LG Blu-ray Player with Apps & Wi-Fi Price: $37.99 Shipping Options:: $5 Standard Shipping Estimates: Ships in 3-5 business days. (Friday, Aug 22 to Wednesday, Aug 27) + transit Condition: Refurbished
Fine, I’ll bite: the origin of the LG name, or “Lucky Goldstar” goes back to starting as a chemical industrial company in Korea (“lucky” was the pronunciation) then they added the Goldstar Company. Read the rest at the usual Wikipedia entry:
Looking through the reviews a bit, it seems like this device is fine for playing discs, just a bit iffy on apps and wireless connectivity. Which is fine with me, since I do my streaming through my Roku and am just replacing my current blu-ray player that’s trying to die. (And may not even be an issue - these could be refurbs from units where the wireless issue was fixed.)
Does that seem to be the impression everyone else is getting?
Bought for $99 at Walmart. Holds up great as a Blu-ray player but don’t expect much from the apps. It updates itself frequently and now Hulu always gets stuck at commercials.
For this price more than reasonable. It’s a good example of how to make a Blu-ray player right. It…just…works. Interface is kinda laggy though. For streaming apps, or torrented movies I’d use my laptop instead.
Cool fact: this thing does play media on the windows workgroup, so potentially you could bypass all of the apps and play the raw file.
I have a BD390, a then-top 'o the line Blu-Ray player from about four years ago. I can say three things about it’s longevity that you won’t find in new model reviews: mine started to have trouble with reading disks, especially Red Box rentals, recently, though it’s not consistent. It was never great as a replacement for a decent CD player or upscaling DVDs, as the decoding chips are adequate but not high end, so the audio is a little flat and DVD video can be soft. And the chromed plastic on the top of mine has started to look pitted and worn out, though I have done no more than occasionally dusting with a damp microfibre cloth.
I thought the menus were decent enough, and the remote, while okay, needs to be pointed in a pretty narrow arc to trigger commands in the player. It’s not lighted, either, so plan to fumble in the dark.
LG’s application of the Blu_ray spec, however, can’t be faulted; BR disks that DO play look excellent and sound excellent routed through a decent home theater sound system. I don’t believe these things have changed a lot with newer models.
To expand on your words, I’ll include a link to a page which explains the whole logo. It’s not necessarily wholly enlightening to a Western audience (of which I am a part), but it certainly elucidates!
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