Comments on: LG BD370 Blu Ray Player Review

By: dvd

dvd — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:42:00 +0000

LG is giving us good products including this Blu ray. thanks for this. Good work.

By: Kalos Geros

Kalos Geros — Sat, 30 May 2009 08:29:31 +0000

I cannot agree with the statement that this player has trouble with 1080i sources – it passed HQV Benchmark with ease, even PAL DVD 2:2 cadence detection (Achilles’ heel for many players) works fine.

Too bad it can only read FAT32 so no full-blown h.264 mkv movies unless recorded onto a DVD-R…

By: boylan13

boylan13 — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:38:24 +0000

Wild Blu Yonder
While LG broke new ground with their BD300, the first Blu-ray player to include Netflix online streaming and YouTube, the BD370 is simply more of the same, with slight improvements to their already quick disc loading times, but little to no improvement to their Achilles heel: video performance on DVD upconversion and 1080i Blu-ray content.

These days, choosing among Blu-ray Disc players revolves around two things: performance (audio and video) and online content access. If performance is the most important element for you, then LG is probably not going to be your first choice. The BD370 is decent at DVD upconversion but it fails to properly de-interlace 1080i Blu-ray content such as you will find on many nature documentaries and concert films on Blu-ray Disc. But its online content access is strong, with Netflix online streaming and YouTube. Between these two, you get an enormous selection of professional (Netflix) and amateur (YouTube) videos that will keep you entertained for hours at no additional cost (above the standard Netflix subscription fee, that is).

Meanwhile, with its direct competitor, the Panasonic DMP-BD60, you'll get excellent performance on 1080i and 1080p Blu-ray discs and near excellent performance on upconverted DVDs. But the current selection of VIERA Cast online content on the Panasonic players is fairly limited: YouTube and Picasa photo sharing, plus weather and stock widgets (Amazon's on-demand movie streaming service is coming to VIERA Cast later this Spring). The VIERA Cast platform is extensible, so more content can be added without the need for a player upgrade, but based on what's available today, the Panasonic player's online offerings are fairly limited.

And if we look to Samsung, in the entry-level BD-P1600, we see video performance that is comparable or very close to the Panasonic players, plus Netflix online streaming and Pandora music streaming, which are two of the "killer apps" of the online content streaming world. The BD-P1600 is a little slower than the newest Panasonic and LG players (and even the step-up Samsung models), but still pretty respectable compared to earlier models.

The best things going for the LG BD370 right now are its Netflix and YouTube online content access, its disc-loading performance and its low cost. But if you really want top-notch video performance from your Blu-ray/DVD player, you may need to look elsewhere.

A complete review of the BD370 is available on Big Picture Big Sound (dot com).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:42:06 +0000

LG BD 370: Very good
I have been searching for a new blu-ray that would allow me to do more than just playing Blu-Ray disks. That's exactly what you get with LG BD 370. Not only you can play watch blu-ray disks in an exceptional quality, you can stream video content from Netlix and YouTube and watch it all on your HDTV. It would be nice if you could get a discount to Neflix to help you get started, but there is plenty of content on YouTube.

This device enhances your DVDs as well and provides you with PIP too. I was a bit disappointed with the Ethernet option as I was hoping to see high speed Wi-Fi support. But when you are dealing with video streaming, you can't go wrong with Ethernet. It's a bit inconvenient but not the end of the world. If you can't live with it, you can always wait for BD390.

Overall, a great device that lets you get more done with your Blu-Ray player and makes spending [...] on it much more easier.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:00:38 +0000

Best new 6th gen Bluray player so far!
After doing a very thorough round of research on the new 6th gen Bluray players (Samsung BDP1600&BDP3600,Panasonic DMPBD-60K&dmpbd80K,and LGBD370)i picked up the LG BD370 and am blown away by it so far.It was the fastest of the new players listed above as well as having the best picture(equal with the Panasonic DMPBD60 which also offers and outstanding picture and is quite fast but missing ALL of the new addons the other players are offering)The BD370 has TrueHD and DTS Master audio decoding on board as well as being BDLive 2.0 ready, and having out of the box Youtube connectivity(free) and Netflix streaming(you need to have a Netflix sub).I got mine for $259 from my local BB(which has all the new models in stock as of last weekend)with an area price match and find for the price/performance/feature set the LG BD370 offers, that it is easily the top new BR player in it’s price/class range this year.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:18:55 +0000

Very very good player.
Can play H264 files, i tried mkv hd and can play it!!

No more discs for me.

By: tomt62

tomt62 — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:37:36 +0000

LG is making the BEST Blu-ray machines right now
Picked up locally as none were available from Amazon.
Picture & Audio quality are Fantastic. To be honest, sometimes regular
DVD's look almost as good as Blu-ray discs on this machine.

Fastest loading Blu-ray I've seen yet. I like the new design, and the remote is better than the BD300. (Buttons were too small) I really loved my Panasonic DMP-BD30, but wanted the option for Netflix. The interface is very easy to understand .. and setup was a breeze. I don't think this player will do CinemaNow, at least not yet.
(Update: Just read this feature will be added in May.)

Also coming in May, the BD390 will be the player that has Wireless N for Netflix, CinemaNow, BD-Live & YouTube. It also adds 7.1 analog audio out.
It'll also have 1GB of built in memory. List is $100 more than the BD370.
I really prefer the design of the BD370, and since memory sticks are like
$5, can't see paying $100 more for the BD390.

Wish it had a USB port on back so you could just leave a memory stick in.
When the USB stick is in the front, can't close the door. The memory stick is REQUIRED for BD-Live access.