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- LG BX580 3D Blu-ray Player with Media Centre
- Wi-Fi & DLNA
- Music ID powered by Gracenotes
- Picasa from LG Netcast
- 1080P upscaling
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LG BX580 3D Blu-ray Player with Media Centre featuring Wi-Fi & DLNA
The BX580 Network Blu-ray Player is perfect for enjoying Full HD 1080p and the unlimited possibilities of wireless, streaming entertainment. But if you're looking for the ultimate companion for your 3D TV, you've found that also. Enjoy everything you've come to expect from an LG Blu-ray player, but now enjoy it in 3D.
3D Blu-ray
Playback 3D Blu-ray movies in full High Definition
Wi-Fi and DLNA
DLNA allows any DLNA device connected to your broadband router to stream the contents such as videos, music and pictures via the LG Blu-ray player to the TV. With Wi-Fi, the LB Blu-ray player can be connected to the broadband router without wires.
Picasa from LG Netcast
Access libraries of photos that have been uploaded by friends and family from around the world.
1080P upscaling
DVD or Blu-ray players featuring 1080P up scaling can improve the picture quality of a Standard Definition (SD) DVD to that of Full High Definition (FHD) 1080P picture by using the HDMI connection and filling in the missing details. For the ultimate picture, a Blu-ray disc will provide all the detailed picture quality without the need for picture to be up scaled.
BD-Live
Stream or download bonus content from Blu-ray movies featuring the BD Live logo. Extra content can include deleted scenes, games, trivia, photos and much more.**
**Selected titles only
YouTube from LG Netcast
Access videos from around the world which are uploaded to YouTube. With an easy search facility and the ability to sign in with a YouTube account, finding your favourite videos is easy and simple.
Music ID powered by Gracenotes
Hit the Music ID button on the remote control whilst playing back a Blu-ray/DVD movie or an audio CD and Gracenotes will search the database to identify the title, artist and album of the music being played and where possible, show an image of the album cover.
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48 of 54 people found the following review helpful
I don't have a lot of Blu Ray movies I have to say. Being over 40 I once had an extensive video collection that got replaced with my extensive widescreen video collection, which got replaced with my extensive DVD collection, which was supplemented by my DVD collection with directors commentaries and extras. I am very reluctant to go out and create an extensive Blu Ray collection.
So a Blu Ray player was never going to be about just playing Blu Ray discs. It had to offer a lot more. The obvious is 3D and I will say up front, I don't have a 3D TV and no desire to own one. I simply got this player because: The great price; I like LG's attitude to making technology work; The players wide support for my existing collection of DVD's and its ability to watch or listen to just about ANY kind of digital media I have stored on my home PC's.
This players versatility is its real strength. I can marvel at the great quality of Serenity and Rambo First Blood Blu Ray disks, wonder at the panorama of Dark Knight Blu Ray and then switch to my home media server and watch any one of the 200 DVD's I have (legally purchased) and ripped to my home server. I can listen to music, slideshow my home pictures and watch the episodes of Dexter and Lost I previously downloaded from the network. The LG makes this whole process extremely easy and is very logical.
The great benefit is that it will do its best, and I have to say it does a great job, of making the comparatively low resolution DVD image look like HDMI. My benchmark for this is watching 9, a wonderfully colourful animated movie. It looks visibly better played through the LG than it does anywhere else.
The player has support for the 1080P standard although you have to enable this. This will improve the HD picture in some scenarios although its benefits over 1080i are subtle. The navigation of the player menus are extremely easy and very easy on the eye. Lots of curved bouncy icons that make navigation a real pleasure.
Network connectivity is achieved either via WiFi which is easy to setup, or by just plugging in a network cable to the port at the back. Which of course must be connected to your home network.
The only downside? There is a USB port at the front for watching media you have on a USB flash drive. This works well but disrupts the very stylish look of the unit, sticking out and holding the front cover open. Not a problem really unless you want to permanently want to connect a bigger USB drive as the USB cable would hold the cover open the same. A very small winge.
So even without using the 3D, at this price, if you have DVD discs, Blue Ray discs and any kind of digital media stored on your PC's at home, that you want to watch on your main TV. Then I very highly recommend this.
Hope the review was helpful.
So a Blu Ray player was never going to be about just playing Blu Ray discs. It had to offer a lot more. The obvious is 3D and I will say up front, I don't have a 3D TV and no desire to own one. I simply got this player because: The great price; I like LG's attitude to making technology work; The players wide support for my existing collection of DVD's and its ability to watch or listen to just about ANY kind of digital media I have stored on my home PC's.
This players versatility is its real strength. I can marvel at the great quality of Serenity and Rambo First Blood Blu Ray disks, wonder at the panorama of Dark Knight Blu Ray and then switch to my home media server and watch any one of the 200 DVD's I have (legally purchased) and ripped to my home server. I can listen to music, slideshow my home pictures and watch the episodes of Dexter and Lost I previously downloaded from the network. The LG makes this whole process extremely easy and is very logical.
The great benefit is that it will do its best, and I have to say it does a great job, of making the comparatively low resolution DVD image look like HDMI. My benchmark for this is watching 9, a wonderfully colourful animated movie. It looks visibly better played through the LG than it does anywhere else.
The player has support for the 1080P standard although you have to enable this. This will improve the HD picture in some scenarios although its benefits over 1080i are subtle. The navigation of the player menus are extremely easy and very easy on the eye. Lots of curved bouncy icons that make navigation a real pleasure.
