Archive for December, 2009
Why-Fi? LG Electronics BD390 Blu-ray Disc Player – washingtonpost.com
LG Electronics BD390 Blu-ray Disc Player – washingtonpost.com.
This PC World reviewer raves about the top of the line LG Blu-ray player stating:
The images it delivered to an HDTV were among the best we’ve ever seen. And with support for BD-Live, CinemaNow, DLNA, Netflix On Demand, Wi-Fi, and YouTube, the BD390 provides top-flight networking capabilities.
However, just the only thing he finds lacking is the built-in Wifi networking:
Speaking of poor video quality, the BD390 is one of two Blu-ray players we’ve seen with built-in Wi-Fi (the other is the Sony BDP-S560). This is a convenience for viewing BD-Live and YouTube content, but unless you have an exceptionally strong signal, we would advise against using Wi-Fi for CinemaNow or Netflix. When we tried it, we noticed a serious drop in image quality.
If that’s not screaming for a wired home network connection, either Ethernet or MoCA, to the living room – expect to hear more. Stay tuned for more news from CES on why MoCA is THE way to go for networking to the Home Theater.
Which Networking Technology Is Right For Your Home? : The Connection Less Traveled – Review Tom’s Hardware
Another MoCA review is in the books, this time by Tom’s Hardware and the conclusions versus Wireless and Powerline are what everyone has come to expect:
For those who can’t string Gigabit Ethernet, MoCA is clearly the only choice when high performance is needed.
Tom’s Hardware puts MoCA through a number of tests, but where MoCA really shines is in whole home network performance as seen in the chart above. When there are multiple video streams through the house, MoCA performance is almost double what Powerline and Wireless-N have to offer. That means better HD streaming from Netflix, Xbox, TiVO, VUDU, DLNA or whatever movie services happen to be watched in your home.
Read the full review here.
