LG BD300

The LG BD300 is the very first blu-ray player ever to incorporate Netflix's new high def streaming service already built into it, ready to buy. What this means is that if you're signed up under Netflix's "Watch Now" service, then you can stream any tv shows and movies available there right to your player, and watch them at your leisure! Netflix has been beefing up the selections available through their Watch Now service, too; adding more and more movies, teaming up with partners like Disney and CBS for starters.

Ok, so enough about the cool Netflix incorporation. What else can this bad boy do? Well, its a Profile 2.0 player, which means that the main differences between it and Profile 1.0 players are that it has internet connection capabilities (referred to as BD-Live), as well as stores about 4x as much as profile 1.0 players (1GB vs 256MB of storage).

The internet connection capabilities I speak of are stuff like Netflix, which I've already discussed above, but also various online specific extras that are incorporated into blu-ray movies. At the moment those extra features online haven't been great, but I expect them to grow more and more inpressive as other players get released that support BD-Live. Oh one more thing to note: no wifi; you'll have to connect via an ethernet cable.

The image quality on the LG BD300 is pretty much what we've come to expect from newer blu-ray models. Its clear, crisp, and quite often its downright sexy. As far as playing older DVDs goes, though, its not that great. While the image quality looks beautiful for Netflix streaming and standard blu-ray discs, this is not so when converting standard-def DVDs to 1080p. An inconvenience for people hoping to avoid upgrading all their favorite movies from DVD to Blu-ray.

The menu/navigation is, simply put, a pleasure. Its full of 5 colorfully simple icons to get you where you need to go: Netflix Streaming, Photo, Music, Movie, and Setup. Netflix's streaming menu system fits in quite nicely with this navigation as well, which is great. While its a relatively straight forward and easy to use interface, you may want to keep the user's manual handy just in case you need any clarification.

In short, LG's BD300 blu-ray disc player is a great hd movie system. Most especially so if you're down with the Netflix. In fact, I'd say its almost a must have for any high-def lover who wants to use Netflix's streaming service.

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