Details on new Panasonic DMP-BD50 Blu-ray player.
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SECAUCUS, NJ (May 6, 2008) - Panasonic Corporation of North America, the principal U.S. subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE:MC), announces the introduction of the anticipated DMP-BD50, Panasonic´s third generation Blu-ray disc player - the ultimate playback source for high definition 1080p content. Blu-ray media offers a wide range of functions that foster the transition to HD - including 1080p image quality, lossless Dolby® TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio™ and versatile Picture-in-Picture applications. The BD50 adds the new BD-Live function, which uses the internet to further enhance the consumer´s entertainment experience and employs VIERA Link,™ a technology that allows the consumer to operate VIERA Link equipped home theater components with a single remote. The DMP-BD50 will be available this spring and will have an SRP of $699.95.
BD-Live opens up a myriad of interactive possibilities for the consumer. In the future BD-Live will allow users to connect the DMP-BD50 to the internet to download such data as images and subtitles, and to join in multi-player interactive games that are linked to bonus movie content contained on Blu-ray discs.
For optimum image quality the DMP-BD50 features the PHL Reference Chroma processor and P4HD i/p conversion processor, which combine to create Uniphier®, a precise digital video processor that produces sharp, crisp, natural colors that are extremely faithful to the original movie. Uniphier reflects the advance encoding and authoring technologies developed by Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory.
The true to the original source images are complimented by an exceptionally pure, accurate sound achieved through Audio Re-master and integrated decoders for the lossless Dolby True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio formats. Furthermore, the DMP-BD50 can be combined with a 7.1 channel amplifier and speakers for full 7.1 channel surround sound.
Networking is an essential product of the DMP-BD50. The included SD Memory Card slot allows for easy transferring of images from an HD camcorder or digital still camera via an SD Memory card. The consumer simply inserts the SD card into the BD50 and then can view the images on a large screen HD flat panel television with AVCHD format video images or JPEG stills in full 1920 x 1080 resolution. In addition the DMP-BD50 has been awarded the Energy Star certification.
"Panasonic was the first to bring a Blu-ray player with Bonus View (Final Standard Profile 1.1) to market and now with the DMP-BD50 we are again leading the industry with the inclusion of BD-Live," said Paul Sabo, Panasonic, National Marketing Manager Entertainment Group. "The beauty of the Blu-ray player is that we can now see movies the way the film maker intended, in glorious HD video and audio. The consumer can now combine the new generation DMP-BD50 with a VIERA flat screen televison to create a true living in high definition experience."
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
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Just wanted to come with some additional information.
The unit will not ship with the required 1GB of ram in the machine to fully comply with the BD Live standard. You will have to buy a SD memory card for the unit for the full BD Live experience.
The unit will not ship with the required 1GB of ram in the machine to fully comply with the BD Live standard. You will have to buy a SD memory card for the unit for the full BD Live experience.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
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the raping of joe public continues.....
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
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This kind of crap makes me want to really go on a swearing rampage(and I'm not that kind of person). Why do companies keep doing this kind of crap. If they want me to ever buy a blu ray player they gotta get in touch with the public. If this kind of strategy keeps up BD is heading nowhere. I guess they couldn't afford to put the 5 dollar 1gb flash chip on the board, lmao.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
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That price is nuts but I'm sure you will be able to get it cheaper online when it comes out. Give it a few months and the price will drop.
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Man oh man, what is going on here? So this is like a "BD Live CAPABLE" player or something? Is that like an HDTV Monitor that doesn't come with a tuner?
So...................lame..................I really can't believe this. Do they actually enjoy scaring customers away/towards the PS3? It is a good thing HD-DVD had internet feature support 9 months ago. But, I guess Sony bought themselves out of that one. This is just..........I am really at a loss as to this article. Amazing.
EPIC FAIL
So...................lame..................I really can't believe this. Do they actually enjoy scaring customers away/towards the PS3? It is a good thing HD-DVD had internet feature support 9 months ago. But, I guess Sony bought themselves out of that one. This is just..........I am really at a loss as to this article. Amazing.
EPIC FAIL
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
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Its a shame the BDA wouldn't allow those Chinese manufacturers to make Blu-ray players. The Chinese players would have forced the Big Manufacturers to drop prices. I guess Sony and the other companies are still bitter about losing to Apex.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
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I think the price is what you can expect for a top-quality machine, and in today's US dollar value (worth less every month 
). Back in 1985, I paid $799.95 for a Pioneer LD700 LaserDisc player (Analog Stereo ONLY), and that was mid-80s dollar value.
