LG BP620
Manufacturer: LG Part number: BP620
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LG BP620 price range: $99.99
- Reviewed by: Matthew Moskovciak
- Edited by: David Katzmaier
- Reviewed on: 04/10/2012
- Released on: 03/15/2012
The good: The LG BP620 has built-in Wi-Fi, 3D compatibility, and LG's Smart TV suite of streaming-media services, which includes Netflix, Hulu Plus, Pandora, and Vudu. The user interface for the Smart TV services is the best on any Blu-ray player this year.
The bad: The BP620 lacks Amazon Instant streaming, and several other services (MLB.TV, MOG) aren't available yet. The remote doesn't have dedicated buttons for Netflix or to jump right to the Smart TV services. And the step-down BP320 is a slightly better deal if you don't need 3D compatibility.
The bottom line: If you want 3D, the LG BP620 has most of the right features, but the absence of Amazon Instant and a dedicated Netflix button hurt its value a bit.
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7 stars
Good enough!
by digidavid1954 on May 4, 2013
Pros: Faster load times than others owned previous.
Cons: Sound is so so.
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6 stars
Good value for the price.
by sbc-support on November 5, 2012
Pros: Video quality, Netflix steaming.
Cons: * Remote control buttons and functions are poorly organized.
* Does not have option to downmix discs encoded with DTS audio tracks.
Summary: If you try to play a disc with only a DTS soundtrack and your A/V receiver has Dolby Digital but not DTS decoder, you will get no audio though ...
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Summary: If you try to play a disc with only a DTS soundtrack and your A/V receiver has Dolby Digital but not DTS decoder, you will get no audio though the bitstream coax/optical outputs.
Apparently all LG players suffer from this limitation.
The Sony BlueRay players have a optional "DTS Downmix" setting to accommodate this.
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7 stars
This machine left me blue in the face(the good kind)
by Bennyboo226 on June 29, 2012
Pros: everything
Cons: slow sometimes
Summary: Best blueray player eva
Summary: Best blueray player eva
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7 stars
Blu-Ray works fine... online is speedy with Wireless N
by JoeBearPA on April 12, 2012
Pros: Nice size footprint... easy to use interface, Crisp picture, Easy setup. Video streaming is smooth...
Cons: Although the Video streaming is good, the device won't render AVI files. Which many people have, so you have to convert or find a server like Serviio. This however needs an XML profile for it, and as a non-programmer I cannot make.
Summary: The unit is an overall good buy... but if the files you want to stream from your PC are of an AVI format, you will have to convert them with ...
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Summary: The unit is an overall good buy... but if the files you want to stream from your PC are of an AVI format, you will have to convert them with something like "FormatFactory" or "Handbrake", or find out how to create a streaming, transcoding format for a PC media server like "Serviio" (Free, and the program comes able to stream from your PC, but transcoding requires an XML user made profile telling it HOW to transcode to a format the LG understands). Daunting in both circumstances. "Plex" is another such free program, but I have not been able to figure out how to get the LG to recognize it. On the Roku there is an App you can download but none I know of for the LG, or Serviio.
The LG App store is useless. It has things on it that MIGHT be interesting to some... Story books, and Korean Soap Opera.
I am a bit disappointed by the AVI situation... as it is a common format.
Updated on Apr 12, 2012
As Clarification... I meant I cannot CREATE such a profile... and as a note to AVI file... these are usually of XVid or Divx format. Those of you who encode file or know something about it will understand how popular these formats were\are
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- Manufacturer: LG
- Part number: BP620
- Bottom Line: If you want 3D, the LG BP620 has most of the right features, but the absence of Amazon Instant and a dedicated Netflix button hurt its value a bit.
General
- Component type Blu-ray player
- Form factor Tabletop
Network & Internet Multimedia
- Connectivity Built-in Wi-Fi
- Internet Streaming Services Smart TV
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