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Magnavox NB530MGX Review

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Magnavox NB530MGX Review
Magnavox NB530MGX

MagnavoxNB530MGX reviews by consumers generally like it, although a couple of posters at Amazon share their dismay that no firmware updates seem to be available for this product .However, another MagnavoxNB530MGX review at Walmart states that he was able to find a recent firmware update. Many users commenting on both the Walmart and Amazon sites contend that Magnavox NB530MGX is a good value even though it's a profile 1.1 player without some of the frills of other more expensive players.

As a profile 1.1 player, the Magnavox NB530MGX doesn't support BD-Live, but it does support BonusView, of course. Its disc support is pretty good, supporting Blu-ray movies, recordable Blu-ray discs, DVD movies, and recordable DVDs and CDs. The NB530MGX also supports the most popular audio formats, including Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby Digital TrueHD, and DTS-HD. One thing you won't find on the Magnavox NB530MGXis an Ethernet port, which will no doubt turn off some customers. It does have optical and coaxial audio outputs, however, as well as HDMI output.

The lack of an Ethernet port is a big strike against this otherwise good budget player. Almost all Blu-ray players have an Ethernet port now, even models in this price range, so you're better off with one of the alternatives.

By Cheapism editors – September 13, 2011
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