BD370/390 LG Blu-ray player Master/Owners thread - Page 112

When I try searching for 8.08.333 I keep finding chinese pages that look like those never ending phony download links that go nowhere, and one french forum that mentions the version. Why is it so hard to find?

Sorry, it was working the other day. Try this link, it's Chinese but I just downloaded the file again.

Click on the first button on the left (right above the 'smilely face giving the thumbs up).

Here's another Chinese site that has it available from several mirror sites; Google translate helps.

Also available at the Netherlands LG site -

For Product enter DVD&Video

For O/S leave at 'All'

For Subject enter bd390 and hit 'search', it should be the last item.

Downloading now. Thanks

I was able to get the matrix to lock up again after all with the august (was it 498?) version.

I had tried to re-create the lock up by continually skipping back to the start of the first chapter (or the start of the warner bros intro would work as well), and it seemed all fine, but then I realized after doing the firmware update I was of course back to default settings. I noticed the yamaha receiver was showing Pro Logic rather than DTS as it was previously.

I went into the 390 setup and turned on DTS Re-Encode (not sure really what the feature does, still haven't read the manual but it sounded better than PCM) and I change the speaker setup from 7.1 to 5.1, then I was able to get the video to lock up within 3 tries at the start of chapter 1.

This kind of makes sense with my other observation that I can tell when it's going to lock up because there's no sound at all when it's about to happen. So that's a clue about the firmware bug maybe.

So now that I hopefully have version 333, I can try rolling back to that and check again, now that I know for sure how to repeat the fault.

From searching this thread I didn't see anything specific to my problem other than one other person, but his situation seemed a bit different so I thought I'd try anyway:

I have an Onkyo TX-SR606 receiver hooked to a Sony KDS-55A3000. All connections are HDMI. I used to have a 1st gen PS3 connected to the Onkyo @ 1080p/24 and everything worked fine. I have a PopCorn hour also @ 1080p/24 with no issues. I recently "upgraded" to a PS3 Slim and now I cannot get my receiver to pass 1080p. Whenever I switch to that resolution the screen goes dark. I've tried all inputs with multiple cables. Seeing some small blurb online about PS3 Slim HDMI handshake issues, I thought I'd try a BD370 and see how that works. I am getting the same results, however. 1080i works fine, when I switch to 1080p I get nothing. All inputs the same. My PopCorn Hour, however, still works fine @ 1080p.

Can anyone offer any suggestions? I am out of ideas...the receiver has worked fine for a year. Is there some common thing I'm missing here as to why it would suddenly stop passing 1080p for a PS3 Slim AND the BD370? Thanks.

I flashed BD390 with version 333 which is what I had out of the box before my upgrade fiasco, and still got the lock ups using DTS re-encode but when I apparently use pcm or primary passthru, I can't make it lock up (so far) so it seems the firmware from 333 up to present at least all are messed up for dts re-encode.

And when I used primary passthru the receiver finally confirmed dolby digital and showed the speaker icons for my 5.1 all being active (very convenient display item I've never even noticed until now, 3 years later).

So I'll stay on primary passthru audio setup and be done with it!

I did the same (downgraded to 333 FW version) and the 6000.zip hack still not works! I suspect there is something to do with the Driver's version (mine is H51000). Could you tell me what's yours?

BTW: I took my player right out-of-the-box prior to any FW update (was original 465) and the region free hack didn't work anyway.

Nope still going...
http://twitter.com/vudufans

For whatever reason they are not updating the Facebook page...
The thing I love about .99 cent movies... You can buy them and you got up to 30 days to watch them!!! Good marketing VUDU!!!

BD390 Update...
I just bought a new router last night. Had a Linksys router before (WRT160N)... TERRIBLE!!! I have NEVER had such a crappy product, it had issues with WIRED connections for crying out loud!!

Bought a Netgear WNDR3700, what a night and day difference. Super fast, 2-3 bars for HDX, over wireless! Netflix is HD ALL the time, not some of the times like before. Just overall a GREAT product!

I'll keep you updated!
BTW still a pain to get the BD390 connected wireless...

