ray disc into the LG BD390 ($300, price as of December 14, 2009), prepare to be impressed. The images it delivered to an HDTV were among the best we've ever seen. And with support for BD-Live, CinemaNow, DLNA, Netflix On Demand, Wi-Fi, and YouTube, the BD390 provides top-flight networking capabilities. Every Blu-ray disc we tried looked better on the BD390 than on our reference player, the Sony PlayStation 3--with superb colors and dimensionality. The difference in our black-and-white Good Night and Good Luck test was astounding, with sharp, clear whites that made the PS3 presentation look yellowish by comparison. When we examined a scene from Cars, the PS3 image looked flat next to the BD390 image's seeming depth. But like the LG BD370 (a close sibling), the BD390 didn't upconvert DVDs at anything approaching the same quality. Our judges rated its DVD quality lower than the PS3's--by margins ranging from slight to substantial. Besides playing Blu-ray discs and DVDs, the BD390 can route Internet video and even multimedia content on your computers into your HDTV and home-theater sound system. If you have a CinemaNow or Netflix On Demand account, LG's player can stream movies directly to your TV.
| Retailer | Information | Prices | |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
LG BD 390 Network Blu-ray Disc Player | $325 | See it |