LG - Streaming Audio Wi-Fi Built-In Blu-ray Player - Black

What if you could watch Netflix and log into Facebook on your TV after you watch a movie? The LG-BP350 Streaming Wi-Fi Built-In Blu-ray Player is the perfect all-in-one fit for LG product enthusiasts. It not only has high-definition movie playback with high resolution for Blu-rays and DVDs, but also connects to the Internet! It is a product that excels in LG product blend, design and performance. LG Product Collaboration Friendly A favorite feature by many LG product enthusiasts is this product’s ability to blend and unite with other LG Products. My LG Wi-Fi Blu-ray Player automatically connected and synced with my LG TV. This feature is a must since it allows for the use of one remote for both products. This product also contains a USB port, which enables easy connectivity to your LG computer. These features create a great uniformed LG product blend that allows for quick, unified accessibility to all LG products. Sleek and Space-Conscious Design The design of this product perfectly matches the classy, black sheen of all other LG products. This allows for your media stand with LG products to look uniformed. It is very compacted; it is smaller than a standard notebook and only 1.7 inches tall (See Figure 1). The compressed size allows for more free space on your TV stand (See Figure 2)! Although this product doesn’t have a digital display, this component allows for the reduction of space to keep the product compact and space-conscious. This condensed player has two cords; which can be placed behind your TV stand, so only the compacted box of the player is seen. High Quality Performance The LG Wi-Fi Blu-ray Player enhances your LG TV through its performance ability to access the Internet. Use of this product not only meets movie playing needs, but also allows for quick and easy access to the Internet through Wi-Fi. You simply go to the settings menu to connect to the Internet to stream movies through Netflix or Hulu, listen to music, check Facebook, and access a wide variety of other content. It is a product that enhances all other other LG products through its Internet connection, high resolution movie playback and easy, troubleshooting free performance! If you are satisfied with LG’s products, then this Wi-Fi Blu-ray player will meet your expectations and more! It is a perfect addition to an LG TV for it enhances its significance. It shows high levels of product blend to various different LG products, it is compacted for space conservation and it performs above and beyond a standard Blu-ray player through its ability to access the Internet.

I bought this player after my Samsung one stopped working (that one was terrible as well). The guy at the store recommended this one, the Samsung I just got rid of, or the Sony which we also had problems with. Anyway, so I got the LG to try and at first it was great. It connected easily, it responded well, the remote worked, played movies without a problem or trying to eat the disc (Samsung). Then a few weeks after purchasing it, while watching Netflix, it would freeze up and I would have to unplug it because it wouldn't respond to the remote. No big deal, it only happened every few weeks. Then it got to the point where EVERY time I wanted to watch Netflix, the show would immediately begin to glitch, freeze, and eventually I would have to unplug it and plug it back in to get it to work. A few times it got to the point where even doing that wasn't getting to player to respond, so I would either watch Netflix using the Wii U or just watch TV. Tonight I was trying to watch a movie on Netflix, but of course, it stopped working and the screen kept getting cut with green flashes, freezing, and not responding. I finally contacted LG who had me do a hard reset and reset it back to factory settings. Okay great, I got to watch maybe 10 minutes of my movie, which took me about 15 minutes since again, the system kept glitching out, so I called it a night and had to unplug the player again because of course it wouldn't respond to the remote. LG told me it's covered under a one year warranty as long as I still have the receipt and if not I can just take it somewhere to get it repaired. "Luckily" I bought this player at the end of Feb 2018 so I am about 10 days away from my one year warranty coverage. However, I am thinking of just spending a little more to get a better system because this one is absolutely horrible if you want to stream anything (which is why I bought it).

This is a basic blu-ray player, which is exactly what I was looking for. It doesn't offer many bells and whistles. It does have built-in wi-fi, but I can't vouch for how good or bad this feature is since I don't use it. I just wanted a plain blu-ray player and that's just what the BP-350 is. The player is very compact--10½" wide, 7½" deep, and less than 2" tall. It is smaller than many hard-back books. This makes it a good choice where space is limited. The BP-350's only manual controls are an on-off button and an open-close button for the DVD tray. The only front display is an indicator light when it's powered on. Other controls and displays are called up using the included remote. On the back the only inputs are for an HDMI cable and power. This made it super-easy to set up. Note that you _will_ need an HDMI cable to connect to a TV. The player is not equipped for any other type of connection. It also has a USB port on the front for playing content from memory sticks. One possible concern is the remote. Since all of the player's operations reside on the remote, damaging or losing it could be a problem. However, finding a replacement shouldn't be hard. The one minor gripe I have with the player & remote is that the remote is very small and compact, almost too small for my hand. If you want a compact blu-ray player that is not expensive, sets up in minutes, and plays DVDs and blu-ray disks without lots of added features the BP-350 should be just what you want.

