BD370/390 LG Blu-ray player Master/Owners thread - Page 59

Whoever wrote that line in EngadgetHD is a dumbass.

I realize the 390 does not support FLAC today, but has there been any discussion, rumors, etc. whether or not FLAC through the network will ever be supported by the 390. That would make ths machine a no brainer for me.

Best,
Ed

I'm not sure if this is the correct thread because it's all current owners of the 370/390. I'm thinking about getting this player because it was just announced that it would add Vudu capability. I've had Samsung and Panasonic blu-ray players (love the Panasonic) in the past so I don't know about how good the LG players are? I did have an old zenith DVD player that only lasted about a year and a half. I hear LG bought or took over Zenith and that's why I've stayed away from LG. One of the best features of the Panasonic is it's frame by frame capability, does the LG have that? Can anyone out there comment on how good/bad the LG BD390 is. I appreciate any help!

....Ok. Do you think I'm trying to talk smack about the BD390 or something? I enjoyed it when it just had CinemaNow but will enjoy it more with VuDu. I was going to buy one several months ago but passed and now its freeeeeeeeee

- that's a pretty strong statement also., but the one I can agree with.

Not at all. I was commenting on EngadgetHD's statement, not yours. I thought it was clear.

Yes, manual p.35.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...e#post16916739

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...=#post17101221

USB is only in front - design flaw.
Remote - who cares about remote control, but some complain.

I can't comment on reliability, have it only 3 months.

OK, hooked up my replacement last night and I'm back in business - wirelessly watching netflix, BD home movies that are on my laptop without a hitch.

As I suspected it was the players fault and not my routers - ah. love being right (I think it may be my first time). Also used the usb to download the latest firmware as ptsenter recommended - worked great.

Has anyone tried to watch the netflix HD movie "House" on this player? There is no sound, however, the sound works on my laptop. Same deal with the first episode of "Sonny with a Chance" (daughter's show) also in HD. Tried hooking up wired in the "office" with the same results.

If anyone is willing to try playing on their LG, here are the urls:
http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/House...?trkid=1211018
http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/Sonny...?trkid=1211018
I'd like to know if I should report to netflix, however, want to assure it's not my fault.

All the other HD netflix shows look surprisingly good - I would say better than a DVD (not BD of course).

Congrats and welcome back.

Had exactly the same problem with "Everybody Wants to Be Italian" and reported it to Netflix about 2 months ago. They confirmed that they know about the problem and working on it. But nothing changed since.
But I would report it nevertheless.
And no, it's not your fault.

Thanks ptsenter, it's looking good. I have another question, does it require a separate SD card for BD Live playback like the Panasonic or is it built-in?

I read it should happen by the end of this month. Can't wait!

390 has 1GB built-in memory, does not accept SD but can use USB flash, and you can choose to use external memory instead of internal (built-in).

Finally found a Mac-friendly DLNA that (kinda) works with my MacBook and the BD390-- Twonky!

http://www.twonkyvision.de/
30-day free trial, & buy for $29.95 if you like it.
Easy to install, as has been everything else with the BD390.

The user interface for it on the BD390 is fairly ho-hum. The connectivity to my wifi is excellent, no drop outs so far. Since our friend the BD390 (quite ridiculously) won't play mp4's, I converted a few to mp3 with iTunes to test it out, and the sound is excellent (zero loss in quality). For further annoyance, it still finds all the mp4 files on my drive too, so I have to wade thru 2 copies of each file when sorting the lists out between mp3 & mp4... Found all my photos nicely though, and as a nice touch you can still be playing your music files while running your slideshows. Haven't fully tried out playing video files, though I see already it won't play my iMovie clips. Will let ya know if it's a raging success (don't hold your breath).

I guess I'm not entirely clear on what issues I can blame on the BD390's "My Media" menus and what I can blame on Twonky, but with a name like Twonky, I mean, come on...

Overall, it delivers about as much as you'd expect from a rinky dink little German DLNA named Twonky. With a little more tinkering on my part, it might not be half bad. And really, I shouldn't be too hard on it, as it's the only one I've found so far that works at all, so hooray! One (small) step closer to home theater nirvana.

