BD370/390 LG Blu-ray player Master/Owners thread - Page 23

If my receiver (Pioneer SC-05) can handle Dolby TrueHD should I enabled PASS Through for Audio on HDMI or use DTS Re encode?

I would want my receiver processing the sound correct? Not the BD370?

Thanks guys.

Has anyone experienced this problem?

I have yet to watch a blu ray movie yet, but I'm trying a few MKV files.

The first one had an extremely long name so I just put the initials as the file name.
Hooked my WD pocket hdd, pushed play button, and it said "It may not play properly". I said ok, and it did in fact play properly. This was a 1080p movie.

I then copied another file to the HDD with a very long name, in folder named the same (so the path is twice as long)...
I did not get a warning message, but the movie froze at 1:17 and no buttons on the remote or the deviece work. The device shut itself down after like 30 seconds(?).
Deleted the folder, recopied, same problem.
I then shortened the folder name. It worked.
This was a 720p movie.

Today again in another movie (I can't remember the resolution), it froze at around 1:28 and shut itself down when the movie was in a long named folder, but when copied to the main drive without folders, it worked fine. I did not receive a warning on this one either...

So, I am guessing the shutting down after a minute is because of long file & folder names. But why? I mean it's playing fine in the first minute.

And do you think the warning message is 1080p related? (although it worked fine)...

One last thing, I asked earlier but been misunderstood, would hooking up a flash drive help buffering streaming stuff? (I know it won't have a difference on my internet speed, duh)

Thanks

Korhan

Unfortunately, as often the case, the guy doesn't know what he's talking about. Or, maybe, that's the company policy not to admit that explicitly. And he's talking on behalf of the company.
But I did test a few Russian DVDs and they've been played properly including color. Admittedly, they're 4 - 5 years old and I don't know if they have region settings.

I purchased the BD370C today and...I also returned it to the store today.

The main reason for this purchase was to take advantage of the MKV and DIVX functions that this unit supported.

The build quality is pretty cheap. The tray is flimsy and the overall weight is pretty light. The blue/red light, OMG, has to be the cheapest looking thing one has seen (and there is no way to turn it off or even dim it down). Also, the digital counter doesn't look as sophisticated either. Kinda on the BIG side!

Quality of MKV and DIVX wasn't as good compared to the WDTV. I have burnt MKVs and DIVX movies on DVD-R and they played without any problems. Unfortunately, I did NOT get a chance to test the USB playback of movies (because after testing the DVD-Rs that I have, I knew I wouldn't be keeping the BD370C).

I tested The Matrix (non ripped) DVD and it just didn't look that good.

If you are looking to playback MKVs, I suggest investing into the WDTV. If you are looking for looking at this unit as a 'upconverting ' DVD player, I suggest you look elsewhere.

my 2 cents.

Got it today. Took 10 min. to set up. connected via HDMI through my Denon 3808 to my sony 42". Fist disc was pirates of caribbean black pearl blu ray). Great picture, no lip synch issues.

Then played with settings, set the audio to pass through. Connected wirelessly to my apple. Checked out a you tube video. poor quality, but neat feature. No netflix yet.

PUt in Ratatouille and played first scence until the rat goes down the drain. Great picture and sound. My receiver initially was in stereo, then after I swithced the audio settings, was in Dolby Digital EX. Is this the true full sound? if not, how do I get the full sound?

ONe question. I have a harmoy one remote and everything works except for the button to close the window, or go back (for example in settings, after I finish I couldn't get out of that menu). Same issue with YOu tube, I couldn't get back to the main menu.

Any suggestions?

so far, I'm really happy that I had no problems like others have. I'm going to try Transformers, planet earth and christmas story (all blu ray) and see how it is.

-Craig

I would suggest you set the 370 to "primary pass-thru", and your Pioneer receiver to "direct" or "pure direct".

I programmed the "Home" button on my Harmony One, and it allows me to navigate through the menus at will, so far it seems to be working fine. I guess if you absolutely need the "return" button", you could simply learn it.

I'm sure the answer is in the thread somewhere, I just can't find it.

Anyone know of a wireless (and cheap!) adapter that will work with the 370? I just picked one up for my father and he hates wires!

With Netflix you have 12000 movies ready to watch whenever you want and as many times as you like, they just aren't on your player but on Netflix servers. They are not Blu Ray quality however.

I am using Netgear's Powerline Adapters for my DVR and BD390 and am quite happy with it, but it isn't cheap. The good news is that it is about as wire less as you can get.

Hi All owner of LG BD390,

I am interested in this Blu-ray player because the features on this player are so packed! However, the only thing I am concern of is the PQ. I saw the post by winston9332 for Blu Ray Player Synthetic and Real World Tests Comparisons, and the result for the 390 does not look good.

I am wondering what are the opinions for other people who own this unit?

Thanks for some comments

Hi,

I just purchased the LG BD 390 BR DVD Player. Nice unit. I have a ceiling mounted 1080P Panasonic LCD projector. With my current 10M HDMI cable (Lindy) I get really bad sparkles.

Any suggestions for a higher quality 10M HDMI (shortest I can run) that works well with this player at 1080P? I hate to try and buy $100+ cables.

Many Thanks,

Gregg McKnight

Take that test with a grain of salt. I am willing to bet that with other tests disks, the results would be different amongst the players tested. The picture quality of this player for both Blu-ray and std def are fantastic for film and video. Better than my Pioneer Elite. I loved my Pioneer, but the LG simply has a better picture and that's what its all about in the end. Cnet test results are my results. It is now their #1 player for features AND picture quality. It is also smokin fast! If the Pioneer had been better, the LG would be on its way back to BB. Instead, I am selling the Pioneer.

