2017 LG 4K Ultra HD 3D Blu-ray Player with Remote Control, HDR Compatibility, Upconvert DVDs, Ethernet, HDMI, USB Port, Black

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Wish it had wifi

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Important you check prices as this is a basic unit - no streaming, no wifi - and does not command a premium price. Does not deserve a three digit price. The good: What it does do, it does well. Which is play a good variety of disks including blu-ray, dvd and a wide assortment of R/W formats. Picture quality is excellent. Load time of blu-ray and DVD is likewise excellent. Played some rather suspect disks (scratches and abrasions) without issue. Simple to connect and use. Any HDMI cable works fine for 1080p TVs but you might need a cable tested for HDMI 2.0 if youre connecting to a 4K TV. The only other output in an optical cable which worked out-of-the-box on my old 5.1 system. No display. Displays are generally distracting and worthless since on-screen menus are the norm today. Happily this unit does not have one. The bad: Very few frills and no streaming. Im not too concerned about streaming - I have Amazon Fire TV for that purpose - but needing a wired connection purely to get bluray updates is super annoying. Probably explains why the unit is heavily discounted. I suspect the USB port is only USB 2.0. I tried some more advanced USB 3.0 memory sticks but the unit did not recognize them. The remote control is minimalistic. Again, no frills and very small. No back-light for the keys etc.. A basic and lackluster remote but adequate. No cables supplied. Again, about what youd expect on a basic, budget unit. Unimpressive. This is NOT a multi-region player. As I have lived all over the world this is a considerable nuisance although I have now bought a "hacked" player so I can watch my extensive DVD collection. In summary, this is a very decent multi-format player which is why I bought it. As a solution for a household which primarily streams content, I have no real gripes other than the need to connect the player to ethernet purely to receive bluray security updates.

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Just needed a basic 4K DVD player to go with my LG 4K Smart TV which does any streaming I need. Easy set up, movies load fast and look great. One AAA battery remote is a little cheap feeling and must be pointed directly at the unit to work, but that is a minor complaint. No special features but I wasnt looking for any, just liked the price. No problems so far.

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It was good. It took a long time

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Seems to do what I want, however I am still not sure about 4k...

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There is no WIFI in this unit so you must hardwire to router to get firmware updates. (But that is why the price is so good!)

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The LG UP875 Ultra HD Blu-ray Player is a player for those who want a device that concentrates on its primary functions (playing movies from discs) without offering any fancy extras. The design is simple but nice, and the overall impression is that of a well manufactured item. It definitively does not look cheap despite its reasonable low price of roundabout $100. This price can be achieved because the UP875 does NOT have Wi-Fi but connects to the internet via ethernet for firmware updates only. The UP875 can thus not be used for streaming or other online features. It has rather been designed for those who wish to play movies from DVD or (4K UHD) Blu-ray discs. However, it features the possibility to connect a USB device. I have not tested this feature though. The UP875 is set up fast and easy and most standart settings in regards to picture and sound quality are just fine. Hence one can start watching movies within a few minutes. DVDs play just fine and the upscaling function does a good job. Movies look much better overall, and the picture is much smoother in comparison to a DVD played on a regular DVD player. However, please keep in mind, a movie played from DVD will never look als good as a movie played from Blu-ray or even a 4K UHD Blu-ray discs. The upscaling function cannot work wonders. Blu-ray discs also play very well and the overall quality in regards to sound and picture is very good. (Of course this also depends on the general set-up i.e. which TV set you are using and if the sound comes from the TV set or a surround system.) Navigating through Blu-ray menues during playback can be a bit inconvenient as the remote control does not have a "pop up menu"-button and thus one has to use the players "info/menu"-button to navigate to a pop up menu. However, the overall navigation works pretty well. The remote control is relatively small and very handy but still of good use for people with bigger hands (for comparison I am 61"). Unfortunately, because of its design it cannot be used well when laying flat on the table. Even though me personally misses an extra button for turning on subtitles, the remote basically has all important and necessary buttons. All in all I can really recommend the LG UP875 for all of those who just want to play movies from discs without having to spend to much time with settings and also do not need any online features.

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Decent upconversion of dvds and blu-rays on my $279 TCL 4k UHD television (5+ stars), but these software-controlled blu-ray players have their glitches. I had to unplug it once already and reboot it just to get the open button to eject a disc. Worst thing is the lack of a digital coax output (orange rca) for a better and louder 5.1 signal to my awesome 2001 Onkyo digital receiver. The output signal strength from the optical line is so low on Dolby 5.1 that you have to turn up the volume (near maximum) on your 1000 watt receiver just to hear the vocals. My old $75 Toshiba went kaput in one year after upgrading the Windows Home software, and I was hoping to get a unit without the glitches of software-driven menus.

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I dislike the poor quality of the product it started skipping and then it went crazy and crashed the system. A cycling the power resets the system. The remote control only works when it is pointed directly at the player itself. I move recently and it seems to be working ok for now.

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DVD drawer only opened 1/4 of the way. I could not even try the player. The inner dvd box was undamaged, but the much larger it was packed in was inadequate. Only 1 piece of paper packing in this huge box. What idiots packed this thing. It was a little strange that the player was upside down in its factory box.

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