I've had a wrt 300 N for three years and that one has been ok all around including with Bd390. As soon as I attempted to configure BD390 it found it and logged in and I was streaming youtube with no problems. So it's probably a 160N issue. The router is on a separate floor from the BD390 also.

Yea the 160N sucked! Still had a few issues with the new one though, don't know if it was the security setting I was using or what but it couldn't authenticate the password or something... Also does anyone use Static IP's? Better? Or just use the DHCP??

I can't remember all of my setup except I am not using static IPs and I do force MAC address filtering to allow only the listed MACs to connect wirelessly for extra security (sometimes I've been too secure against myself) so I was happy to be able to see the 390's MAC and add it to the router list

Anyone?

Can you really notice the PQ difference between the 370 and 390? I have read all of the reviews but just how much of a real world difference is there when watching BR on these two players? Even the SD upconversion, is the 390 really THAT much better? Or will you only notice it in certain places and only in certain movies?

One key from the CNET review of the 370 was how they tested with 24fps DISABLED!

http://reviews.cnet.com/blu-ray-play...g=txt;continue

"It's worth pointing out that these issues only occur when you the BD370 is set in 1080p, with 24-frames-per-second mode disabled. We test in this mode because it's the most common format accepted correctly by the majority of TVs; however, if your HDTV can accept a 1080p/24 signal, the BD370 puts out pristine image quality. "

My projector (Optoma HD20) can do 1080p/24 so does that mean I will notice very little PQ difference between the 370 and 390?

And has anyone actually used the 370 and compared it to the Sony S360? I also have that player on my short list.

That's difficult to say especially if you're used to a different player. I've had my BD390 less than a month, really happy with PQ, for both SD and blueray! Having the online support (Netflix, Vudu, You Tube) has been really nice too. I never really cared much for You Tube before until I got this player!

UnknownShadow,
For blu-ray play back you see no difference and for SD dvd will be the same.

I would say picture quality would be equal or similar. Although I have a BD35, not a BD60.

The biggest difference for me between them is not video but audio. I bit stream my audio. With the BD35, the audio comes back in a split second(after pausing/FF/RW etc) while with the BD390 it will take around a second. Also the BD35 has an audible 1.5x FF while there is no audio with the BD390 while FF at 1.5x.

But overall the BD390 is better because of the other streaming features it offers. Plus the BD390 is many, many times faster than the BD35 is.

The 370 and 390 should have identical picture quality then? The only advantages to the 390 are wireless, built in 1gb memory, and analog outs?

I wonder why Cnet voted the 370's PQ lower than the 390.

The 390 also has VUDU.
Although built in memory is a plus too. Although if I had my way I would add an Sd card reader(Like panasonic uses) that is hidden(or at least add a USB port in back) so you could add more memory for BD Live. then I would take away the analog outs(i haven't used analog anything in years) and take away the wireless. That would get the price below $200 for the BD390.

Just what aaronwt said about the lg390 vs lg370.

I wouldn't have bought it then. Wireless plus the ability to stream more than just pictures was the deciding factor when weighing available brands at the last step for me.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...0#post17185872

that post lists "390 reads NTFS formatted disks"

All my discs are formatted with NTFS except the USB drives I use for BDLive in my BH200 players.

If the 370 doesn't read NTFS then how could you have it read some large files if it's limited to Fat32? Is't the file size limit with FAT32 a paltry 4GB?

Can anyone confirm the ntsf playback? I thought I was told otherwise.

NTFS in my post refers to USB drives directly attached to the player.

Yes, that is what I thought you meant. All my USB drives(disc and flash based) are formatted in NTFS except for the 4GB dirves I'm using for BDlive in my BH200's which use FAT32.

Although I have not connected anything directly to the BD390 since it has network access and any files I have on my USB drives are also available through my network.

The BD370 (at least the US version) cannot display video files from the USB drive anyway so it is a moot point. I really doubt that any music or photo files will exceed the 4GB limit of FAT32.

Yes, if you take video out of the equation that is true.

Has anyone successfully set up their pc as a dnla and streamed through the 390?

Hoe about getting internet radio sent to it?