First of all, for blu-ray disks, just about all of the players are very good. For DVDs, I have a hard time telling much difference. Based on tests, the OPPO BDP-83 I'm comparing to the 390 should be much better, but I haven't I haven't been able to find any significant differences. As far as I'm concerned the picture quality of the 390 is very good. I've yet to see any lip-sync problems either.

I agree. For starters the players aren't even tweaked (configured to the best of their ability) and during the "testing" they are more or less tested for conditions you'll be using probably well less than 1% of the time. I'd rather test the 99%. It's the classic making a mountain out of a mole hill. Now I'm not saying the player is the best in the world I'm simply saying those tests won't reflect your typical usage to any degree.

I too would not say its the best player in the world, but I will say with cofidence that it is the best these eyes have come across. Ya know, there are tests that suggest that anything based on the Reon chipset is the best. I have the Toshiba XA2 HD DVD with this chipset and it has a wonderful SD image. The LG even bests THAT picture too! It's the detail in the backround of sd movies is where it shines without added noise. The colors are rich and accurate. This, amongst other attributes, gives the LG's sd performance top honors in my setup. Its Bd image is as good as anything out there and I would put it up against anything out there.

I don't do DVDs in the theater and in the den (if I do) at 61 inches any difference is hardly noticeable at 9 or 10 feet. So I tend to never pronounce any player as better than another... there are too many factors based on each person's needs. I will say the BD390's Blu-ray image is stellar. I prefer it over my old favorite the Pioneer BDP-51FD (I have used a dozen or so other players). Doing A/B comparisons it has a little more pop or 3D look to the image.

Regarding the tests at lot of them consist of cadences you're more likely to win the lottery than see in real world content. A bad analogue is only judging a car by how well it handles at 120MPH... if you will be driving at 120MPH it's relevant other wise it doesn't tell you a thing.

How did you do this? I'm still learning the remote and any pointers you can share are greatly appreciated.

thanks
Craig

It has my vote so far for best PQ per se for players I've tried recently with my "display". Remember what I said about synergy. It may not look as good to some to say the best or amongst the best using another display so all we can do is give our experience and let folks go from there.

Bang for buck? You bet and I'd give anyone a recommendation to try this player with the features it has.

Unfortunately, the problems lie more with some other issues with some players than flat out PQ.

Just ordered one of the 390s! Can't wait! Considering I paid 1000 for a pioneer elite 95FD about a year and a half ago, I consider this a relative bargain!

Justin

I programmed my Harmony last Saturday and "Return" command was in their database already.
Regarding programming buttons: in GUI software select devices tab, in a section for the device there is a button Learn and the software will lead you.

In the activity where your LG player will be used, select "Customize Buttons". You can then map the functionality of your choice to any key of your Harmony One, including the ones that appear in the touch screen. Let us know how this goes.

I can't seem to get my receiver to produce true HD sound. I have the Denon 3808. I've gone through everything, including trying direct and pure direct on the reciever. Set up the pass through primary

nada

any other suggestions?

thanks
Craig

I am not sure about your sparkles issue, but for your cables go check out Monoprice.com. A D* forum turned me on to them. They have a lifetime warranty, fast delivery and I have never had anything other than a great experience. You can find your cable here. http://www.monoprice.com/products/su...02&cp_id=10240

Just a general heads-up because I just found this out yesterday and I had never read Blu-Ray forums because I had a HD-DVD and rode that format past its death. If you had a HD-DVD setup and have Warner Brothers HD-DVD's you should go check out Red2Blu.com. Basically Warner is offering to upgrade your HD-DVD's to their titles that are on Blu-Ray for $4.95 per disc and $19.95 for the Harry Potter 1-5 set and the Ultimate Matrix set. Postage is $6.95 for your complete order and that includes a pre-paid mailer for the cover art and (in the case of the Harry Potter set) the one disc cover that must be sent to Warner to show proof of ownership. I upgraded 13 discs and two sets for a total of about $117.00.

http://red2blu.com/

Thank you guys~ I think I'll pick one up at BB or Amazon! =)

What input on the amp are you using for sound? I know you have the player connected HDMI to your AVR but what do you choose for the sound (DVD, CD, etc etc.) Whatever it is make sure that the audio input is set to HDMI within your Denon and then make sure you choose that audio track (True HD or DTS HD MA) on the BD you are trying where applicable. That audio should light up on your amp.

I had to do this as well - you have to have your Harmony connected to your computer and then select the Customize Option - the software then takes you through the steps - it even puts up a illustration of what to do. Without this button I was feeling very crippled when using the 390 with the Harmony!

Newborns and lack of sleep= not thinking clearly and missing the simple things.

Pirates of the Caribean box set At worlds end is only Dolby digital. So no matter how much you play, switch, alter, curse, try again, curse.... you can't get True HD.

Now put in a disc like, let's say, Transformers, that is True HD and Voila... you get true HD pop up on the amp.

As far as the harmony remote if I press the devices and then the LG, return is there on the touch screen, but it still doesn't return me to the main menu...

I'll keep playing, but for now, I'm happy to know that the receiver and LG talk to each other via HDMI. The PQ is great.

I do have one question, both movies are in 16:9 wide and I'm still getting black bars on top and bottom. Suggestions?

Thanks for all the help

Craig

one thing i forgot to check on the 390 - does the zoom on streamed netflix video?