Panasonic DMP-BD10 Reviews

While the majority of home movie watchers avoids Blu-ray because of the ongoing format war and high costs, AV enthusiasts lately have been hesitant to pick up a new Blu-ray player for another reason: They've been waiting for the impending Blu-ray ...

Excellent picture quality on Blu-ray discs ; 1080p output at 24 frames per second ; DVD upconversion up to 1080p ; HDMI 1.3b output ; can output Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio in bitstream format ; first Blu-ray Profile 1.1 player ; SD card slot ...

No built-in decoding for high-resolution audio formats ; no Ethernet jack for firmware upgrades or future interactive content

The Panasonic DMP-BD30 offers excellent video quality and is Blu-ray Profile 1.1 compliant, but those who want high-resolution audio will need a cutting-edge AV receiver.

While most people are plenty satisfied with DVD, home theater enthusiasts are getting geared up for the next generation of disc-based video formats, Blu-ray and HD-DVD, which compete directly against one another. While HD-DVD won the first round ...

Very expensive ; terrible remote ; annoying front flip-down panel on unit ; relatively slow load times ; no HDMI 1.3

The Panasonic DMP-BD10 is a very competent first-generation Blu-ray player, but its high price and the comparably affordable PlayStation 3 make it hard to recommend.

One characteristic you're unlikely to see associated with the first generation of Blu-ray disc (BD) players is speed. Some players that I've tested have taken more than 2 minutes to load a relatively recent Blu-ray movie release, and that was after I ...

Speediest disc load time of standalone BD players we've tested. Fast and easy multimedia browsing. Bitstream audio output with lossless audio formats. Custom picture controls.

Lacks network connection.

The Panasonic DMP-BD30 loads discs faster than other standalone BD players while delivering impressive picture quality.