BD370/390 LG Blu-ray player Master/Owners thread - Page 130

Can the BD370 stream from a home network NAS also? Seems like that would be perfect!!!

Thanks.

Hi all... new to this LG thread.

I picked up a BD370 from Amazon this past week while they were on sale pre-Black Friday. I've only watched a couple of BD disks, but last night while watching Angels & Demons I noticed several places on the disc where the audio dropouts were very noticeable and numerous. They were very short in nature making the audio seem choppy. This was the first disc this has occurred on. I'm not using the HD codec single my AVR does not support them, but am connected via HDMI, thru an Oppo switch, thru my Onkyo AVR and on to my Bravia HDTV.

I searched the thread for A & D and nothing came up, so I can only assume no one else has had this problem. I'm trying to determine if' it's the disc, or the player. I updated the player to the latest firmware too.

rickybob

If you do a search on this thread, you will find that I've posted several items about BD-R's not working on the BD390 but work just fine on the Panosonic BD35 and the Samsung BD-P1400. I'm using Roxio Creator 2009 for burning the BD's.

Thanks Lujan, I had recalled seeing some issues but searching your name helped.
That is NOT a good sign; how can a bluray player not support BDAV/BDMV recorded movies?! (well, at least it mostly supports video file streaming, but)
I sent in a ticket to LG to ask.

The manual isn't very clear, if anything it seems to confirm this missing feature, unfortunately:

"Blu-ray Disc
- Discs such as movies that can be purchased or rented.
- BD-R/RE discs that contain audio titles, Movie, Music or Photo files."
[but not say "authored as bluray"- sounds like DATA only??)

It does NOT say "supports BDMV or BDAV disks on BD-R/RE" as most HD authoring tools intend...
at least it does say "supports BD-R/RE disks", so it should be able to at least READ the dang data on the media; although why it would support for data, but not as movie disk, is beyond me?

They DO seem to play OK on my dad's BD390 and another, so the support IS possible and works, sometimes-
so maybe it's just alignment issues with mine specifically, or??

Lujan, q: can you confirm you were authoring full menu/chapter-style movie disks, not just data disks w/ video files on them? What BD-R media & PC burner were you using ?

I was just about to buy the LG BD390 instead of the Oppo BDP-83 when....

I saw this thread and I've identified two problems that are leading me to pay the extra $$ for the Oppo. Curious if anyone has any thoughts.

Here they are:

1) BD390 doesn't appear to play BD-R disks well or at all. (Several posts here indicate it won't work.) I do want to be able to make home movies, burn them onto a BD and have them just play on my player as well as others. It seems like this just won't work. Could someone other than the two posters who have complained about this confirm this is the case? (Given oddities of burners/software, etc., want to make sure it isn't a case of people who don't get it to work complain, folks who do don't post.)

2) Sound/Lip-Syncing issues. Is this a problem or not? It reminds me of the banding problem on Sharp's LCD's. Seems as if everyone had a different point of view. Is there really an issue here? Anyone with both the Oppo and the LG care to comment on whether same/worse?

My issue is I do have the $$ to buy the Oppo. But I'd like to get the Netflix streaming and I'd prefer to avoid the extra $$ as, from a feature perspective, I don't think I'd prefer the Oppo. (I don't use DVD-A, SACD, multiple data formats. I might use Netflix streaming. I don't care too much about upconverting DVD performance so long as it is average/decent on the LG.)

But if the LG won't play BD-Rs and has sound-sync issues, I think I have to go with the Oppo. I just don't want to deal with a player that chokes on BD-Rs and has a defect.

Any thoughts? Thanks.

I'm tossing up buying the LG BD390 or a PS3. I'm not much of a gamer; If I was this would be a no-brainer. Wonder if anyone could add their 2c on the follwing:

* I imagine my usage will be: 70% playing BD/DVD 30% streaming audio/video over home network. I read that some people complained about the implementation of DLNA in the BD390, by comparison media streaming supports is solid on the PS3. Is that accurate? What are the specific issues? I plan on using something like mediatomb on linux to serve the files.
* I have a stack of region 4 DVDs, but I live in the US. It seems to me that I'm out of luck with both the LG or the PS3? (Can anyone confirm making a recent BD390 region free?) I think I would lean toward the LG if I could get multi-region support working...

