Introducing the world's first Network Blu-ray Disc Player that streams from Neflix instantly. Enjoy Blu-ray Discs in Full HD, watch standard DVDs in near-HD up-scaled to 1080p, gain access to over 12,000 select Netflix movies and TV episodes in standard definitions and take advantage of interactive experiences, exclusive downloads and tons of extra features with BD Live. That's innovation. That's LG.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Great combo:
This LG unit is awesome. It is a terrific DVD and Blu-Ray player with all of the specs you could want including Profile 2.0 (BD-Live) at a reasonable price on Amazon. I am thrilled with the Netflix performance picture looks great, the controls a snap to use and I am saving a ton of money by renting DVDsand Blu-ray titles. The player has a USB slot for loading photos or songs as well as BD-Live content. You need to have at least a 1 GB USB stick. You should also plan on buying an HDMI cable since the... more info
Blu Ray Player:
The player was a Christmas gift for my husband. He had it hooked up in about 1 hour out of the box to the flat screen on the bedroom wall. He seems to think the blu ray discs have a much superior picture quality. I also gave him a subsciption to Netflix because of the ability of this player to download movies and play instantly. We have not completed that part of the installation yet. The many buttons on the remote have some functions that we have yet to find or figure out. (Reading the manuals would... more info
Solid and Dependable:
I been using this unit for the past several months and would highly recommend it. While I've not owned other Blu-Ray players, I have been impressed with the solid build quality and fast start-up (comparied to a friends unit). I especially like the ability to stream NetFlix movies...and hope that more updates to the firmware reveil future integrations to other VOD services (i.e. Roku planning to integrate Amazon's HD VOD services) to this unit as well. I didn't give it five stars because of the shortage... more info
USB Functionality?:
I would be interested to hear from any BD300 owners regarding the functionality of the USB port and Media files. Some of the LG press releases I've seen clearly state that media files (d-pix, MP3/music, and VIDEO) can be played from an attached USB drive... though they state FLASH/thumb-drives. I'd be interested in knowing if the VIDEO part is true, and (if anyone's willing to experiment) what common CODEC's and file types are supported... such as DVD "ISO" files, MPG2 video, VOB, DivX or XviD,... more info