Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Member since:
March 2002
March 2002
mvc,
Yes, as Sky says, I've had a Panasonic BD30 for a while now, played a number of BD movies in it, and never had a single mishap yet. I chose it because I wanted a stand-alone player to sit next to my Toshiba A35 and not take up too much room. I also wanted a player that didn't cost an arm and a leg, yet did everything I needed it to do (mainly, higher audio codecs like TrueHD and DTS Master Audio, plus PiP). The only thing I didn't care about was whether it decoded the audio internally (because my receiver does that) and whether it had an Internet port (which I've never used on my Toshiba machines). From everything I read, the Panasonic fit the bill.
Here are two sites that might help. The first is the official owners' thread for the Panny BD30 at AVS (careful, it's 260 pages long and growing). The second is a listing of all current Blu-ray players and what they do (and don't do):
[http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=13357845/url]
http://www.idoblu.co.uk/page2%20Blu-ray%20Players.html
John
Yes, as Sky says, I've had a Panasonic BD30 for a while now, played a number of BD movies in it, and never had a single mishap yet. I chose it because I wanted a stand-alone player to sit next to my Toshiba A35 and not take up too much room. I also wanted a player that didn't cost an arm and a leg, yet did everything I needed it to do (mainly, higher audio codecs like TrueHD and DTS Master Audio, plus PiP). The only thing I didn't care about was whether it decoded the audio internally (because my receiver does that) and whether it had an Internet port (which I've never used on my Toshiba machines). From everything I read, the Panasonic fit the bill.
Here are two sites that might help. The first is the official owners' thread for the Panny BD30 at AVS (careful, it's 260 pages long and growing). The second is a listing of all current Blu-ray players and what they do (and don't do):
[http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=13357845/url]
http://www.idoblu.co.uk/page2%20Blu-ray%20Players.html
John
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Member since:
October 2007
October 2007
Thanx, I might consider it, since it doesn't look we'll get any other good ones any time soon...and I don't wana have to buy Wall-e on SD DVD when I can get it on hi-def... 
EDIT: Either that or the PS3 (I think gaming outweights stand alone)...why so difficult!!!
[Post edited by mvckalel on Mar 12, 2008]
EDIT: Either that or the PS3 (I think gaming outweights stand alone)...why so difficult!!!
[Post edited by mvckalel on Mar 12, 2008]
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Member since:
August 2007
August 2007
Quote:
EDIT: Either that or the PS3 (I think gaming outweights stand alone)...why so difficult!!!
Go PS3...
1) Wireless internet
2) Able to be updated to profile 2.0
3) It's the only BD player on the market right now that's future-proof.
In regards to gaming:
I haven't played a single game on my PS3 yet, nor do I plan to. As a BD player it excels...period.
I reserve my gaming for the 360.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Member since:
June 2006
June 2006
mvckalel...
FYI...
> Home Theater Magazine REVIEW of the Panasonic DMP-BD30 Profile 1.1 Blu-ray player
-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)
FYI...
> Home Theater Magazine REVIEW of the Panasonic DMP-BD30 Profile 1.1 Blu-ray player
-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)
