blu-ray players are finally hitting their stride this year with very good performances to go along with lower prices. even the “base” models are loaded with features and excellent performances. the higher end models from the major manufacturers are priced well below $400 mark. this is far lower than the previous generation players. lg’s high end model, bd 390, is priced around $350 and is crammed with features. lg adds very nice features on top of the already very competent bd 370 model.

features

lg was the first to introduce media streaming with the bd 300. bd 300 was the first player to incorporate netflix streaming on the blu-ray player. since bd 300, most of the blu-ray players have copied the media streaming capabilities with their player in one form or another. some opted to use the netflix streaming and some have opted to go with some other services. most players already support plethora of features on top of blu-ray playback functions. bd 390 features includes the integrated wifi capability, netflix streaming, youtube and cinemanow streaming, and media playback via network connection similar to the samsung’s new players. the dolby truehd and dts-hd master audio are natively decoded via onboard decoder. also, bd 390 includes the 7.1 analog out output. you should have no problem with audio decoding with the bd 390. as with other latest blu-ray players, the bd 390 comes with 1gb of onboard storage. as expected, the bd 390 will be fully compliant with profile 2.0.


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