So I picked this device for a few reasons. First off it has all of the streaming app options I was looking for, and two it was recommended by the girl at the store, and it has good ratings. Here's the thing though, after only a few days the wifi receiver started acting up, disconnecting and losing the saved wifi settings. Then the unit itself started to randomly freeze either in a menu or at random points while watching a show or movie via streaming. It was somewhere around the two week mark that I actually put a disc in to watch, I had to turn the volume up all the way on my tv and sound bar to TRY to cover up the growl of the disc motor, eventually I piled some towels on the unit to muffle the sound. I've had it for maybe a month and a half now and the wifi receiver just gave out completely, Unfortunately for me I threw the box away anticipating a quality machine. Take my advice, spend the extra money and get something better, I just threw mine in the trash... (one star is required so I guess that star can be for the available streaming apps it comes with, BTW you have to download each app before you can use it)

We've loved our other LG products, but we had nothing but trouble with this one. It did play the one DVD we tested pretty well (other than an internet connectivity error popping up in the middle of it), but it was terrible for streaming Netflix. CONS: -Repeatedly froze up and had to be completely unplugged to reset. -Delayed/Laggy response to the remote. Sometimes it didn't register a button being pushed (no matter how hard it was pushed), and sometimes there was a lag before it would respond, then it would register several button pushes all at once and shoot too far forward down a list. The machine's response to the remote was just all around awful, and there are no buttons on the machine itself to use instead. -Constantly lost connectivity to the internet and popped up huge error messages about it even while watching DVDs (we had a PS3 before this, and it never lost wifi connection, not sure what the problem was). -Streaming Netflix shows would glitch sound or image or occasionally stop altogether. There was no buffering sign, no signal that internet had been lost, it would just stop. We've since returned this one and bought a higher priced Sony machine and no longer have any problems.

I liked my Sony player with generally the same features and price a little bit better, but the Sony has some kind of flaw where it locks up and never works again (Sony s3700). Sony replaced it three times before I gave up. The Sony has easier and quicker Netflix and YouTube access than this LG. More apps in Sony player than the LG. Was also able to program Sony remote to control my tv, LG remote has a very small list of TVs that it can control. LG remote also only works at very close range, pointed directly at player with NO obstructions. The LG remote app for your phone is worthless and doesn’t work most of the time. lG freezes frequently and can only be unfroze by unplugging. Although LG player works more often than not (in my opinion it should always work and freezes too frequently) I am generally not impressed with this unit. There simply does not seem to be any players in this price range that are actually reliable.

It plays blu-ray discs beautifully out of the box but Streaming Apps, not so much. During setup it appears to do update but I suspect it only tells you update is needed. Netflix stuttered until update was completed. Once you go into setting and pick "Other" it allows you to check for software updates and it needed both a software and driver update. Once completed it worked flawlessly but it needs to download and install the update after which it will shut off. Now it runs the newer "version" of Netflix without problems, on an older player the background of Netflix is red and the writing is black, now the background in black and the writing is red, a nicer look too. You need to be able to perform updates as the streaming apps will evolve over time and change their format, the player must be able to update to keep up with them. This LG BP350 can do that. The other great capability I found is that it can now "deactivate" Netflix from a menu selection so you can turn it off - great if you are lending your blu ray player, selling it or have a rental property since you don't want other people using up one of your accesses. I haven't gotten into the Smart Hi-Fi yet since speakers aren't available here.....

We purchased this model bluray player and actually we ended up going through 3 of them and not a single one connected to Netflix, from the get go. Of course first thing I did was to check another app to see if it ran, and they all did, so I knew my wifi connection was fine. I'm not one to give up easily, so I called LG and Netflix. No help from LG other than to reset the device and when that didn't work, send it off for repair, I just got them today (return one bring another home to check). Netflix just flat out told me they have received many calls from issues with this particular device but have not been successful in fixing it. Their recommendation was to return it and get our money back. I even Googled some other options using my error codes and came up with multiple bad reviews of this device. I tried all Google options to try to fix our problem and nothing worked. So we're turning our third strike device and going with a different brand.