(Did I mention I love saying Twonky?)

I watched House over Netflix about a month ago. (I mistakenly assumed it was that 80s horror movie with the guy from Greatest American Hero, Norm from Cheers, and Bull from Night Court. I wanted to watch a good campy movie.) Fortunately, I enjoyed the movie even though it wasn't what I expected. Apart from some image problems like color banding, I didn't have any problems watching it on my 390.

There's a good chance that I will be relocated to Asia earl next year. Can someone tell me if the 390 has 120v only or if it's 120-240.

Thanks in advance.

Elviso

Thanks for the Twonky tip. Seems to be working on my Mac. I rip my DVD's to m4v files using handbrake (apple universal preset)or fairmount + turbo 264 (apple TV preset) and then rename the file extension to mp4 and they play fine on BD 390

I am debating to buy one! Would it let me choose audio soundtrack from menue of ripped bluray? and if it can play back/decode true hd, or dts hd master from anydvd bluray rip on my pc? Do I need to use this with tversity or ps3 media server or does it has a dlna server built in?
thanks

USB means thumb drive or any usb external hard drive?

Does it read NTFS? I hate ps3 restricted to fat32

You can connect any external HD, but LG does not guarantee any will work, but most.
Yes to NTFS.

Hi, just got the LG BD390 to replace my Panasonic BDP35. I was getting tired of waiting for the Panasonic to load discs. Anyway I rent most of my movies from Netflix but I do own one Blu-Ray movie "Pan's Labyrinth". For some reason I only get the left and right audio. I do not hear the center, surrounds or sub/LFE. I've set the BD390 audio to multi PCM. I tried a couple of DVDs I own and they sound fine. I also had a couple new Blu-Rays from Netflix on hand and they work too. Is there a problem with the BD390 and Pan's Labyrinth? I did run an update last night and problem persists. Prehaps there's a setting I'm missing? Thanks.

Hi jewellgm,

Thanks for the feedback!!

House (with William Katt) is a great movie, one of my favorites, I still laugh hardily even though I've seen it multiple times.

If you want to see how the Vudu is going to work, Ben Drawbaugh from Engadget HD did a write up with a video while at CEDIA:

http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/09/10...lu-ray-player/

The lastest firmware update gives the ability to play files from a share on your home network, right?

Any tips on getting this working with XP?

the BD390 sees my PC, but not the shares I've setup (giving "everyone" read or even FULL access). It doesn't matter if the firwall on the PC is switched off, or not.

I have a few .MTS, MP4, and other videos I'd like to see if I can play without a DLNA server (since TVersity isn't working for me)

Not sure on XP, but I am having a bit of a problem on Vista. The BD390 will see the "Public" folders (subfolders under the pre-existing folder called "Public" by Windows) and files play from there wonderfully. But, just like you, I can not get the 390 to "see" any other files no matter how fully I try to share those files. At least I can drag and drop any files over to those Public folders, but I would rather leave things where they are.

I looked through the manual and searched this thread but couldnt find my answer.

When using the 7.1 analog outs and watching a 5.1 movie, does this player maxtrix the 5.1 and output 7.1 or does it come out as 5.1? My brother is considering this player and has an older receiver without HDMI. So I was wondering if this is an option or if I should recommend him buy two RCA splitters and come out as 5.1 from the player into his 7.1 ins on the reciever. That is the workaround I used to do with my old Denon DVD player into my old Marantz receiver.

Thanks in advance!

I'll be nervous throwing my $300 to lg, esp when i have ps3

Thinking of buying this...How is the sound through the 7.1 analogs, since I have an old receiver...Can you use the 7.1 analogs for bluray and have the optical/or coax for 5.1 sd dvd?s...I've also wondered, do sd dvd's play throgh the 7.1 analogs thereby eliminating the need for an optical connection altogether? thanks

After jewellgm reported no audio problems with "House" I tried it myself (it even was in my queue already) and had no problems also. So, apparently I was wrong and it IS your fault.
I would report to Netflix anyway.
What do you use for audio?

What do you use for audio?

Why not, just don't forget to switch source on your amplifier.

Yes, manual p.17.