One incredible discovery for the people who are more into the field of entertainment, media and games is the discovery of Blu Ray Players. Blu ray players are the improved and higher versions of ordinary DVD players. They are one of the most interesting, innovative and creative discoveries by the technologists. The job of technocrats is very similar to the excavations by the archaeologists, except that while the archaeologists research on history, the technocrats research on the new future. The more they search or experiment, the more they get and when the LG Company was on the look out for a BD player that would top the list of other players of the same kind, the result was the BD390.

Do you get the feeling that you are actually in the movie (as in, the scenes are really happening!) while watching it in a home theatre? Or do you rather get the feeling that the songs and videos are so stupendously clear to your ears and eyes? Then you must be using LG BD390 because, the clarity level of the videos and audibility of the music in this BD390 is relatively high. LG indeed receives a good applause for its new launch! Currently, LG BD-390 is the most renowned BD player. It has all the features of its predecessors along with additional attributes of good quality that makes it the most sought after product. It has multiple properties (yes, in addition to the common ones that a BD Player ought to have!) that makes it acquire a unique position among the other BD Players. The BD 390 supports Wi-Fi and even has an onboard memory of 1 GB! Amazing right? These are only few gifts that have been opened. Read further if you are interested in knowing all the surprises that LG has in store for the buyers of BD390 and then check out whether this baby rocket soared high into the sky and landed safely or not!

LG BD390 Blu Ray Player

Design and Ports:

The BD390 Blu Ray Disc Player has a stylish yet traditional, ordinary yet out of the box and traditional yet classy appearance. This rectangular box looks like a simple gift box with a pleasing and amiable wrapper upon it. BD390 has a width of 17″, depth of 10.9″; height of 2.2 inches and weighs about 6 pounds. The box is glossy black in color with a thin layer of silver topping that gives a posh and elegant look to it. Though this model’s design is said to have been “copied” from Sony, it has its own uniqueness with commendable features that crosses the horizons. Starting off with the front side of the player, the extreme left top of the player has a power button, on pressing which the panel opens out to reveal the optical drive. The LCD screen gives fairly bright messages to the user. This screen is succeeded by the four control buttons, namely, play/pause, stop, forward and reverse.

Then comes an exciting feature, the extreme right end of the player carries a USB 2.0 port covered by a removable plastic lid. The presence of a USB means that videos or songs can be dexterously played by just connecting the drive directly to the port and then the BD begins to play. But then, real surprises await the users at the backdrop only. The extreme left end of the back side has a power supply plug followed by video and audio out plugs. Then digital and coaxial plugs, for connecting to speakers, budge in to acquire their places beside the video and audio output plugs. The HDMI cable (for connecting to HD TVs) and the LAN plugs are also present. LAN is used for connecting to the internet. The biggest success of this model is the presence of 7.1 channel audio outputs. This actually means that the decoding of most of the commonly used audio type files is possible. Thus LG offers a good deal of satisfying features in this blue ray player.

Remote Control:

LG has included certain accessories along with the player. As soon as the user opens the box they would find a small accessory box containing the Remote Control, cables, installation CD, warranty card and user manual. LG BD390 remote control is very easy to use and is compatible. The most commonly used buttons like the menu, Replay, play/pause, etc., are present at the top so that these buttons can be used without any trouble. The concept of hiding few keys at the bottom is to avoid the over crowding of keys as it might actually lead to the user pressing the wrong button in hurry. The only problem is that even volume controls and numbers are kept hidden, that the user eventually gets irritated trying to open the hard slider as it does not slide down easily, making it all the more difficult. Other than this small issue, the fancy remote control works well and is classy.

LG BD390 Remote Control

Amazing Features:

LG is one of those well established companies that sell electronic goods of sufficiently high quality. So obviously, the expectations mount up among the users. But then, LG successfully managed to satisfy the users 100%. There are no big issues with this model except for few minor problems. Blu ray discs can actually store contents 5 times than that of trivial DVD s. This obviously means that the features in blu ray players would also be equally high. In that case, how did this BD390 manage to survive?! Let us see the list of innumerable features that have been included in this player.

