Panasonic DMP-BD10
So, starting off our review section here will be the Panasonic DMP-BD10. As the first player that Panasonic ever made, its price has been coming down considerably lately (though its also getting a little harder to find). This doesn't mean its not a great player for anyone's needs, though, because it most certainly is.
In addition to blu-ray discs, this player supports standard DVD-Video, CDs, and homemade discs recording using AVCHD camcorders. You should be sure and upgrade the firmware for this blu-ray player (while carefully following the directions), as that will greatly increase the load speeds of your movies (without that upgrade you're looking at close to 1 minute from the time you insert the disc to the time the menu pops up).
The picture quality for the Panasonic DMP BD10 is amazingly good for such an old blu-ray model (and yes, it has 1080p playback capability). In fact, the difference in image quality to the playstation 3 was almost nil. Vastly superior to other firsts (such as the two from Toshiba and the one from Samsung), this player also suffers from far fewer bugs and glitches than any other comparative model.
As far as the sound goes, its great! It supports 7.1 channel audio in addition to newer audio formats such as the Dolby Digital+ . While newer models should already be capable of decoding the latest audio codecs, you will have to download that firmware upgrade I mentioned earlier to make full use of your high resolution sound. Thats not to say the sound won't be awesome without it, but it'll be amazing with it. At the time it was made it was actually the only stand alone blu-ray disc player that had support for this high-def sound (that's since changed with newer models, of course).
All in all, the Panasonic DMP-BD10 is a good blu ray player for its current price. It may have been too hefty of a purchase back when it first came out, but with the newer models coming out lately its price has dropped, and thats always good for those looking to buy. Definitely worth the purchase now.
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(1 votes, average: 7.00 out of 10)
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December 10th, 2009 at 5:38 am
I’ve been waiting for this product for quite a while and was watching it go through the beta testing.
All previous reviews and raves proved to be true: it’s the best blue-ray player for the money.
It plays Blu-ray, DVD, DVD-Audio, SACD, CD, DTS-CD and various video audio formats from flash drives.
I use its HDMI output with an Onkyo receiver and a projector. The bluray picture quality is fantastic, even sharper than from a PS3. DVD upscaling is also the best I’ve seen (I watch a lot of movies). Can play SACDs and output the signal in DSD (the Onkyo can decode DSD) for the best SACD sound. Multichannel SACDs sound impressive indeed. Also plays video (mpeg2) and audio files (mp3) from a flash drive, but no wave yet. For CD playback, it has a dedicated chip with stereo analog output. It’s the best CD player under $1000 that I’ve heard. Has a quite balanced tonality, great dynamics and soundstage, very transparent, a tad bit heavy on the high frequencies, but this might be due to the lack of break-in.
The remote is also quite good. It comes with a free calibration Blu-ray disc. The packaging is fantastic, it’s very well cushioned and comes with a free reusable grocery shopping bag with the Oppo logo.
I highly recommend it to any serious movie fan or audiophile.