LG BD590 250GB Blu-ray Player: Does the hard-drive buffer/compensate for my slow download speeds?
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I've had this player for a few months now, but I just got my first ever router, which happens to be wireless, only 3 days ago. My speed is also 1 mps. Based upon the reviews I have read on Amazon, I didn't think I would be able to watch Netflix without constant buffering. I was wrong, because it played great. The video quality was very good and there was only a minor delay at the beginning of the film, probably about 30-45 seconds, or so. A few caveats are in order, though. So far, I have only watched about 20 minutes of that film, as I've been experimenting with other stuff on the player, mainly music. It never paused at all during that time, and I doubt that it will later. Now, as far as other content goes, at 1 mps, there is noticeable buffering on some YouTube videos, also some buffering on certain DIVX content, and way too much buffering on VUDU for me to even consider using it at 1 mps. Finally, I don't know how much of the credit goes to the wireless router for this performance, but I am really pleased with the results it has given so far. Hope this info. helps. UPDATE: I now stream at 3mps. The initial delay before starting a Netflix movie has been reduced greatly. Also, before I upgraded to 3mps, and I was still at 1mps, I tried accessing another Netflix DVD. While the buffering process may have been a couple of minutes, at no time during the playing of the film did it pause again. I'm guessing Netflix calculates you speed and adjust the beginning of the playback to allow uninterrupted playback. One other note: With the 3mps speed, divx plays with no delays at all. I am very impressed.
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LG BD270 Blu-ray Disc PlayerI experience picture freezing after 17 minutes on the LG. Perform a skip back and the picture would freeze again, etc. Tried powering off and playing again, still the same problem. Any one else have this or is it unique to this unit?
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i read a response on the samsung site that said there have been issues when people are uploading firmware via wifi and their wireless network drops the signal - sounds like the best thing to do is download the firmware from your pc to a USB stick and insert that directly into the blue-ray player. I've ordered system but not installed yet.
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I have since received the cd-rom from Panasonic to upgrade my DMP-BD35 blue-ray player and that solved the problem. It is now properly upgraded with the Version.7 firmware upgrade. If there are others having a similar problem upgrading their firmware, contact Panasonic.
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Amazon emailed me to answer this question. I was very dissapointed in the LG BP06LU10. I cannot answer the question. I returned the LG BP06LU10 since it would not playback BluRay discs even though it would burn them. LG tech support was useless to resolve the issue and their solution was to spend another $100 for additional software from Cyberlink, and they couldn't tell me if it would then playback BluRay. The vendor just refered me to LG support so I returned the drive and got a refund. You might find support at Lightscribe.com, the inventors of the technology. Sorry I couldn't be more help. Apparently Amazon doesn't log when items are returned. Amazon emailed me to answer this question. I was very dissapointed in the LG BP06LU10. I cannot answer the question. I returned the LG BP06LU10 since it would not playback BluRay discs even though it would burn them. LG tech support was useless to resolve the issue and their solution was to spend another $100 for additional software from Cyberlink, and they couldn't tell me if it would then playback BluRay. The vendor just refered me to LG support so I returned the drive and got a refund. You might find support at Lightscribe.com, the inventors of the technology. Sorry I couldn't be... » Read More Amazon emailed me to answer this question. I was very dissapointed in the LG BP06LU10. I cannot answer the question. I returned the LG BP06LU10 since it would not playback BluRay discs even though it would burn them. LG tech support was useless to resolve the issue and their solution was to spend another $100 for additional software from Cyberlink, and they couldn't tell me if it would then playback BluRay. The vendor just refered me to LG support so I returned the drive and got a refund. You might find support at Lightscribe.com, the inventors of the technology. Sorry I couldn't be more help. Apparently Amazon doesn't log when items are returned. « Show Less
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Thanks R. Oxhorn and Noaxtogrind. You asked and answered my question. Just got the Samsung BD5700 for a gift and hope Samsung does update the Blu-ray to access Amazon's streaming.
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I just received my LG BH200 (Blu-ray and HD DVD combo player) back from LG. The unit did not work out of the box so I sent it in for repair. They replaced the main board and loaded the latest firmware. The latest firmware (12/08) does not support BD-R/AVCHD discs. I tried several times and finally looked around www.avsforum.com and found the April 08 firmware is the latest that still supports BD-R/AVCHD playback. So I downgraded the firmware and an AVCHD DVD plays fine. I'm not sure where LG is on BD-R support with the BD300. Check out AVS forum.FYI, my HD camcorder does not record AVCHD format, but Ulead VideoStudio 11.5+ can author it. I just received my LG BH200 (Blu-ray and HD DVD combo player) back from LG. The unit did not work out of the box so I sent it in for repair. They replaced the main board and loaded the latest firmware. The latest firmware (12/08) does not support BD-R/AVCHD discs. I tried several times and finally looked around www.avsforum.com and found the April 08 firmware is the latest that still supports BD-R/AVCHD playback. So I downgraded the firmware and an AVCHD DVD plays fine. I'm not sure where LG is on BD-R support with the BD300. Check out AVS forum.FYI, my HD camcorder... » Read More I just received my LG BH200 (Blu-ray and HD DVD combo player) back from LG. The unit did not work out of the box so I sent it in for repair. They replaced the main board and loaded the latest firmware. The latest firmware (12/08) does not support BD-R/AVCHD discs. I tried several times and finally looked around www.avsforum.com and found the April 08 firmware is the latest that still supports BD-R/AVCHD playback. So I downgraded the firmware and an AVCHD DVD plays fine. I'm not sure where LG is on BD-R support with the BD300. Check out AVS forum.FYI, my HD camcorder does not record AVCHD format, but Ulead VideoStudio 11.5+ can author it. « Show Less
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Have you tried reformating the 64GB drive on your computer? Are you sure the firmware for your TV and BluRay player doesn't have any sort of size limitation on external directories?
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I just sent the same request to Amazon customer service. Maybe if they get enough requests something will happen. our BD 570 is only 2 years old - so were not ready to go shopping for a new Blu-ray player yet.here are the links for customer service @ both sites - if we barrage them with requests - maybe something will happen?https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/contact-us?ie=UTF8&nodeId;=508510&https://wws.lg.com/us/support/message-customer-support
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Your BD30 should upgrade video signal through component connections to 1080i, if HDMI it would upscale to 1080p. Others Blu-ray players would have same problems as BD30. The one you have is the best in Blu-ray right now.
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The LN52B630 isn't listed as a qualifying model for the free blu-ray player...how'd u guys make it work?!
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Discs load pretty fast (~20-30 secs for Blu-ray). During initial setup, select the quick load option.
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I haven't had a problem playing rented Blu Ray discs or DVDs after installing the most current driver. I've heard that several people had issues, but I wonder if it was related to the driver.
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Go to www.lg.com/us/blu-ray-burners-and-drives Then do a compare for the drives you want to know the differences.
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I just bought 2 LG Blu Ray players (w/ WI FI) and can't stream Amazon.... will most likely be returning BOTH of them, one is still in the shipping box unopened... BOO LG
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It loads very quickly once it's on and running...I don't know about Music or concerts...but all my movies load as soon as I select them on the hard drive
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It reads Blue-ray Have done it. LG says it burns Blue Ray Disk.Google BDXL Drive "Amazon.com says it does"