Blu-ray Players: Not only do LG Blu-ray players give you the option to watch your old DVDs and Blu-ray discs, including 3D and 4K Blu-ray discs, but with features like built-in Wi-Fi and access to streaming content, Dolby Vision for optimized color and brightness, and even USB ports so you can easily connect a digital storage device and play your digital movies, music and more, they're a home video staple.
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Player is Awesome, & ->Change Blu-Ray Regions How-to Specifics (so longish review)<-
Greetings,The purpose of this review is to affirm its quality, commend the seller for their excellent service, and give advice on EXACTLY how you change Blu-Ray Regions since it is nowhere in the 61 pg. LG on-line manual and is my only faultand is why LG only gets a 4-Stars for User Interface.1. I bought this from 220-Electronics, a long established firm in Illinois. They shipped me a really quality product in good packaging, fast shipment, and responded within hours (normal business hours) if I had questions. Plus, they did not blow me off to LG, the maker, but instead found my answers for me and were very patient. Buy from them! I am not compensated, I just believe what I'm saying.2. How to Change Blu-Ray Regions to A, B, or C.First, 220-Electronics included a print out of this in the box, but others might not buy from them so I will detail it for those of you who get it elsewhere. Note that DVD Regions are hard-coded into the player and so you should not need to do anything other than load the disc. It should proceeed automatically. Blu-Ray Region Change involves a couple steps that LG didn't make intuitive at all. But I have verified this myself with the "Studiocanal" print of a Japanese Disc in 4k of "RAN." So originally JP - reg.A, to FR - reg. B. - A good test. The disc was Reg. B and my player arrived Reg. A, meaning USA in this case, as default. To change Blu-Ray Regions:First, turn on the player and open the drawer using the eject button on the remote.Second, with it like as above, press remote button "1" for A, "2" for B, or "3" for C. The player will reboot and return to the Home Screen. Then load the disc of the region selected and go as normally from there. There will be no message flashed at you. If you have trouble, just repeat. Note the little green on-light on the front of the player will flash with any button push of any kind wherever you do so. That lets you know it received the instruction for play, region change, eject, or whatever. So far, it seems to reset to Reg. A when player is turned off but your mileage may vary.That's really all there is to it! Note also: I only use commercial discs when in a non-usa region so that's all I can attest to. But it plays my home-burnt DVDs of downloads fine. Those are DVD Reg. 1, of course.3. This player is Awesome! I can't recommend it highly enough. Picture quality, picture & sound through-put and settings are all topnotch. It is reliable and quiet and it gets a LOT of use! I'm not really a Smart TV guy so I don't use those features, but instead play discs on this thing and work it like a mule. Owned it 5 months now. I did have some teething problems at first with 4k but that turned out to be the LG C8 TV's fault as I had it set to HDMI Auto instead detailing which exact HDMI port. Frustrating at first! But ultimately an easy fix and it was on the TV side, not the player side. It seems devices often do what's called a "handshake" to assure functionality but if both are trying to find each other than that handshake can actually cause freeze-ups or sound loss ex cetera. But again, that is for the TV and not this player. 1st time use does require a player set-up (does not ask Region, BTW), but it's mostly routine unless you are after Smart TV fuctions. Then you might want to do that through the monitor/TV unless you plan to control through your player. It is your choice and is a non-issue if the real reason you are buying this is to play discs. Another IMPORTANT thing to mention is 4K abilities. Both the LG player & the LG C8 TV & the Samsung HW-N850 Harmon-Kardon soundbar I have were all deliberately chosen for their ability to display (picture) or play(sound) HDR, HDR 10, Dolby Vision, DTS:X, and Dolby Atmos. This player handles ALL of them superbly as evidenced by soundbar and monitor quality. Pictures are stunning! Dolby Vision is especially impressive! A soundbar is not a home theatre, but it is a excellent and possibly the best soundbar out there - at least I think so. Full pass-through with zero hiccups once proper set-up is worked out. And I say worked-out because some decisions are based on your asthetics and take time to pimp up just right. Finally, both standard Blu-Rays & DVDs all work without a hitch. The bottom line is both the player and the company that sold it have been hugely satisfying for me - I hope for you as well. Enjoy!
M**E
Interesting experience with multi regional Blu Ray
This thing is great for multi regional DVD. I bought a copy of Blue Planet II and then bought this device just to play it. Everything looks fantastic running on an LG OLED TV over HDMI. It's pretty straightforward to set up. Power and HDMI in the back to wherever you need to go. UI is okay. Simple enough for just about anyone to figure out. The only hitch I had was when I bought a foreign copy of a TV series on Blu Ray. To switch from US BD to other BD, you have to know to keep the tray ejected and then press the right number on your remote for a certain length of time and then it will allow you to play a disc in the region you want. (No, I don't remember off hand what number I used off hand, sorry). Other than that moment of panic I had that I was going to have to buy a different unit, I haven't had any issues with this model.
G**S
Erratic Operation
(1.) Purchased mainly for its UHD format feature in addition to "All Region Formats". Hookup is simple. Plug power cord into my wall outlet and the HDMI cable into the HDMI receptacle of my LG UHD TV. Nothing else for me to do. "No Signal" message was all I could get. The unit was returned and a replacement sent. The second unit did produce a signal and work for a while. After a couple weeks of use it began dropping signals in the middle of a movie. Opening the disc tray and reloading the disc seemed to reestablish a signal connection. But what a hassle that is trying to relocate your place in the movie! This progressively got worse and worse.(2.) Another flaw noticed is that the disc tray frequently does not respond to the remote load button and has to be manually assisted by hand.(3.) Assuming the unit would work flawlessly as designed, there is no "Mute" button on the remote. Why is such an elaborate product missing this simple convenience ?After about three months toleration of these annoyances I went back to my old Sony unit that has work flawlessly for years (lacking only the UHD format capability). UHD really is not that great an enhancement to give up. Consistent performance is. Bad Purchase!
L**E
It is indeed multi-region
It is multi-region, and I did not even have to do a system update. No problem so far.
G**R
Needed a player to handle Blueray disks from region B, and this one does!
Just follow the included instruction sheet to set region B, and it works perfectly. Very easy to set up, and now I can watch Gomorrah seasons 3 and 4. It also plays regular DVD from any region without needing any setup. Very happy.
T**H
Not region free for Blue Ray movies
This seems to be fine for playing DVDs. However, when trying to play a region B blue ray it does not work. It was described as region both DVD and blue ray. I returned this product.
P**X
Works well!
I have anime discs that are not my region code, and so to watch them this was a must. As others have stated, lose the cheap HDMI cable that comes with it, and use quality. I have had no issues with my player and I've owned it for over a year and a half.
H**S
Just as advertised
Works well. Easy to use. All formats and zones looked good. Even 4k looked very good.
M**!
can't get the region b to work, i'm in Canada?
Machine came on time, trying to figure how to get region B to work??? Yes pressed number2, and went over it! I'm in Canada, maybe it not work here! my others work, yes 4k, not tried 3d yet on my jvc projector! But i have a few region B,,, does anyone know how to fix it, or does in not work in Canada? Other wise it's not that bad , no oppo, have not tried a sacd yet!
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