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Review on LG 3D UHD Blu-Ray 4K Player with Remote Control, HDR Compatibility, DVD Upconversion, Ethernet, HDMI, USB Port (Black) - NO WiFi by Jeff Sorensen

Revainrating 5 out of 5

CLEAR GOOD Solid player with no frills (no streaming apps).

I have an LG 4K 3D OLED TV and a 7.2ch AV receiver. Player through the receiver through the receiver in the TV. I have 4 UHD 3D Blu-rays, about 7 4K Blu-rays and tons of non-4K Blu-rays/DVDs. They all worked. VIDEO quality: 3D or 4K TV determines immediately. Video output is set to 4K quality. The video from my A/V receiver is marked as through. I tried 4K Blu-Ray and the display is phenomenal. Then I compared a regular Blu-ray with player conversion and without player conversion. If there is no up-conversion, the up-conversion is performed by the TV. The TV upconversion was slightly better in terms of buffering/judder for fast motion scenes, but that's to be expected. Overall impressed with the upconversion of this player. AUDIO - I use - for PCM audio that I have defined as lossless (some players send PCM but are lossy) and have found that my A/V receiver likes to use the right codec. Quality: impressive. User interface: SIMPLE AND SIMPLE. Hooray. None of those streaming apps etc. 4 options: Movies, Photos, Music, Settings. 1st three - available through a USB device when connected (the player has a USB connector on the front panel) or some kind of MHL (I don't know). Settings - has a network connection but is only used when updating the BD-Live Content firmware. No WLAN. Construction: full metal body and noiseless, none of the big LEDs light up in front. Another good thing is that the included power cord is long and the remote control comes with a battery (very rare these days). Cons: Doesn't support network music/video servers and the remote control is very small. Fortunately, you can control this player with my magic LG TV remote control.

Pros
  • TV & Video
Cons
  • Out of fashion