Network connectivity is achieved either via WiFi which is easy to setup, or by just plugging in a network cable to the port at the back. Which of course must be connected to your home network.
The only downside? There is a USB port at the front for watching media you have on a USB flash drive. This works well but disrupts the very stylish look of the unit, sticking out and holding the front cover open. Not a problem really unless you want to permanently want to connect a bigger USB drive as the USB cable would hold the cover open the same. A very small winge.
So even without using the 3D, at this price, if you have DVD discs, Blue Ray discs and any kind of digital media stored on your PC's at home, that you want to watch on your main TV. Then I very highly recommend this.
Hope the review was helpful.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Have had this for six months now. It does everything it says on the tin.
Pros:
Plays avi, xvid, divx, mkv, mp4, mp3 happily, in all variations that I have thrown at it.
Can all be played from USB Flash Drive, External Hard Drive or 'Data' DVD.
Good menu system.
Sensible, nice to use remote control.
Regular updates to keep up with current media formats.
Can download Blu-ray Extras straight to USB Flash Drive.
Works great through BT Home Hub 3 to my computer, for streaming.
Minor Con:
No BBC iplayer.
Overall a very nice compact, neat looking bit of kit that works very well.
Pros:
Plays avi, xvid, divx, mkv, mp4, mp3 happily, in all variations that I have thrown at it.
Can all be played from USB Flash Drive, External Hard Drive or 'Data' DVD.
Good menu system.
Sensible, nice to use remote control.
Regular updates to keep up with current media formats.
Can download Blu-ray Extras straight to USB Flash Drive.
Works great through BT Home Hub 3 to my computer, for streaming.
Minor Con:
No BBC iplayer.
Overall a very nice compact, neat looking bit of kit that works very well.
21 of 26 people found the following review helpful
I was lucky enough to win this player, a 3DTV and a Bluray Surround system, so I can't gripe too much here. This is a very nice player with some great features. I linked mine to my router with an ethernet cable and was able to play most of my downloaded films through the player. Once connected you have Google, Picassa and Weather at hand and you can plug in external drives with media on if you don't want to stream from a PC. It played everything I threw at it from Divx, MKVs and AVI files plus a good few back-up DVDs on Datawrite DVDR Single and dual layer discs. It also played original Blu-rays and 3D Blu-rays with ease too.
Now here's the rub! It struggles with Blu-Ray R and RE discs. i wanted to archive my home movies to Blu-Ray and got a writer for my PC and some free 25GB Blu-Ray RW discs and I have Avatar 3D on a Dual Layer Blu-ray. This player stutters, stumbles and fumbles with any of these. This includes picture break-up, skipping or repeating scenes and freezing for 20-30 seconds before restating. i got 25 mins into Avatar 3D and it jumped back to the start.
In the end I sold this player and got another brand one that plays all discs fine!
Now here's the rub! It struggles with Blu-Ray R and RE discs. i wanted to archive my home movies to Blu-Ray and got a writer for my PC and some free 25GB Blu-Ray RW discs and I have Avatar 3D on a Dual Layer Blu-ray. This player stutters, stumbles and fumbles with any of these. This includes picture break-up, skipping or repeating scenes and freezing for 20-30 seconds before restating. i got 25 mins into Avatar 3D and it jumped back to the start.
In the end I sold this player and got another brand one that plays all discs fine!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Disappointing
I bought this item along with an LG 3D capable TV. Having first examined the LG range, and - in particular - what online options they offered with their NetCast functionality, I... Read more
Published 4 months ago by C. Malme
BX580 Blu Ray
A good player, Very good Wi-Fi,but let down by slow to start up, and is very finicky with different types of disks, I'd give it 5 stars if it would play all disks the same
Published 6 months ago by Robbo
Ok but i think the sony model is better if you want to stream tv
If your buying this for internet streaming, think again.
I think there's quite a lot of reviews on this, mostly showing 4-5 stars. Read more
I think there's quite a lot of reviews on this, mostly showing 4-5 stars. Read more
Published 7 months ago by James Lever
Works very well!
This item works very well with every DVD I have tried in it! If you are looking for a 3d blu-ray player then I would recommend it.
Published 8 months ago by Jesus duck
Well worth the money
The quality of DVD's played on this are great. If you have windows 7 on your computer and have suffered from the security features of it buy this with confidence as it connected... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mr. JP Hardy
Great blu-ray player
I would recommend this blu-ray player as it looks stylish and produces great picture and sound. Very quiet, (don't hear disks rotating inside) and easy to set up.
Published 10 months ago by E. Snelgrove
3D Blu-ray player
I was very happy with this player but can't give it 5 stars because I only tried a limited range of its features. Read more
Published 10 months ago by buysupreme
3D Blu-ray Player
This item arrived on time and in good condition. I was, however, very disappointed to discover that the lead needed to connect it to my television was not included, and cost... Read more
Published 12 months ago by mcleanledi
TOP QUALITY 3D BLU-RAY PLAYER FOR PRICE
My main concern before purchasing the LG BX580 3D Blu-ray Player was what actual quality can this produce (other than 3D)and how can it make a difference in playing my Standard DVD... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Brian Robbo
Almost excellent...
I received my LG BX580 this morning. Plugged everything in and began by connecting to my network. Initially it didn't want to play nicely with my Apple Airport Extreme, but an... Read more
Published 12 months ago by ZeddsDed
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