Profile, Interface and Firmware Uptating:
LG BD-390 Blu Ray DVD/Disc Player has a standard Profile 2.0 and also BD-live. So it has all the features that a profile 2.0 has to satisfy, for instance, internet connectivity, the ability to provide good picture-in-picture quality, good audio and video decoders and 1 GB of onboard storage. The 1GB local storage memory is very useful since there would be no necessity to delete any files if the speed becomes slow. BD live is a feature that facilitates the usage of accessing the internet. Also, the users can store certain amount of files in the player and play them without connecting to the net again (because of 1 GB memory storage). This is a good attempt which no company producing blue ray players has so far tried. It is not just an attempt for LG, but it is the fruit of their tree of hard work!

The Home menu in BD390 has many options like the Movie, Photo, Music, MyMedia, NetFlix, Cinema Now, You Tube and Setup. The interface is excellent, very user friendly and eye-catching. The settings menu contains various options like Display, Language, and Audio, Lock, Network and few other setting options. The user can change the settings as per his/her amendments and interests. One main advantage is the inbuilt capability to upgrade the firmware. Since connection to internet is made possible, either wireless or through LAN, updating the firmware is very much easy and comfortable. The firmware gives options for automatic updating as soon as it gets connected to the network. So you would no longer have to face the problem of some discs not playing.

The Choice Between WI-FI and Ethernet:
For internet connection, the network option can be used. Connection can be either wired or wireless. Wireless connection to the internet can be achieved through Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi is one of the latest technological developments that finds application in many of the electronic devices. BD390 supports Wi-Fi 802.11 protocol. So internet access will be swift and easy. But there have been complaints that using Wi-Fi is difficult at times. For users with these complaints, LG has also provided wired LAN connection. When the speed is very slow, the users can comfortably shift to the wired mode. The protocols available are IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.11n (draft), IEEE 802.3 (Ethernet), IEEE 802.3u (Fast Ethernet). Connecting to the internet is not at all a hard task. The steps are very clear and easy. Thus the availability of internet connection takes the blue ray players a step higher than the computers as the users can watch right in the living room.

Cinema Now, Netflix and You Tube:
Gone are the days when movies were watched in theaters! It has become a common practice to watch movies either in home theaters or online. Services are offered by Cinema Now, Netflix and You Tube in selling, renting or watching online movies or shows. The basic requirement to share movies via these services is internet connection. So it is obvious that LG BD390 provides these services to the users. But are these services meritorious? And which one of these services is par excellence?

If you are interested in renting movies, then Cinema Now is a good choice. The users would be delighted as they can watch a number of movies on the basis of “pay-per-view”. But, it seems like Cinema Now is not an up to date service center. Many new movies are absent from their library. The users are not to be totally disappointed since new movies are being added constantly and it is hoped that new movies will be available for the user’s feast! The users can actually chose a movie of their choice by just clicking the movie and then buy it. HD movies from Cinema Now are not up to their expectations.

Subscribe to Netflix and you will never regret! Netflix provides amazing number of movies, television programs and shows to its users endlessly. The users can feel the joy of watching movies right in their home. With BD390, computers would no longer be necessary. The minor disputes with this Netflix are vanishing every now and then because of the additions made to their library especially after Netflix signed a deal recently with Disney and CBS.

You Tube is one of the widely used services among people. Earlier, computers were the only source of these web sites. But then, now, if you need to watch videos, songs, episodes of any TV shows or trailers of movies in the bigger screen of your home theatre at the coziness of your couch, you can do it easily if you have a BD390 at home. There are options to facilitate the easy buffering of videos. So enjoy the endless access to internet and their services with BD390. You would definitely realize that your home theater would never be complete without a BD player, especially, LG’s BD390. You will have no problem even if you are a novice because the setup procedure is simple and easy! You can watch “top viewed”, “recently viewed” and featured videos, “currently viewed” videos and also videos related to the topic of search. As usual, the size of the video is basically small and can be maximized to fit the entire screen, however big it might be. LG assures the quality or resolution of the video to be equally good even if watched on big screens.

