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LG Adds BD590 Blu-ray Player with 250GB Hard Drive
Streams Netflix, Vudu, CinemaNow, YouTube, Pandora and more.
LG Electronics released its new BD590 flagship Blu-ray Player at CES 2010 in Las Vegas.
The LG BD590 is using hard drive storage to distinguish it from the pack. With a 250GB hard drive capable of storing music, photos, and online video content (purchased Vudu movies), the BD590 builds on the popular BD390 and aspires to act more as a media hub than basic Blu-ray player.
Streaming video content comes in the form of Netflix (with updated interface), Vudu, CinemaNow, YouTube, Pandora, Picasa, and AccuWeather. Internet connection is supplied through either wired Ethernet or internal 802.11n WiFi.
CD music is ripped directly to the HDD with metadata provided by the Gracenote MusicID-Stream.
Two other lower-end models, the BD570 and BD550, join in with similar specs. The BD570 drops the flagship’s hard drive, and the BD550 also drops the 802.11n WiFi.
All three players are Profile 2.0 with built-in decoding of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master audio. Price and availability have not yet been released.
The LG BD590 is using hard drive storage to distinguish it from the pack. With a 250GB hard drive capable of storing music, photos, and online video content (purchased Vudu movies), the BD590 builds on the popular BD390 and aspires to act more as a media hub than basic Blu-ray player.
Streaming video content comes in the form of Netflix (with updated interface), Vudu, CinemaNow, YouTube, Pandora, Picasa, and AccuWeather. Internet connection is supplied through either wired Ethernet or internal 802.11n WiFi.
CD music is ripped directly to the HDD with metadata provided by the Gracenote MusicID-Stream.
Two other lower-end models, the BD570 and BD550, join in with similar specs. The BD570 drops the flagship’s hard drive, and the BD550 also drops the 802.11n WiFi.
All three players are Profile 2.0 with built-in decoding of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master audio. Price and availability have not yet been released.
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Ooops. Typo there. The last 2 sentences should read: Similarly, the BD570 sounds like the same thing as the BD390. What does the BD570 offer over the BD390?
End the discussion and just buy an Oppo. Go to http://www.gizmodo.com and write, “Lexicon,” into their search engine. You will see that the $3,500.00 Lexicon Blu Ray is a $499.00 Oppo BDP-83 with no changes outside of the outer casing.
In the case of video streaming, look at the Oppo BDP-83SE model. As Archie Bunker would say, “Case closed.”
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I can’t seem to find more specific information, but it appears to me that the BD390 (with wireless connection) is a better machine than the newer BD550 (no wireless connection). So what does the BD550 have over over the BD390? Similarly, the BD550 sounds like the same thing as the BD390. What does the BD550 offer over the BD390?