LG Electronics BP250 DGBRLLK Blu-Ray and DVD Disc Player with Full HD Up-scaling and external HDD playback, Black (UK Plug)

If you keep abreast with my reviews, you might have seen the review I recently did for a new TV wall bracket and, consquently, a new TV after my old wall bracket parted ways with the wall and brought my old JVC TV/DVD combi crashing to the floor. Rather than see it as the audio-visual disaster that it evidently was, I instead looked upon it as an opportunity to replace the now-slightly-knackered combi unit and decided almost immediately that I'd get a standalone TV and Blu-Ray player because I have little doubt that 99% of the TV/DVD combi units on sale are cheap and nasty. Lady serendipity intervened and it come to my attention that Amazon were holding a 'Prime Day' event a mere two or three weeks later, so I bided my time and waited with anticipation in the hopes that I'd be able to grab myself some bargains. When it came to the day, I ultimately ended up with a swanky new Panasonic 'Smart' TV and decided to go for one of these wee LG Blu-Ray players as it looked very compact and was well-reviewed here on Amazon. Both of my new gadgets (as well as a few other things) arrived the very next day thanks to Prime, so I only just resisted making a 'squee' noise in delight at the prospect of playing with my shiny new toys. >>>WHAT'S IN THE BOX? In the box for this player, you'll find the gadget itself, its power lead, remote control and a set of instructions. It doesn't come with an HDMI cable, so if you've not got one of them I'd highly recommend going for one of the Amazon 'Basics' ones as I did. >>>IT'S DINKY! When I removed this Blu-Ray from it's box I knew that it was going to be compact, but I couldn't help but marvel at the diminutive size of it. At only 27 by 19.5 by 4.3 centimetres, this thing really is tiny and as a result would be absolutely perfect to sit on top of the wardrobe just behind my wall-mounted TV. >>>A PROPER DRAWER One thing that always irked me about the combi unit that I had was that it had one of those annoying slot-loading DVD mechanisms, which never worked all that well. I was therefore glad to see that this player had a 'proper' DVD tray - and that it works absolutely perfectly. >>>SETTING IT UP This player is a breeze to set up - it's really just a case of connecting it to a TV via HDMI, turning it on, popping a disc into it and Bob's your uncle. You can tinker with the settings if you wish, but there's nothing that needs changed in order to get up and running. >>>FEATURES GALORE This petite thing is actually more feature-packed than its dimensions suggest; it has a USB port on its front that you can plug USB storage devices into and access the video, audio and picture files on them. I've not really tried this yet (and probably won't to be honest as I've got a NAS in my house) but it should support most of the most popular file formats. >>>SOUND AND VISION As you might expect from any new Blu-Ray player, the audio and picture quality is sublime when playing Blu-Rays. This little thing can also upscale DVD discs so they look sharper than normal, too - which is a great added bonus, >>>SHOULD I BUY ONE? Well, if you need a new player and are short on space, this should tick just about every box on your list. It obviously doesn't offer some of the features offered by more expensive players (4K, 3D, networking, etc.) but as a basic Blu-Ray player it's absolutely brilliant and I have no doubt in recommending it to all and sundry.

Our previous player died, and in the meantime I've acquired a YouView box and a smart TV, both of which have plenty of online apps, therefore I just needed a basic DVD/Bluray player. This one fits the bill perfectly. Very intuitive to use, and just has HDMI out and power in on the back panel, and no display, just a green LED for "on", one button for power, and one for open/close. That's it! It's quite nice-looking - the embossed-feeling case is good, and the thing is pretty small anyway. PROS: Quick to load DVDs and Blurays Quiet when running Excellent bluray picture quality and excellent sound (via the HDMI so you need an AV receiver) Good remote which works well Plays USB content (music / video / photo) from front socket, which saves delving around the back of your TV CONS: Only one really: DVD (as opposed to Bluray) video can look a bit noisy. Not sure if that's the upscaling doing that.

