Topic: LG bd-370 for P7999

[DVD_Freak]

Ok na rin yun price....talaga nga mauubos.

[DOM]

meron pa trinoma display unit
as of today 10:30am

[jvm]

...  Anybody know until when Abenson's will offer this at this price?

Just passed by Abenson, Festival Mall this afternoon, the salesman said it will be offered until Feb 28.

Mura na BD player. Sana next na mag-mura BD disc na.

[daigoro]

tried comparing the dvd playback quality of the LG BD370 versus my Oppo 980. I have to say that the Oppo beats the LG significantly. Anyway, i'll use the bd370 for blurays anyway.

[oReOsHaKe]

tried comparing the dvd playback quality of the LG BD370 versus my Oppo 980. I have to say that the Oppo beats the LG significantly. Anyway, i'll use the bd370 for blurays anyway.

Same here, I play BDs on my Panasonic BD player, and play DVDs on my Oppo 983.  DVD playback on my Panasonic BD player sucks..

[wacksy1021]

Try calling abensons galleria, when I bought mine there was still 1 unit left and 1 display unit also.

[hubes]

to those who bought this, does it play all newer bluray titles especially those with BD live?

[Alfie]

It plays but no BD Live  :'(

......However, with the price, it's still a good buy.

.....only hassle is...BD price is still steep....Digital copy and DRM sucks, plus the fact that the HDD MKV players are hassle free which approximates the PQ & AQ of a Blu Ray disc and not all movies are meant for Blu Ray encoding(well, we'll just have to respect the history behind the movie when it was conceptualized and made.

but in conclusion, I still think as of today, it's still a good buy.

[Superman]

Hi Guys!

If anybody of you needs a unit, please SMS me 0917-8004868 or 0922-8004868...I reserved 3 units but will be getting 2 na lang...You might want to get it instead of waiting for next shipment...It's in Abenson Alabang...Text me ahead so I can call them, thanks!

[Othan]

It plays but no BD Live   :'(

......However, with the price, it's still a good buy.

.....only hassle is...BD price is still steep....Digital copy and DRM sucks, plus the fact that the HDD MKV players are hassle free which approximates the PQ & AQ of a Blu Ray disc and not all movies are meant for Blu Ray encoding(well, we'll just have to respect the history behind the movie when it was conceptualized and made.

but in conclusion, I still think as of today, it's still a good buy.

though i haven't got any blu-ray discs yet, it says here that it plays BD-Live

http://reviews.cnet.com/blu-ray-players-recorders/lg-bd370/4505-9991_7-33485559.html

maybe di mo nasalpakan ng usb flash kaya siguro di gumana bd-live or yung mismong blu-ray disc walang bd-live.  AFAIK kaunti pa lang ang nakikita kong blu-ray discs na may BDLive, di yata lahat ng bagong bluray discs may BDLive

[Philander]

Yung component video ba nito nag sususport ng 1080p?

[Verbl Kint]

Component theoretically can run 1080p but 1080i is the max that Hollywood (using Advanced Access Content System, or AACS) will allow.

[Alfie]

though i haven't got any blu-ray discs yet, it says here that it plays BD-Live

http://reviews.cnet.com/blu-ray-players-recorders/lg-bd370/4505-9991_7-33485559.html

maybe di mo nasalpakan ng usb flash kaya siguro di gumana bd-live or yung mismong blu-ray disc walang bd-live.  AFAIK kaunti pa lang ang nakikita kong blu-ray discs na may BDLive, di yata lahat ng bagong bluray discs may BDLive

Pag pinasok mo ang Blu Ray disc (Disney/Pixar's Up & Monster's Inc) eh' ma-ki-kita mo ang BD Live, tapos i-high-high-light mo ito', pag-katapos pindot, ang sasagot ay "Some Players do not support BD Live, click next to know about BD Live". Tapos lalabas ngayon ang mga features nang BD Live. Kaya ang tinging ko ay walang BD Live.

Hindi ko nga kinabitan nang usb...mamaya susubukan ko muli.

OO' nga pala, magaling ang USB nito, na-basa niya ang 250G na 2.5 HDD ko na naka FAT32 (hindi kaya nang Pioneer), pero hindi ang NTSF na 80G. Tapos, totoo na na-kakabasa nang MKV, kaya lang ang MKV na binasa ay iyun' Anime na Bleach, hindi talaga Hidef, kasi di kaya nang FAT32 nang mas malaki sa 3Gig na content.

