Panasonic DMP-BD30 Blu-ray Disc Player

Highly Recommended!!!

Strengths: Picture quality is amazing! Upconversion to 1080p is much better than upconverting DVD players

Weakness: Pricey, but you get what you pay for. What's another $420 after spending $5k on a plasma screen?!

I bought this after extensive research and found that all the praises are well deserved. Excellent BluRay player and loads fast! Picture quality is incredible. Upconversion is near HD. Very forgiving in reading rental discs.

Panasonic DMP-BD30K Blue Ray player

Strengths: Amazing picture quality, quick disc load time, choice for audio output of either optical or coaxial.

Weakness: Remote control could be much less confusing and difficult to use.

It looks like blu-ray is winning out over HD DVD and, combined with a discount for also purchasing a Panasonic Plasma TV, I decided to go for it! I am thrilled with the quality and performance of this player. The picture is stunning and even my SD DVD's look better because this player upconverts them. Load times for discs are quick at about 15 to 20 seconds. The player does not have an ethernet...

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Fantastic players

Strengths: Stellar picture, sound quality. Ease of setup and use. Feature rich, quick load times.

Weakness: Poor remote design, pricey.

It seems that Blu-ray is winning the format war, so I took the plunge. This player offers the best technology (with the exception of remote and Ethernet connection) at a reasonable price point. I researched other players heavily and found the reviews consistently favorable for this player. Everything positive is true: fantastic picture, sound, features, ease of use. This product is a leader in...

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Worth the money

Strengths: Loading time is slower. Quiet machine.Easy set up. HDMI 1.3. Easily stackable.

Weakness: Remote is too busy and hard to find buttons you need quickly.

The appearance is awesome especially with the blu-ray blue light on. It loads faster than my HD DVD player. I was a little hesitant to buy this for $100 more than another brand on sale, but after advice from a retail store manager opted to get this model. I'm so glad, it's definite worth the money. The quality of the output was amazing!

Almost perfect, but ruined by a fatal flaw

Strengths: Best Blu-ray player for the money, rock-solid picture quality, ability to bitstream all HD audio formats, smaller and quieter than the PS3, frequent firmware updates show commitment to quality

Weakness: Has issues playing 1.1 ("Bonus View") discs (could be fixed by Feb08), hardware design causes LFE signals on PCM audio tracks output via HDMI to be 5dB TOO LOW (the fatal flaw)

I love this player in so many ways that it hurts me to say that it'll probably have to go back to the retailer because of the low LFE issue. In a nutshell: LFE stands for Low Frequency Effects, and represents the signals from a film soundtrack that are specifically sent to the subwoofer (the ".1" in a 5.1 or 7.1 channel speaker setup). The LFE issue, which affects both the BD-10 and the BD-30,...

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A highly recommended Blu-ray Player

Strengths: Fastest start-up & disc load times of present freestanding Blu-ray players. Excellent Hi-Def picture quality.

Weakness: Remote is confusing to use. Picture with factory settings is too dark. No "time remaining" display.

I first bought a Sony BDP-S300 Blu-ray player, but was immediately appalled by the terribly slow startup and disc load times. I quickly replaced it with the Panasonic DMP-BD30K player whose startup and disc load times are much more in line with those of standard DVD players. The video & sound quality of this unit is excellent. It supports all the latest specs such as HDMI 1.3, 1080P,...

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A loaded Blu-ray player at a reasonable price

Strengths: Panasonic includes features only found on previously more expensive players. Loads faster, too!

Weakness: Remote has confusing buttons. No remaining time display. No lighted remote buttons!

For those waiting for a Blu-ray player with high end features, check out the Panasonic DMP-BD30K. This player doesn't skimp on features. It is one of the fastest loading Blu-ray players out there. It puts my previous player, the Sony BDP-S300 to shame. It offers bitstream support for all audio formats. It is the first player to be natively Profile 1.1 specific. The HDMI is 1.3 compliant, ahead of...

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Excellent Blu-Ray player addresses concerns from 1st...

Strengths: Outstanding image quality Easy setup Very reasonable start-up and disc load times

Weakness: Price Firmware update by CD

I'm new to the hi-def disc formats, and decided to buy a Blu-Ray player based on the studio support. I knew this decision meant I'd be paying more for the player (at least in the short term). This player was more expensive than a number of alternatives, but most of those were HD-DVD, or were 1st gen Blu-Ray players. I chose the Panasonic DMP-BD30K due to reviews that indicated it addressed some...

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Panasonic Blu-Ray

Strengths: Easy setup, plays all BD and DVD I have.

Weakness: Could be cheaper.

I bought this player to replace a Samsung that I had. The Samsung needed to be updated every time that I got a new BD disc. So far, the Panasonic 30 has given me no problems.

Awesome Blu-Ray Player

Strengths: Sleek and stylish player. Hi-def picture. Hi-Def sound with bitstream is incredible.

Weakness: None

This player not only looks good, but has the best hi-def picture I have ever seen. Do yourself a favor and buy this amazing Blu-Ray player and you will be glad you did.