I dont have any Blu-Ray discs to try on it yet, but it works well as a DVD player. It seems to play most AVI and MP4 files that I've thrown at it via the USB port, and will even accept multiple memory stick devices in a hub, even though the instructions say otherwise. It doesn't like full DVD ISOs, and won't play VOB files properly either. So forget ripping your DVDs, menus and all, to hard drive. You'll have to extract the parts you want and then encode them to MP4. Also, it doesn't like some of my really old AVI files unless I change the FourCC code in them to 'XVID'. The files play fine without reencoding as long as I do that, though. The remote control needs to be pointed directly at the player, rather than in its general direction. I'm also not a fan of the button layout for play, pause, stop, fast forward and rewind. It just isn't intuitive. It will turn my old Toshiba TV off and control its volume, but won't turn it on for some reason. Odd, since it's the same button as off, on the original remote. Also, if you want to use a hard drive, the only socket is on the front. It would have been tidier with the socket on the back, and maybe an optional cable if you wanted it accessible from the front. In all honesty, I wish I'd paid the extra £30 for the model with Wi-Fi and Netflix. But still can't knock this for the price.

I live in the United States, but do have some UK releases of DVDs and blu-rays that have not been released over here. Many of the studios are no longer putting out region 1 discs (especially for TV shows) for anything but the big blockbuster movies, so I purchased this to have a player which can play the region 2 DVDs and blu-ray discs in my collection. This is a very bare-bones player. It is not Wi-Fi enabled so it does not have any streaming apps which more expensive, higher-end players have. But it plays all my region 2 discs just fine, and so far no issues with the firmware being out of date. There is no display on the player itself, but the remote makes it easy to see information like time elapsed and time remaining. For anyone in my situation, in the United States looking for a region 2 player, this will work fine in the US, you just need an inexpensive plug adapter which can convert a UK plug to a US plug. Once you have that, it powers fine from the 110v outlets over here. For those in the UK looking for an inexpensive blu-ray player, this is a great option as long as you don't need or want something like a 4k player, or a player that can connect wirelessly to the internet.

Alles super. Hab es für meine Enkel bestellt. Sie finden es gut LG

Bueno en el pasado he tenido varios modelos de dvd LG, por eso sabia que era una buena compra, buscaba un bluray básico para hacer un regalo, y he dado en el clavo. Comentar que tiene solo y únicamente, salida por HDMI y nada mas, no tiene ni euroconector, ni videocompuesto, ni para optica. ni le hace falta, ya que es básico. Aun siendo básico, tiene usb, el cual reproduce prácticamente todos los formatos de vídeo y de fotos que he puesto. Los mas típicos los reproduce seguro, y he probado con MKV y también sin ningún problema, lo cual es un lujo para alguien que lo quiere para ver peliculas en bluray y dvd, y ademas tener un soporte para leer usb, vídeo de familia o lo que le apetezca.. La lectura del bluray es buena y rápida, no tarda mucho en cargar y bueno la calidad de la imagen es perfecta. No puedo ponerle ninguna pega, para ser un aparato a este precio. Si lo que buscas es algo básico y con usb que lo reproduzca todo, a este precio esta muy bien. El menú es muy sencillo de manejar, y lo que me a sorprendido es que es pequeño y bastante compacto. Casi podría decir que con lo poco que pesa y su tamaño, puedes llevártelo donde quieras como si fuese portátil. Tiene una pequeña fuente de alimentación, como la de un telefono. vamos, no ocupa espacio apenas.

Non scrivo molte recensioni, ma questo prodotto della LG merita davvero. Ho da poco comprato un masterizzatore blu ray e dischi Mediarange 25gb HTL per metterci dentro i miei film "copie di backup" ... A buon intenditore.. Tornand a noi. Beh legge tutto super correttamente e velocemente. Ha 1 hdmi e spinotto per la corrente. Punto. Due pulsanti fisici ON/OFF e un per espellere il disco. Punto. Io telecomandino è piccolo ma super semplice da usare. Non vale la pena spendere soldi in più. Questo legge qualsiasi cosa e lo fa bene.

Acheté pour un cadeau, ce lecteur Blu-Ray propose une image et un son de très bonne qualité. La configuration de base est également très simple et les options sont vraiments pratiques. Très bon produit, et de plus, à un prix tout à fait résonnable !

This works great. Very happy with it. Can also serve as a media player.