And remember how expensive DVD players were the first couple of years in the late '90s? And all you got for the high price was a max of 480i (non-progressive) resolution, and S-Video output (no component yet, and DVI/HDMI were years away).
Blu-ray has been available for less than 2 years (July 2006 debut of the original Samsung player), so don't expect top name-brand players to be available at 'bargain' discounted prices...yet. Soon however, there will be players at $399 and under, with one Funai model expected soon for $300 MSRP (or less).
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-JIMI McLovin (the Voodoo Child)
). Back in 1985, I paid $799.95 for a Pioneer LD700 LaserDisc player (Analog Stereo ONLY), and that was mid-80s dollar value.And remember how expensive DVD players were the first couple of years in the late '90s? And all you got for the high price was a max of 480i (non-progressive) resolution, and S-Video output (no component yet, and DVI/HDMI were years away).
Blu-ray has been available for less than 2 years (July 2006 debut of the original Samsung player), so don't expect top name-brand players to be available at 'bargain' discounted prices...yet. Soon however, there will be players at $399 and under, with one Funai model expected soon for $300 MSRP (or less).
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-JIMI McLovin (the Voodoo Child)
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
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February 2008
Don't get me wrong here. I always buy name brand products like Samsung and Panasonic. I won't buy some Apex/Funai garbage that was made in sweatshops. $799 is a bit much to ask for and its pretty obvious why Laserdisc never took off. $600 for PS3 was a scam. It's like sony once said (and I quote them seriously) "we expect people to work over time to buy a PS3" (hmm now why did that fail???).
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
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There is one big difference here Love.
DVD was not in a similar market. The only competition came from Laserdisc (expensive and geeky for many) and VHS which it had beaten by many lengths in term of ease of use and features.
This is not the case with Blu-ray. It fights DVD which has about the same features and cost a fraction of the price. Yes, Blu has the quality advantage but for many not the night and day difference DVD had over VHS.
It also fights against downloads which can deliver "better than DVD" quality and a connivence factor (rent/download from your favorite chair and instant gratification) that appeal to many movie viewers that are not collectors.
Blu-ray needs to get prices down to the $199 area for a good brand Profile 1.1 player and $299 for a Profile 2.0 player to really take off. Also, movies costing $39.99 or even $44 in SRP is just too much.
Lets hope it happens in the late 2008 and early 2009 timeframe.
[Post edited by Henning on May 6, 2008]
DVD was not in a similar market. The only competition came from Laserdisc (expensive and geeky for many) and VHS which it had beaten by many lengths in term of ease of use and features.
This is not the case with Blu-ray. It fights DVD which has about the same features and cost a fraction of the price. Yes, Blu has the quality advantage but for many not the night and day difference DVD had over VHS.
It also fights against downloads which can deliver "better than DVD" quality and a connivence factor (rent/download from your favorite chair and instant gratification) that appeal to many movie viewers that are not collectors.
Blu-ray needs to get prices down to the $199 area for a good brand Profile 1.1 player and $299 for a Profile 2.0 player to really take off. Also, movies costing $39.99 or even $44 in SRP is just too much.
Lets hope it happens in the late 2008 and early 2009 timeframe.
[Post edited by Henning on May 6, 2008]
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
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June 2006
Rangooth, eventually you were able to get some very good quality LaserDisc players for under $500, but not during the mid-1980s when the format was starting to grow a little as home video sales began (VHS/Beta/LDs under $40) - most people had only been renting...
And that Funai player most likely will be well made, according to another report I posted several months back...
> FUNAI '$300' Blu-ray player by Q2 - "The optical head for the unit will be provided by Sony and the core system will be the Matsushita / Panasonic UniPhier chipset."
Also... > OPPO DIGITAL to produce Blu-ray players.
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-JIMI McLovin (the Voodoo Child)
[Post edited by Love Hendrix! on May 6, 2008]
And that Funai player most likely will be well made, according to another report I posted several months back...
> FUNAI '$300' Blu-ray player by Q2 - "The optical head for the unit will be provided by Sony and the core system will be the Matsushita / Panasonic UniPhier chipset."
Also... > OPPO DIGITAL to produce Blu-ray players.
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-JIMI McLovin (the Voodoo Child)
[Post edited by Love Hendrix! on May 6, 2008]
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