Tungkol naman sa mga BD na may digital copy, kalimutan na ninyo iyun' pang USA at Canada residence lang iyun'....pero kung mayroon marunong ma-i-rip ito' patulong naman, kasi sayang naman may expiration date siya.

[Alfie]

Yung component video ba nito nag sususport ng 1080p?

Iyun' setup ko ay pinalit ko lang sa Xtream DVD kaya na-i-kabit ko rin ang component RCA niya, tapos noon linagay ko sa 1080P sa HDMI, pag punta sa component 1080P din ang sabi nang LG...kaya lang di' ko alam kung tunay ito' kasi sa Xtreme DVD nakalagay din 1080P sa component pero 1080i lang pala.

[Othan]

Pag pinasok mo ang Blu Ray disc (Disney/Pixar's Up & Monster's Inc) eh' ma-ki-kita mo ang BD Live, tapos i-high-high-light mo ito', pag-katapos pindot, ang sasagot ay "Some Players do not support BD Live, click next to know about BD Live". Tapos lalabas ngayon ang mga features nang BD Live. Kaya ang tinging ko ay walang BD Live.

Hindi ko nga kinabitan nang usb...mamaya susubukan ko muli.

OO' nga pala, magaling ang USB nito, na-basa niya ang 250G na 2.5 HDD ko na naka FAT32 (hindi kaya nang Pioneer), pero hindi ang NTSF na 80G. Tapos, totoo na na-kakabasa nang MKV, kaya lang ang MKV na binasa ay iyun' Anime na Bleach, hindi talaga Hidef, kasi di kaya nang FAT32 nang mas malaki sa 3Gig na content.

Tungkol naman sa mga BD na may digital copy, kalimutan na ninyo iyun' pang USA at Canada residence lang iyun'....pero kung mayroon marunong ma-i-rip ito' patulong naman, kasi sayang naman may expiration date siya.

you need to insert a USB flash with at least 1Gb for BDLive use.  its in the manual.  unlike the bd390 and upcoming 2010 lg BD players, these new players have built-in HDD, so the contents of BDLive will be recoreded to HDD.  with BD370, content of BDLive are recorded to USB flash.  

by the way, dapat nakakabit din ang network, yung pang-internet, i think direct broadband yata.  di yata pwede yung dadaan pa ng proxy or thru router (di ko sure ito)

[Alfie]

you need to insert a USB flash with at least 1Gb for BDLive use.  its in the manual.  unlike the bd390 and upcoming 2010 lg BD players, these new players have built-in HDD, so the contents of BDLive will be recoreded to HDD.  with BD370, content of BDLive are recorded to USB flash.  

Dito, OK lang ako, mura na ang 1 gig 

by the way, dapat nakakabit din ang network, yung pang-internet, i think direct broadband yata.  di yata pwede yung dadaan pa ng proxy or thru router (di ko sure ito)

Dito, ayoko na...kasi naka Router ako sa bahay,(nasa HT/Gaming room ko kasi mahirap pa na i-disconnect at i-connect ). :'(

[hubes]

according to the salesman in Abenson, dating price nito is 29,990 tapos naging 14.990.

so 2x nag discount/promo na pala.

[Othan]

Dito, OK lang ako, mura na ang 1 gig 

Dito, ayoko na...kasi naka Router ako sa bahay,(nasa HT/Gaming room ko kasi mahirap pa na i-disconnect at i-connect ). :'(

try mo lang ikabit, di naman siguro mawawala ang settings mo  or you can do a split, one connected to your router and the other one sa BD player basta alam mo mga settings ng ISP (yung mga IP address yata).

[Alfie]

Iyun' din ang sabi sa akin...kaya nga na-pa-bili ak kaagad eh'  

Kaya lang, ang bigat pa talaga nang presyo nang pelikulang naka Blu Ray, pag maganda ang titulo, lagpas isang libo, pag pang VCD ang kalidad nang pelikula, lagpas limang daan'.

Mahirap talaga sa mga nasanay sa Quiapo.

OO' nga pala sa Quiapo, sa mga nag be-benta nang buriking Blu Ray, otso seintos ang mg abulok na title, ang concert naman isang libo. :'(

Malaki pa ang mura nang bi-nebenta dito sa PinoyDVD.

[gaol]

according to the salesman in Abenson, dating price nito is 29,990 tapos naging 14.990.

so 2x nag discount/promo na pala.

