Wednesday, October 3, 2012

LG GD580 Blu-Ray Player Review

LG BD-580 MOBILE PHONES
LG's first 3D Blu-ray Player, the GD580 has a very reasonable listed price of $399.99. Reasonable considering the GD580 is Full HD 3D Blu-ray capable, comes with NetCast Entertainment Access for online streaming content, high-speed 802.11n built-in Wi-Fi, DLNA compliant to stream data from your computer, BD-Live capable and of course it can play regular Blu-ray and DVD discs.

Being just 8 inches in depth and 1.7 inches in height, the GD580 is a very slim design and does not require a large amount of space. Going for a minimalist design the front panel flips down to reveal the controls, the LCD Display, the disc loading tray and a USB port. Many people consider the flip down panel to be a design flaw. The GD580 does not have any internal memory. Therefore a USB drive is need for downloadable BD-Live content. Once a USB drive is inserted you can not flip the panel back up. Some may find this to be inconvenient and spoil the clutter free look of the player.

Video Quality: Beside 3D Blu-ray discs, the GD580 still can playback Blu-ray and DVD discs. Video connections are located on the back. They include a HDMI 1.4 Output, Composite Outputs, and Component Outputs. HDMI connection will give you the best possible playback quality. It does have the latest HDMI 1.4 version Output, however, a 1.3 HDMI cable is sufficient for 3D playback. There is no need to go out an purchase a new HDMI 1.4 cable.

Audio Quality: Audio connection can be done via the HDMI 1.4 Output, Digital Audio Outputs(Coaxial, Optical) and 2.0-channel Analog Outputs. The BDX580 has internal audio decoding for Linear PCM, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio, and DTS. Unfortunately, there are no multi-channel 7.1 analog outputs. An audio/Video receiver with a HDMI input is require to decode the high-resolution surround sound that are found on Blu-ray movies.

The LG GD580 comes pack full of features. As stated it is the first LG Blu-ray player with Full HD 3D capability. It also has an Ethernet Port and a high-speed 802.11n Wi-Fi built-in for connecting to the internet. The GD580 includes LG's NetCast Entertainment Access which has Online Streaming Media Services such as Netflix, Vudu HD, YouTube, Picasa, AccuWeather and many more.

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