Customer Reviews for LG - Internet Connectable Blu-ray Disc Player
Customer Rating
3
Its Ok
on June 22, 2010
Posted by: User 2.0
from philadelphia pa
This is a good entry level blu-ray player. Good picture and good features
Pros: love the quality of vudu movies, can see youtube vids faster than on my computer
Cons: lack of wireless support, wish it had wireless keyboard support, wish it had a built in or downloadable web browser, could add hulu so i can watch family guy
This is my first blu-ray player and I am quite impressed with it. Connection and setup was extremely simple and easy to do. Connected to internet (wired) easily and worked with no problems. Blu-ray movies look superb as expected but mostly I have been watching lots of DVD's. BD550 upconverts them very well. Prior to this I had an upconverting DVD player and the BD550 does just as good a job of playing DVD's as my previous player. My only issue has been finding the correct up and down selection buttons on the remote. Even though those buttons are somewhat angled to make this easier, I seem to have a slight problem intuitively finding them without actually looking. That is probably me more than the remote. Overall, I am very pleased with this unit so far.
This is my first blu-ray so I have nothing else to compare to in regards to blu-ray. However, this is a great product. Out of the box I plugged it directly into my router and followed the update instructions. In a matter of minutes the unit logged into the LG update website, found it's new firmware, downloaded and updated itself. Now it sits in the family room and preforms without any glitches being plugged into my 7.1 receiver for audio and my HD TV for video. Threw Avitar blu-ray in for my first viewing and WOW! Don't know why I waited so long.
Pros: Performance, Style/Design, easy to use, Features/Settings, Quality
Got this player to compliment the new LG TV. Upgrading the firmware took just seconds, love how it syncs with the TV. So easy to use, my 2-yr-old grandson knows that all he needs to do is push the eject, place a dvd in, push the button again and the TV powers on, the com link places the TV input to proper place and within seconds he is watching his show. Picture has been great and it plays flawlessly with no pauses or skips. Only thing I would like to see is the availablity of a wireless device so I don't have to use the ethernet cord.
Pros: Performance, Style/Design, easy to use, Features/Settings, Quality