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(More customer reviews)I was in the market for a new BD player because our BD390 would get a little flakey after extended use. Unlike that model, the BD670 has a fan to help cool the electronics. Unfortunately, the fan on the model I purchased was attached in a way that it vibrated against the metal in the case, making an audible buzzing sound whenever the player was on. Loosening the screws solved that problem.
Playback differs little from the BD390, and this system retains the annoying manual selector between 24hz and 60hz, which means that you need to flip the setting when you move from Netflix to discs and back. Netflix streams at 60hz and looks jumpy when displayed at at a lower rate. If you don't have a 24p capable TV or simply don't care then this won't matter.
Although there is room for expansion with LG's SmartTV platform, Amazon VOD and Hulu Plus are notably absent at launch time. The overall interface is nice, and I like the background that changes with local weather conditions even if it's a little silly.
I eventually returned this system because the Netflix implementation was buggy. On the plus side, LG updated the interface to support browse and search functions. Moreover, movies load instantly (instead of buffering) and then increase in quality during playback. However, unlike the PS3, the player has no mechanism for reporting the current quality. The nice interface was marred by hiccuping sound that could only be alleviated by forcing the stream to rebuffer and by an automatic rebuffering that would hang for an indeterminate amount of time. These problems do not occur on other streaming devices that I've tried, including the BD390, so it looks like an LG problem. They'll probably fix it in a subsequent update, but why wait?
I eventually opted to get a Sony model for disc playback and a Roku for streaming. The combination was quite a bit cheaper than the BD670.
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(March 2011)
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