LG BX580 3D Blu-ray Disc Player Review

LG has a wide range of 3D-enabled TVs in its range, so of course the Korean company has a 3D Blu-ray player to go with them to be related. But 3D lifting of the BX580 is packed with features – like the rest of the LG Blu-ray machines, in fact – and though the price tag is not exactly peanuts, it’s cheaper than 3D player from Samsung and Panasonic, which give it could be a advantage in this growing segment of the market.

The player itself is surprisingly slim and compact, but not nearly as striking as LG BD570. The front panel is a long semi-transparent flap hides the mess, giving it a minimalist look. Pull it down and you get a CD tray, a selection of playback keys and a USB port to find out, while some blue lights are both sides of the Blu-ray 3D logo is a nice touch. It is a pity that LG have not sprung for a larger display than the ridiculous points are a little hard to read.

A look at the back there is disappointment at first. LG has an HDMI v1.4 output, of not being very helpful for people who want to listen to HD audio soundtracks in addition to 3D movies, but made not via HDMI v1.4 ports on their AV receivers available. The Panasonic DMP-BDT300 is the only platform that we encountered so far, a second HDMI output that allows you to deliver pipe video and audio separately, but it will set you back at least 100 more.

Other connections are component, composite, analog stereo and two optical digital audio outputs (coaxial and optical). Next to them, an Ethernet port, which for those who make a wired connection to your Internet router is better is provided. But if you have a wireless router at home, then you can take advantage of built-in 802.11b/g/n WiFi support deck.

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In both methods, you can live content, stream media content from devices in the home network (this player is DLNA-certified) BD download and plunge in on-demand content on LG NetCast function. NetCast with three locations currently – YouTube, Picasa, and AccuWeather.com – which, compared to Sony and Samsung’s latest player faded, but YouTube may be enough alone to deal with you. The NetCast interface is beautiful, by the three symbols to boast a colorful graphic of a road, plus the browser for each site an attractive and logical structure, but not quite smart presentation about the lack of compelling content can shine.

DLNA networking is a really useful feature if you stored music, videos and pictures on different drives and PCs in the house, and fortunately, LG simple setup procedures and easy to use folder-based layout makes it easy to be happy to serve. You can play an unusually wide range of formats, including container formats like MKV, MP4, AVI, DivX HD plus, MP3, WMA and JPEG as well as the deck 802.11n compatibility is a boon for those hi-def stream videos do. The same file types can be played from USB devices plugged in front connection, although the port is also used, storage for BD-Live downloads are – we would preferably a second port on the back, only for this purpose.

Another nice feature is audio CD recording, which allows you to tracks from CDs to a connected USB device. It is a choice of 128k, 192k, 320k and lossless quality, and when you insert a CD deck to see the details on the Gracenote Media Database, but you must be online for this to work. The BX580 also leads all current Blu-ray player tasks such as decoding for Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master Audio soundtracks to PCM and output hi-def video at 1080/24p.

Accessing the BX580′s wealth of features, thanks to the sophisticated on-screen menus. The main menu looks good, with the same design as the innovative BD570. The background is a tank of water lapping, and each of the options (sound, photo, Home Link, Setup, etc.) is a rocker block of ice with the appropriate symbol. As indicated on the BD570, it’s a little slow responding to remote commands, but only a fraction of a second or so. The setup menu is a simpler affair, with a block in the middle of the screen, in which all options, but it is easy to follow and contains all the important improvements such as HDMI audio options and video resolutions.

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The remote control is coated in a lovely glossy look and provides absolutely no problems. The playback buttons are nicely grouped in the middle, just above the intuitive controls arranged menu. The buttons are large and clearly marked, plus press click with a beautiful, attractive. A group of buttons on the bottom you can to control LG TV.

Hit the Info/Display button on the remote control and a box appears on the left side of the screen and shows you all current settings and allows you to create a series of picture presets (Vivid, Standard and Movie) and a user access setting you the values of contrast, brightness, color, sharpness and noise reduction allows change in the image. 3D options are virtually non-existent, amounting to a 3D mode on/off option in the setup menu – everything is done automatically, which is great for beginners.

Disc loading is surprisingly slow. The BX580 took 55 seconds Ice Age 3 Last: The Meltdown on Blu-ray (3D version), while playing Terminator Salvation first video clip for exactly one minute after closing the disc tray.

To test 3D performance, we got our hands on LG Infinia 55LX9900 LED TV and a pair of the necessary active shutter glasses, and then put Panasonic Ice Age 3 disc back into the tray. The opening sequence shows, Scrat the hard nut hunts in beautiful 3D is a wonderful sight. The first thing to note is that the picture is pleasant to watch, making it easy to customize for your eyes to the different layers and moving objects.

After your eyes have adjusted, you can really immerse themselves in the BX580 images. When leaves flap in front of the camera or when Scrat pushes his nose around the side of the tree, the 3D effect quite convincing, but it is best for long shots of snowy landscapes, can marvel at where the different layers of trees and rocks stretching to the horizon again. Great stuff.

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As Scrat and his female counterpart dive into the abyss, the sense of perspective and depth is palpable. The impact of the deck of 3D is to be remarkably sharp detail and the lack of increase of disturbing noise. It is not perfect – look closely and you can get some ghosting on some of the trees in the background and detects where dark objects meet bright backgrounds, but it’s not nearly as bad as Samsung TV/Blu-Ray combo.

Another disadvantage is that our Ice Age 3 Disc kept breaking up and crashing on the BX580, something it has never been on the Panasonic DMP-BDT100. On one occasion, even the LG caused to turn itself off.

As a 2D player that BX580 is a decent if not outstanding performer, by displaying the same sharp detail, it demonstrates with 3D rendering. With sophisticated discs such as Watchmen and The Dark Knight, the image is stable and powerful, but subtle, if need be, especially when it comes to color shades and mixtures comes as movement is smooth as a greased eel and there is no noise to speak . Some players to dig a little closer and although some areas of the image appear a bit unnatural.

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It also shows most of the Silicon Optix HQV Blu-ray convincing, without fail-worthy report defects in the jaggies and video resolution loss tests. But there are some bad strobing in the film resolution loss test and some heavy flickering in the bottom row of seats in the pan over Raymond James Stadium, and some significant moire pattern on the upper level.

As a CD player, the BX580 a solid job, injecting as Adele albums like 19 with sufficient heat and vocal purity to casual listeners, and delivered the same movie soundtracks as background music to a PCM receiver with the audio bit-stream version.

Conclusion

The BX580 has a lot to offer. It is swarming with enticing features is impressive, especially 3D rendering and built-in Wi-Fi, and a great selection of network functions, plus its 3D performance – not quite as impressive as systems, Panasonic head, but his sharp and absorbing 3D images are more enjoyable. It is a little shaky with 2D material, harassed provides some inertia of the platform, and one HDMI output, but with a much lower price than the 3-player rivals, you could bring a few victims.

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