Actually I saw this 'on sale' at the VMall lobby last month for P34k!

Congrats pareng Alfie, napabili ka rin ng BD player. :-)

[Othan]

Actually I saw this 'on sale' at the VMall lobby last month for P34k!

Congrats pareng Alfie, napabili ka rin ng BD player. :-)

baka sa feb/mar 2010 eh P3999 na lang 

[Alfie]

Congrats pareng Alfie, napabili ka rin ng BD player. :-)

Pareng Arn, wala sana akong balak bumili eh' kasi di' ba sabi ko sa iyo, mahirap pang bumili nang Blu Ray Discs, tapos baka ma-matay din' ang Blu Ray dahil sa HDD at China Blu, kaya lang, sabi ko sa sarili ko, Ok din ang USB function niya, kaya eto' natambay na sa bahay......kasi DVD at HDD parin ang mga may magaling na titles na lumalabas eh' para tuloy siyang white elephant...he-he.

baka sa feb/mar 2010 eh P3999 na lang

Ito rin ang sinabi ko sa LG personnel sa Abenson eh' natawa nga ang loko'  ....baka totoo.

[Alfie]

OK tested BD Live, now with usb and I found out that it is territory dependent, thus the message I'm getting is Disney BD Live is not available in your territory and thus was re-directed to the merits of having BD Live.   :'(

Maybe those who have other Blu Ray Titles can test their units if the Philippines is within BD Live territory.  

BTW...nothing to do with having a router, since the You Tube works, as well as the updates.

[gaol]

OK tested BD Live, now with usb and I found out that it is territory dependent, thus the message I'm getting is Disney BD Live is not available in your territory and thus was re-directed to the merits of having BD Live.   :'(

Maybe those who have other Blu Ray Titles can test their units if the Philippines is within BD Live territory.  

BTW...nothing to do with having a router, since the You Tube works, as well as the updates.

Alfie, yes, Disney BD Live is territory dependent. Try Warner titles: you just have to register first at their warnerblu website: http://warnerblu.warnerbros.com/#/bdlive/.

Cheers!

[Philander]

Iyun' setup ko ay pinalit ko lang sa Xtream DVD kaya na-i-kabit ko rin ang component RCA niya, tapos noon linagay ko sa 1080P sa HDMI, pag punta sa component 1080P din ang sabi nang LG...kaya lang di' ko alam kung tunay ito' kasi sa Xtreme DVD nakalagay din 1080P sa component pero 1080i lang pala.

Xtreme definitely supports upto 1080i only on either/both component and HDMI (even with 1080p in the set-up, it is actually 1080i in 50hz), I have reported this as well in Xtreme thread.



So just to confirm, as per your test, the LG BD370 supports output of 1080i or even 1080p using component video?

Thanks

[Alfie]

Yes it does.

BTW...did anybody updated their firmware?

I'm afraid to update since I might not be able to revert it back to region free.(as indicated in the forum for making the BD370 regionfree.

[ditoy_eagle]

After applying the hack, I updated via the ethernet port to the latest SW V7.159.00.26 then region free pa din sya 

[Othan]

what's new in the update?

visited the LG philippines website and saw about 4 updates and special firmwares.  do we have to download all or just one and which one? 

[beginner]

This is a great deal! So what stores have this in stock?

Thanks!

[Alfie]

what's new in the update?

visited the LG philippines website and saw about 4 updates and special firmwares.  do we have to download all or just one and which one? 

I don't know what's new in the update but the unit will only update to the firmware posted by the server SW V7.159.00.26

Better update via the unit, you'll have to attach a USB afterwhich it'll download,and ask you if you want to apply the update.

From the AVS forum, one recent update V8 I think is not recommended since it causes pixellizations.

When I 1st used the LG I was really impressed since it loads much faster than teh Samsung BD that was demonstrated to me a few months ago, and now I realized the others take long to load due to the incorporated HDD, since when I attached initally a 2G Flash drive and later with the update a 4G capacity, it loads about 3-5 minutes prior to the discs screen pre-menu,and when I checked the Flash dribve, it now has a BUDA folder, which is probably for the BDLive and other downloads.

Oh yes, better apply the Region free hack first without any internet connection, since if there is it'll ask you to update and the hack wont apply as indicated in the thread-link that was provided in the 1st page.

BTW....I don't know of any improvement, but I'm glad it's still region free after appluying the update.