Missing 5.1 or 7.1 Optical Audio Output - forces you to buy a HDMI ReciverJuly 28, 2008 7 out of 12 found this review helpful
While this product produces excellent video output, its optical out does not produce 5.1 or 7.1 Dolby Digital. To get that a HDMI receiver is necessary. Most TVs that have HDMI input (mine Toshiba Regza) also have an Optical out, but that again is a Stereo out and not 5.1 or 7.1. So plan to buy a HDMI receiver in addition to this player.
I found all this out after I had purchased both the player and TV and when hooked up, could not get DD 5.1 on my old receiver. Wish I knew before, I might have gone for a player or TV that could do DD out.
Great Blu-Ray PlayerJuly 4, 2008 6 out of 7 found this review helpful
With HD-DVD gone with the wind, I purchased this player as a high definition (Blu-Ray) disc source to replace my 2nd generation Toshiba HD-DVD player. Although still not as fast as your standard DVD player, I found significant peformance improvment in starting up and reading discs compared to earlier generation high-definition players.
My player is connected via HDMI to a Sony VPL-VW50 (1080p) projector and is projected on a 100" screen. Blu-Ray picture quality is vivid with great sound effects. Setup was very easy and the player has operated flawlessly. Standard DVDs also play with very good picture quality. The player appears to have good DVD upconversion to 1080p.
I upgraded my firmware from version 1.6 to 1.8 using a CD-R by downloading the update from the Panasonic website. The CD-Rs which I created using Vista (tried various formattings) gave an error message and ejected the disc. An earlier post mentions the need to create ISO compliant disk. I used a freeware Express Burn (nch.com.au)to create the CD-R data disk which worked.
The player has good quality fit and finish. The remote is easy to read, though could use a backlight.
I noticed the player is now directly avaiable from Amazon (free shipping with Prime) at about 10% off what others are charging.
Finally a good stand-alone Blu-ray playerJune 23, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was relying on my PS3 most of the time but now that there are more Blu-ray players out on the market, I decided to buy a stand-alone unit. AFter much research I bought the Panasonic and it works really well. Picture quality is probably even better than my PS3 can give. I can't be happier. Too bad Blu-ray movies are still too expensive.
MOT LASCAMJune 14, 2008 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Great quality of both picture and sound. Product now costs more than I paid because I went with Blu-Ray early. Research paid off!!
Quality BD playerJune 9, 2008 3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This blu ray player does everything it's suppose to. Beautiful picture. I bought it to go with my Denon 3808, which handles all the up conversions and other things a more expensive player is designed to do. I don't need ethernet. All I want to do is watch great movies with a great picture: 1080p. The Panasonic BD 30 does it well.
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