Yes, I am making full menu/chapter movies using Roxio MyDVD a component of Creator 2009 using Momorex BD-R's 25 GB and files that are .mp4.

No.

Had my first real problem with Lg-390 today.

Daughter went to watch netflix and player said no internet connection. When I went to troubleshoot I found I was connected to a local network and the signal was very goood.

For some reason, can't get any online signals for vudu, netflix or youtube even though network connections say success and show that i am connected wireless.

It just stopped working and I am not sure why.

All of my computers are just fine.

Any one else have this problem.

Well the PS3 uses three to four times the power. This is with the PS3 Slim. With the PS3 fat it uses six to eight times the power that the LGBD390 uses.

After I bought a PS3 slim to replace my PS3 fat I had all intentions of going back to using a PS3 as my primary BD player. Then I bought an LGBD390 to try out and my PS3 has barely been on since.
It's been one of the few electronic devices I've ever purchased that has surprised me. It has been an excellent value for me and I have been using it every day. Whether it's watching BD titles, VUDU, Netlfix streaming, Youtube, streaming my HD videos over my network made on my Sony camera, or streaming my old HD recordings from the early 2000's. The BD390 has done it all for me.

Picked up a 370 today, so I'll find out soon enough if it was the right decision. I opted for the 4 year warranty, so I know I'll get something that will work correctly eventually. Thanks to everyone for their comemnts and info. My brother opted for a Samsung 3600, so we'll see how they compare.

If you will be streaming 30% of the time I'd base my decision on which offers the best native support for the type of streaming you require. Such as which one supports the video and audio formats of your source files.

I have owned several of each and now that the PS3 offers Netflix it pretty much matches the BD390 feature set (outside of VUDU). I don't game either but I tend to use the PS3 (on occasion) to access online stuff via their Home interface like Buzz Trivia Challenge which are free. You can also download trial versions of most games like Uncharted 2 (including online access). Even if you don't game it let's you reaffirm your decision.

All and all I find just enough (free) online stuff that if I don't have a PS3 around I miss it. Also the new slim version appears (to me) to have a notch better video quality than the older model so I don't mind throwing it from my den to my dedicated room. Before I always thought I was missing a little performance.

I just bought a 390 the other day and I have notice an issue, if I stay on a menu / page for any amount of time. IE: Home Menu, YouTube, etc. A static, pulse sound begins. It is space out a couple of seconds, but continues, unless you make a selection and begin watching a feature, or video. I have looked around this forum briefly and sorry if this has been discussed in the past, but I have never experienced this before. I do have a PS3, but I wanted a dedicated BD player. I was going to go for the OPPO, but wanted the streaming and the 50% less price was appealing. I bought this from Best Buy, on sale for $259. Thanks

If you didn't make your purchase yet, I can tell you it is extremely quiet. I have a PS3 as well and bought this, as a dedicated player.

I'm using the 370 with Netflix Streaming, and so far, both movies i streamed when I started, it said my connection was poor, then about 10 minutes in, it said it detected a connection speed change, and rebuffered with a higher quality version. In both cases, the player had been off prior to starting the Netflix stream. I have a pretty solid 6M DSL in San Jose, and the 370 is not connected through wireless, so I'm at a loss about the apparent connection problems. My router is a dedicated linux machine, and there were no other active devices at the time.

Has anybody had a similar issue, and resolved it? Anything to look for?

I have the same problem. I blame comcast.

thanks. this post was enough to send me down to my local bestbuy and pick up the BD390. I've previously tried the Samsung BD-P 3600 based on bad advice from BB rep. The LG is a big improvement so far...


tempting...

