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Panasonic intros "next generation" DMP-BD30 Blu-ray player

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Panasonic has announced its DMP-BD30 Blu-ray player, offering full 1080p playback and FInal Standard Profile functionality.

Key features available include picture-in-picture, audio mixing, Panasonic's P4HD (Pixel Precision Progressive Processing for HD) technology, 1080/24p playback, HDMI 1.3B, Deep Colour compatibility, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD audio decoding, SD memory card slot, AVCHD codec, and EZ-Sync.

It has a suggested US retail price of $499.95. Details of UK availability to follow.

(Via EETimes)

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Posted by Andy Merrett on October 31, 2007

Comments

This is a good player but it has no online connection so you cant update it

Posted by: Shehzad Bhatti | October 31, 2007 9:45 PM

A complete waste of money if the next generation of dual Blu-ray and HD DVD players can produce at least the same picture and sound quality.

Samsung BD-UP5000 and LG a second-generation dual-format HD disc player, Super Blu Player (model BH200).

If a recordable dual-format Blu-ray and HD DVD with HDMI 1.3b features properly implemented, then buying any Blu-ray or HD DVD player, in my opinion would be a waste of money for people wanting to create an HD library if allowed to record and play back in 1080p. The recordable dual-format player would also have to be a PVR with; twin digital tuners, HD Freeview Playback (one touch serial episode recordings, syncronize the sound and one touch record trailers), record two different channels whilst watching a third channel, at least seven days Electronic Programme Guide (EPG), and pause live programmes.

Panasonic by bringing the marketing date forward by months probably verifies especially how worried Blu-ray is about the dual players.

Posted by: Barrington | November 1, 2007 12:21 PM

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