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This isnt some Japanese stamped steel player, and for the price, it shouldnt be. The unit comes with topnotch packing as well, with high-density foam surrounding the player. It comes double boxed. I was the evil dead 1981 tree scene through the accessories, caught sight of the combined stereo analog composite video cable and felt my heart fail. Since the first players, most have come without an HDMI cable, and this has always frustrated me. I was thrilled to see Lexicon did include a nice quality HDMI cable, power cord, remote, a bound manual and one the evil dead 1981 tree scene bonus, a copy of Digital Video Essential HD: Basics DVD International on Blu-ray, to help users calibrate their displays to get maximum performance out of the player. This is missing from every other Blu-ray player at any cost that I have seen in the marketplace so far. The front controls are pretty simple: a small power button is on the bottom left with the disc tray over the display in the center of the unit. An eject button is to the right of the tray, and further to the right is a plus sign arrangement of buttons that control all the transport function and menu navigation. There is a USB 0 port is on the far right side of the fascia. The buttons are all well-placed and have a solid feel to them. The rear has everything youd expect from a player that does it all. A 1-channel analog output and a dedicated stereo output are included, one each optical and coaxial digital outs, composite and component video, LAN port, a second USB 0 port, HDMI and RS-232 control. A two-pronged IEC connector for power and a small fan to control heat finish out the rear of the unit. The included remote is pretty basic and a tad clunky, but performed its job well. The backlighting was excellent and easily triggered. The buttons were large and well laid-out. I connected the BD-30 to my Krell Evolution 707 AV preamp both with an AudioQuest HDMI cable and with three pairs of interconnects from the multi-channel analog output. I only used three pairs, as I run a 1 system for my reference, since my room is too shallow to justify surround back channels. This fed my Krell Evolution 403 amplifier and Proceed HPA 2 amp for the rears. My speakers were the Escalante Fremonts for fronts and Canton Vento center and surrounds, with a Definitive Technology Supercube Reference subwoofer. Power was fed by my PurePower APS 700 and my trustworthy 70-inch Sony XBR was the display. Additional cabling used Transparent Reference XL interconnects and speaker cable for the front three speakers. The first thing I would encourage anyone to do is have the evil dead 1981 tree scene TV calibrated, if this hasnt already been done. You can use the included DVE to get the picture as close to perfect as possible. I had previously done this, but did a quick run-through on the player to confirm my settings. I next put in a Blu-ray that is a torture test for black levels, Underworld: Evolution Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and was truly impressed by the level of detail in the gradations of blacks in this film. I had slightly tweaked my contrast and brightness when I ran the DVE, so I went back and compared the Lexicon to both my Denon DVD2500BTCI and Sony BDP-S3 Neither came close to revealing the detail in the blacks as the Lexicon. I watched the opening scene on each player and there was no contest which was better: it was the Lexicon by far. I next cued up X-Men: The Last Stand Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment to see how it would handle the colors of Xavier University, and was again pleased. While my other players seemed to strain to produce the color palette, the Lexicon did it with an ease and naturalness that was just right. Flowers werent overly bright, and the lushness of the greens looked perfect. When I went back and did the comparisons again, the Lexicon came out on top. The Lexicon was also one of the fastest on load times for Blu-rays and was DVD player-quick on DVDs. I am sure people will attack this player as a rebadged Oppo, so I went out and bought an Oppo BD-83 SE in order to fairly compare the two. First off, there is no comparison between the build quality of the two players. The Oppo is lighter and the buttons have a far less solid feel to them.