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 Very happy overall. July 29, 2010
Kevin Kane (Victorville, CA, US)
I recently was asked by the machinne to udate the software. It should have warned me about ho long it would take. First it downloaded then it installed. This took more tham 12 minutes. If I had known I would have done it at another time not when I was wanting to view a BD!
 LG BD590 Blu-Ray Disc Player July 25, 2010
Oldman
I received this player and found it very easy to get up and running, but that was the good part.
The player would freeze and all you could do to get it to work again was to unplug the unit this was happening all the time, also you would get a blue screen.
After all the problems I decided to look at customer reviews and found that this was a big problem and not just my unit or me, I now wish I had read the reviews first and not just the reviews from the manufacturer.
I sent this product back for refund.
LG BD590 250GB Review July 23, 2010
Randall O. Withrow
Wireless network setup was easier than expected.
NetFlix registration was easier than expected.
Can insert memory stick and review camera photos easily.
LG BD Player player plays video files and music files without any problems.
LG BD Player player plays DVDs better that DVD play DVD. No freeze up 3/4 through movie.
One minor problem,
My LG BD Player player appears to play everything . . . but Blue-Ray DVDs
First Blue-Ray DVD froze up befor displaying the movie menu play button.
feeling burned
Nice! July 21, 2010
VideoJockey
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is my first Blu-Ray player. I bought it partially because of the hard disk, and partially because it has DNLA support to stream content from my home PC. I had read good reviews for LG products.
The wireless connectivity works fairly well, but you need a strong signal to maintain reliable connections. I was having issues with dropped connections frequently. I called LG, and they said it was because my connection was too slow - that I needed at least 1.5Mbps to maintain a connection. They were misinformed. I repositioned my router antenna slightly, and now it seems to work fine (I've also had several firmware updates since then, so it's possible they fixed something).
Picture quality and sound are really good. DVDs and my old VCR tapes look terrific, upscaled to my TV. It doesn't try and stretch older videos to be widescreen, so they look like they're supposed to. Startup seems fairly quick.
CD ripping to the hard drive works pretty well. I'm not sure I'd want to put my whole music library on it, as the user interface is slow when trying to type with the remote.
Typing information with the onscreen keyboard is frustrating. I wish they supported entry using the remote like a phone (using the numeric keypad), or connecting a USB mouse/keyboard to the front USB port.
The player uses the Linux kernel as the foundation for its software, so there's lots of things they could do fairly easily if they wanted to.
I had hoped to be able to use the online video rental services, like NetFlix and Vudu, but my internet connection is too slow. Unfortunately, you can't download rental videos to the internal hard drive to watch when they're done downloading - only purchased ones. So unless you have lots of bandwidth, don't expect to use those services. The DNLA feature seems to work OK, but streaming hi-def video from my PC seems a bit sluggish over my wireless G router (a little jerky). It supports faster wireless N connections, so I may try upgrading my router to see if that improves things. I had hoped it could play TV recordings I made from Windows Media Center, but it doesn't recognize the file format, so I'll have to transcode any video I record from TV. My TV got moved far from my PC, so the DNLA feature of the BlueRay over wireless was a big reason I bought this model - playing my TV recordings without transcoding would have been a big plus.
LG seems to provide frequent firmware updates. I've downloaded three already since purchasing the player. I haven't noticed huge differences, but it's good to know that at least they're addressing issues as they come up. You can upgrade the firmware by burning a CD too, if you can't get wireless internet to work. There's a document on the LG website that explains how to do it.
 superseded July 20, 2010
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Sumvision Cyclone MKV Enclosure
The big boys such as LG and Sony etc are trying to beat smaller companies in the technology race but the big boys are failing.
This Blu-ray player has a 250gb Hard Drive, well my sumvision has a 2tb with all my dvd / Bl-ray images all backed up so I don't scratch my discs.
DVD Players have been surpassed by Blu-ray players and NOW Blu-ray players have been surpassed by HARD DRIVE Media Players.
Media Players will be around for the next couple of years then THANKS to Samsung which have wireless media share on their new tv's which means that you can stream from hard drives plugged into your router such as usb hard drives - HOW COOL IS THAT? - No need for anything else under your TV and the technology is available from Samsung RIGHT NOW.
I bet this LG doesn't play DVD ISO and even if it did I bet it doesn't play the menus?
My Sumvision plays full DVD ISO including Menus and surprisingly plays Blu-ray ISO without menus.
My advise would be NOT to spend a fortune on this product because it has been superseded already.
What you will need if your Router does not support USB is a Newlink USB 2.0 Networking Server NAS Quad 4 Port.
Hope this helps guys
REGARDS
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