LG BX580 Network 3D Blu-ray Disc Player, Black

• 3D Blu-ray Disc Playback
• Integrated Wi-Fi Connectivity
• NetCast Entertainment Access
• DLNA Certified (Home Link)
• Full HD 1080p

Had very high expectations for this player. The setup was very easy and the bluray playback was excellent. However, I did not purchase this JUST to play my blurays, my PS3 already does that just fine. I bought it for its streaming and Netcast features, which unfortunately work either satisfactory at best, or, in my case (specifically CinemaNow), not at all. CinemaNow just failed to connect, everything else did. CinemaNow support passed the blame to LG, and LG advised me to send the unit for servicing. I told LG that sending a product for servicing one day after receiving it is not an option. So, am returning it back to Amazon and will hunt for a different network streaming bluray player. LG customer support did try to help, but ultimately were unable to and like I said, having to have a brand new product serviced out of the box is simply not acceptable.

UPDATE 10/20/2010

LG customer support CAME THROUGH! Decided to give them one last chance and this time someone answered who actually knew what to do (I know, shocker!). Anyway, "Oscar" was very helpful and told me to reset the LG's IP address from AUTO to Manual and supplied a new IP address and CinemaNow works beautifully. All the other Netcast sites continued to work as well. I will be keeping this unit!!!

UPDATE 9/17/2012

I have just thrown this player in the trash. It stopped playing virtually all media, satisfactorily. Everything I put in it would stutter, digitize, or just plain not play at all. What a horrible piece of garbage. LG should be ashamed of itself (yeah, right). Updated to Panasonic DMP-BDT500 -so far am very happy with it. It is a superior machine, both feature-wise and more importantly, construction-wise. So, in short, less than two years worth of playing, and LG craps out. No more LG for me.

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I am mostly pleased with this Blu-ray player's features and performance. I have it connected via HDMI to a 3D-capable AV receiver and as expected it does a great job playing Blu-ray DVD's as well as upconverting standard DVD's. I haven't been able to test the 3D capability because I'm still undecided on a 3D TV. The networking capability works very well; I had no trouble connecting to my secure wireless-N network, but the wireless connection speed seems much lower than I'm getting on my notebook, probably due to the LG player being buried in a cabinet with other electronics. This means that streaming from the internet or a PC via DLNA is somewhat slow, and wired Ethernet would be advisable if you do heavy media streaming. Standard YouTube video streaming, however, worked pretty well due to the lower bandwidth requirement.

The only thing keeping me from giving this unit 5 stars is that the photo display capability has a serious limitation that is not documented and has not been remedied by LG tech support. In spite of the advice to keep JPEG's below 3000 by 3000 pixels (24 bits/pixels), I found that the image will not display properly if the file size exceeds 3.0 MB, regardless of pixel dimension. This problem was duplicated by LG tech support on images that I supplied them, but although they stated their engineers were working on the problem, it has not been fixed in over two months. This is probably not something that most people will care about, but if you want to stream photos from your PC for slide shows on your hi-def TV, the BX580 would be a good way to do it if it worked properly with normal JPEG files.

All in all, a very nice unit, especially considering the substantial discount price that is available on Amazon!

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I got this as part of a deal when purchased with a 3D tv. This player has a feature called Homelink which allows you to play media off a network drive. I have a NAS that's on the network and this player plays everything I've thrown at it flawlessly. Its allowing me to move the mac mini I have to the bedroom since I no longer need a media pc. I can't attest to the 3d blu ray playback since there seems to be a lack of 3D blu ray discs but I'm impressed so far with what I've seen.

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I got the BX580 is in a bundle from Amazon with the LG 55LX6500 LED 3D Internet 1080 HDTV, and 4 pairs of LG 3D glasses. This player has way more option than I need, and all the connections and capabilities are duplicated on the LG 55LX6500 HDTV. But for someone with an HDTV without those features, the player fills in the gaps.

When all the pieces were delivered and hooked up together, I played a new 3D Blu-Ray disk (Monster House 3D), as well as a new full 1080 HD DVD (Avatar). I also played a lot of older DVDs in the old standard 3:4:5 (1.33) analog TV format, some of which are only 720 resolution. They all play well, but only full 1080 HD sources have the razor sharp definition that is now the expectation. From now on, all I will buy are Blu-Ray. No more DVDs, though I'm glad I can still play my old inferior DVDs.

I don't have any negative issues with the BX580 player. It was a fantastic experience. The only negative I experienced was that 3D gives me a headache after awhile, but that is an issue with the active shutter technology, and not the player equipment.

Neither the LG player nor LG HDTV comes with HDMI cables, which are required for the best results. I originally had the player hooked to the TV with composite video cables and the analog sound (red-white audio cables) -because I only ordered HDMI cables from Amazon after the player and TV were delivered and I found out HDMI cables were NOT included. If you want the full digital capability of this player, including 5.1 or 7.1 sound, then you must hook up with an HDMI cable. Those red-white-yellow RCA analog cables are for legacy (non-HDMI) analog peripherals you have.

You can hook up your digital 5.1 or 7.1 sound equipment directly to the BX580 player by digital coax or digital optical. I just hook my digital sound system (a Logitech Z-5500 5.1 digital sound system) directly to the HDTV. The HDMI cable linking the player to the TV will carry all the digital sound signal to speaker system through the HDTV. You can also hook up an analog sound system with the red-white RCA jacks, but all you can get is stereo from them. Unlike your computer, which might have 3 or 4 separate analog audio jacks for a 5.1 system, the BX580 player only supports a digital 5.1/7.1 audio connection, and a stereo (red-white RCA jacks) analog audio.

I was pleasantly surprised that the BX580 had built in WiFi, which I didn't even realize until somebody commented on it in an online review (so much for not reading the manual.) I already had the LG HDTV hooked to an Ethernet cable to my home LAN, so I didn't really need the internet capability of the BX580 player, which also has an Ethernet jack. So I connected the player by WiFi, since I also already have WiFi in the house. Sometimes WiFi connections have issues but I had no trouble connecting the player to my home LAN. The only hiccup was I put the gateway password in as the password the BX580 player asked for, when what it really wanted was the gateway key. I only tested out the Utube internet app because it was free. The other video content apps, like Netflix, requires an account be established first.

Now I have three remotes to manipulate -the HDTV remote, the BX580 player remote, and the Sound system remote. I'm OK with his, because once set, I manipulate very little from my standard set up. Long ago I gave up on universal remotes, because, despite all their claim, they are not. The LG remotes have a simplex feature which allows both the TV and the player to be operated by one remote but you can't use simplex when you have a 3D program on.

I don't have any issues with the remotes. I can't read them without glasses any way, and I just keep one of those free mini LED flashlights from Harbor Freight close by if I need to see the remote buttons.

All in all, this is an excellent player with more options than you may be able to take advantage of. I got it at a great price, and I am more than satisfied with it. I would not hesitate to recommended it to a friend.

I was looking for a feature packed 3D blu-ray player that offerd wireless connectivity to my home network. The BX580 fit the bill to a "T". It has lots of features and for the money I don't think that it can be beat. I liked the product so much that I bought another one for a second entertainment system. Previous review critized usb port on face of unit. I have not found that to be a problem. Easy to access and usually this connection is for a short period and not permanent anyway. 3D works great too.