At some period in the last twelve months the consumer electronics giant LG released LG Blu ray Player
models to merge with their first Blu-ray player the BD300. As soon as
they launched the new BD370, LG continued to increase its existing Blu
ray dvd players offering by means of their BD390 Network Blu-ray DVD
Machines. This new player includes all the specification of it's
stablemate the BD370 but also adds WLAN connection and 1GB of in built
storage space to the works.
Akin to the BD370, the BD390 has
increased Internet content in the shape of LG's own NetCast
Entertainment Access, this not only provides admission to the NetFlix
Hi-def streaming functionality initially present in their BD300, but
provides access to YouTube and PPV High definition movies via an
alliance with CinemaNow. LG electronics states that feature presents
users with access to over 13,000 titles from the major film studios,
broadcast and cable small screen shows, over 200 separate big screen
titles and music videos from all major labels plus the many free to
stream videos offered from YouTube. The inclusion of a USB 2.0 port, as
well, ensures that viewing content stored on a USB stick won't be a
problem.
Having
access to all that content causes you to question whether you will ever
need to put a real Blu-ray DVD inside the machine. But if you do, you
will realize the many devices will be BD Live capable and include
BonusView features for picture-in-picture access to individual features.
This enables consumers to concurrently watch motion picture scenes and
extra bonus features on suitable disks. Typical DVDs are upscaled to
1080p through HDMI, whereas Blu-ray disks are able to be enjoyed at
twenty four or sixty frames per second by Cinema style. Audio
credentials consist of Dolby True HD/Digital + and DTS-High definition
decoding features with surround sound backing for up to 7.1 channels.
The
foremost difference regarding the BD370 and BD390 relates to the
addition of integral Wi-Fi for wi-fi connectability to your home network
that makes the most of all that internet based content, as well as
inclusion of 1GB of built-in memory so Bd live content should be
accessed without the need for a USB stick.
This BD390 is on the
market along side all LG's further award winning systems and the same as
with many other Blu-ray players, these are now falling quite rapidly in
affordability.