The only real limitation is I have several hundred hours of WMA files. In principle, this should be streamable to either PS3 of BD390, but... For some reason I'm having troubles streaming the WMA files. If I put the files on a USB stick and attach to the player, they play fine. To stream from the PC, I'm using the mediatomb server on Linux. I can easily stream mp3 files and JPEGs (haven't had time to test any video), so far it just seems to be the WMA files giving me problems. When I try to stream the WMAs they play for about 2 sec then the BD390 simply skips to the next file. I'm using Wifi if that makes a difference. Anyone experience this?

If need be I can always use mediatomb to transcode the WMAs to MP3s on the fly, but I'd rather not have to.

Me too but they blame the router.

In what way? My brother got talked into the 3600 by a sales person at American, mostly because it was cheaper. Maybe the profit margin is greater on the Samsungs.

FWIW, I read somewhere, maybe an Amazon review, that HD streaming needs a solid 8Mbps or better connection to work reliably. Even though I get 10-15 on my wireless, it does drop occasionally, so I stuck with the 370. I didn't want to pay for wireless if it was going to be problematic and my player is very close to the router, so wired is not a problem. The reviewer specifically said many DSL users were going to have problems.

Unfortunately, I've already bought it and returned it for the lip synce issue I got with it. It's a great player otherwise, and dead silent. Thanks for the reply, though.

I picked up the 370 as a gift for $77. Should I keep it for myself and give the Sony 360 instead?

My 390 did that until I manually specified the DNS server. It's not the broadband provider or your router. There was a firmware upgrade a few months ago that introduced the problem, so it's LG's fault.

I got my BD390 (August build date) at ABC Warehouse the day before Thanksgiving and just hooked it up last night when we got back home to IL. I don't have any BD to play right now, so I took advantage of the free $5.99 credit at VUDU. I picked Angels and Demons (meh as a movie, but lots of detailed and pretty images). The only other HD streaming experience I can compare it to is the AoD that I have hardwired into the Panny 54V10. OMG, the VUDU HD quality is night and day compared to AoD, which I guess is only 720p. I was worried about the wireless strength as the BD390 is temporarily on the floor until our new cab arrives. I am feeding it from a Netgear Rangemax N- gigabit wireless router which clocked in at a respectable 8Mbps.

No problems handshaking with the router, which I have enabled with WPA-TKIP security and no SSID broadcasting. I had only a single buffering episode about an hour and a half into it, but it was weak Comcast signal, not the BD390. I can't obviously compare the picture quality because I don't have any BDs, but I was thoroughly impressed with the picture and sound quality (using 5.1 analog outs to my HK AV520). If the BDs are even better than this, it will be a toe curler.

No lip synch problems or unit noise problems for me so far.... My first shipment of BDs arrives from the pre-TD Amazon sale next week. Can't wait to test the load, play and seek times, I'm expecting them to be blazingly fast.

Are you using Cat5 or Cat6 ethernet cable?

FWIW, I went ahead and bought the BD390 yesterday. Hooked it up. Works well. The only complaint I have is that it wouldn't work with default network settings (I'm using wired, not wireless). Every other network appliance I have works fine with Dynamic/DHCP/Auto settings. The BD390 wouldn't work that way. I had to set it up with a static IP address. Works fine now. (My wife looked at me and said: I don't even know what a static IP address is -- how would I get this to work without you. Answer: You wouldn't.) Big bummer that networking still isn't plug-n-play.

Otherwise happy.

hey guys, just wanna know whether the BD 390 can play dvds from all region/area or not?

i was trying to run a dvd in my current sony dvd player (bought it from best buy) and it said, "due to area restrictions, dvd cant be played"

and i tried the same dvd on bd 390 at best buy and it played the movie just fine. so does that mean this blu ray player can play all dvds?

It is my understanding that the US players can only play Region 1 or 0 discs. there is a firmware version which allows a remote entered code hack for Europe, but not for US AFAIK.

thanks for the quick reply...but can u explain how could my dvd player not play it? my dvd player model is sony DVP-ns710H

p.s. i am not really familiar with what code stands for what region...so my bad if its a dumb question....