Remarkable Audio and Video Functioning:
Do you want to play old DVD s or DVD s which does not have HD? No worries. With BD390, you can actually “remix” them, that is, they can be converted to HD using settings options and making the required changes.The users can watch with the full effect of watching it in a theatre by changing the mode to Cinema Mode. Also, as said earlier, with DVD up-scaling old ordinary DVD s can be played to their maximum HD quality. BD 390 can even play files of high resolution, that is, decoding is easier. This means that this player supports Dolby and other such high and rare file types. The resolution is a full HD 1080p and so it gives a power packed video and audio performance. Since 7.1 channel outputs are available, this player supports surround sound with latest technologies, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD and dts-HD Advanced Digital Out. The audio formats that are supported by this player are mp3, JPEG even DTS formats, XviD, DivX, DivX HD and Nero Digital. So the users do not have to worry about the type of audio file. With DLNA certified media, you can positively access the photos, videos and all types of media files from your PC through MyMedia. The decoding of Dolby HD to AV receiver is also easily performed. All HD formats can be outputted through HDMI or through 7.1 audio outputs USB is a boon for the users because most of the formats that are supported by BD390 can be played by just connecting to the port.

Execution and Performance:
When the power button is on, the DVD can be inserted and the movie or video can be watched with crystal clarity that too with very less loading time! The time interval between loading of the disc and playing is immensely small which adds to the delight of the users. You do not have to wait for a long time for the disc to get loaded that you actually loose the interest of watching the video by the time it begins. The time of waiting is very minimal. LG assures the user clear and colorful video output. To listen to songs from any other media, as said earlier, it can be connected to the USB port and can be listened without any issue with good clarity.

Front and Rear view of LG BD390

Power:

The type of power supply for BD390 Blu Ray DVD Player is internal with a power consumption of 21 watts which is very nominal for a device which can perform stupendous tasks at amazing speed of lightning.

Warranty:

The warranty offered for this exquisite and unique blue ray player is 1 year. The 1 year warranty is for the parts. If any of the parts of the player go wrong or die away within 1 year of buying the product, LG would either replace it with a new piece or repair the same old one. The labour warranty is extended only up to 90 days of purchase.

Verdict:

After reading through all the features of this wonderful player, you might immediately feel like rushing off to the nearest electronic store to get LG BD390 right? But tarry a little, there is something we have not discussed yet, the cost. It costs as much as Sony PS3 which is devastating. The HDMI cable is not provided by LG. So, the user has to buy the cable separately if need arises. Though this seems to disappoint, all the other incredible and excellently made up features hide up this fact. The price tag scares away the interest of the users in buying the product. But then, truly, it is worth the cost. LG has crossed majority of the hurdles that its predecessors faced and has truly reached the skies.

It has so many features that flare it up higher than any other blue ray players in use so far. It is a multi facet device which has applications in the field of media, entertainment and gaming too. It has all the credentials that a BD player with a profile 2.0 ought to have. It has Wi-Fi, USB port, inbuilt storage of 1 GB and what not; it even has 7.1 channel analogue outputs. So if you are unmindful of the cost and only expect outstanding performance and top class design, then there is no need to stop now. Purchase the LG BD390 right away and enjoy the unlimited resources for infinite time limit.

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LG BD390 Blu Ray Player – Technical specification Table

Manufacturer LG
Model Name BD390
Dimensions: (W x H x D) 17 x 10.9 x 2.2 inches
Weight 6 pounds
Colour Glossy Black with silver topping
Connection Type High speed USB port (only of BD live), Ethernet Port
Video Features 1080p DVD upscaling,
1080p output (via HDMI),
Video D/A Convertor
Audio Functions Dolby Digital and Analogue stereo and DTS HD Master Audio
Playback formats Audio CD, DVD, CD-R, BD-RE, CD-RW, DVD+R, DVD-R, BD-ROM
Output Resolution 1080p output
Audio Decoders Yes
DVD upscaling Yes
Connectivity HDMI port, USB 2.0 port, 1 x gold plates of Component Video Output,
S-video output, Composite Video Output,
Digital Audio Output: Coaxial, Digital Audio Output: Optical,
7.1ch Analog Audio Output,
Analog Stereo Output,
RS-232C and Ethernet,
WI-FI protocol IEEE 802.11
Features Netflix, You Tube, Cinema Now, MyMedia, x.v.color technology,
JPEG photo playback, Progressive scanning,
1GB of internal memory
Remote control Yes
Power Consumption 21 Watts
Warranty 1 year

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