 Solid Panasonic Performance! |
| Review Date: April 23, 2009 |
| Reviewer: JJ, |
Updated 11/29/09
Many of these Panasonic players including mine suffer from random freezes that last between 5-6 seconds and then resume during blu-ray movie playback.
So far Pansonic has NOT be able to come up with a fix for this.
If you don't mind this possible problem the rest of my review still stands.
Unfortunately for me I found this random freezing to be annoying and unacceptable.
Panasonic has once again come up with a solid performance player!
I choose the Panasonic 80 after a very through and grueling side by side comparison with it's main competitor, the Sony S-550.
The Sony and Panasonic player's PQ where both overall very good on blu-ray playback.
The Panasonic had a very slight edge over the Sony, in producing a more COLORFUL picture with more 3-D POP EFFECT.
Sound quality reproduction between the two players using the 7.1 analog connections was much more dramatic.
Both Panasonic and Sony player's produced an excellent 7.1 sound field, but the Sony suffered from a lower LFE output than the Panasonic, both at the same settings and volume.
The Sony 550 required a +15 SW increase from my receiver, and still did NOT sound as POWERFUL and DYNAMIC as the Panasonic 80 at +10.
All players suffer from LFE drop using analog connections, but the Panasonic clearly had the edge in the sound department using the analog connections.
BOTTOM LINE: If you are looking for a high performance affordable blu-ray player, and have an older non HDMI AV receiver, this is the player to get.
You can also take advantage of the High clarity output on the Panny 80 if you have a newer HDMI receiver, or opt for the cheaper Panny 60 player.
Either way you won't be disappointed by Solid Panasonic Performance. |
Super player (so far)
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| Review Date: July 23, 2009 |
| Reviewer: M. Hyman, Seattle, WA USA |
I switched to this player from an earlier Samsung model. The Samsung almost turned me off from blu-ray completely, with its endless problems in playing blu-ray discs.
By contrast, this player is a pleasure.
It was extremely fast to set up. Plugged in the power (which, unlike many players, is a detachable power cord. This means if you are jamming the cord through a hole with a bunch of other cables, as I was, it is easy because you don't have to get the plug to go through the hole, just the small end of the cord). Plugged in an HDMI cable. Plugged in a network cable.
Turned it on. It asked a few questions. It discovered my network and connected without trouble. (It autodetects firmware updates, which is way nicer than my older player in which i had to burn firmware dvds and then go through a painful update process.)
It asked whether i wanted to have the instant on feature, which it kindly defaults to the greener "no" option.
And then, boom. Done. Popped in a blu-ray that failed on the samsung, loaded very quickly and started playing, with a very very crisp picture and lovely sound.
Haven't tried the bd live features yet (waiting for sd card to arrive), and it doesn't take sony memory sticks, butalready it has brought back pleasure into video viewing.
Because it supports DivX, I've also been able to get rid of a secondary LG player I had just for that purpose.
Altogether, I'm a happy camper and watching movies again. |
PANASONIC BLU-RAY REVIEW
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| Review Date: August 27, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Phillip A. Anteski, WEBB CITY MO. |
Pros
GREAT PICTURE 1080p blu-ray nice display BD LIVE
Cons
LIKE ALL BLU-RAY PLAYERS THE FIRMWARE UPDATE CAN BE A PAIN
Review
I bought this player last week.I like the sd card reader for photos.
I have it hooked up to a philips "47TV.Hdmi cable. I am a repair tech for tvs and consumer electronics. A lot of peoples reviews complain about the long load time.
Think about it a standard dvd is 4.7 GB. compared to blu-ray 50gb.THats a lot of information for the player to load.I played over a dozen movies no problems with frozen video.plays all
the way through.If you stay with major brands like panasonic or sony you should have years of enjoyment.Also you need to update the software if you have a problem playing any disc.
Just go to panasonic's web site and download the update.
AUDIO
Sound effects has a surround-like effects. re-master1 remaster 2 remaster 3
NIGHT SURROUND
To enjoy a movie with powerful sound even when the volume is kept low at night.
VIDEO
You can select the picture to your liking.
functions are soft,fine,cinema user
CONTRAST
BRIGHTNESS
COLOR
GAMMA
3D NR smooths block noise in the background to give a greater feeling of depth.
STAND BY POWER SAVE
IS a function that is available on tvs that support hdavi control 4
panasonics tvs support these functions.
I am happy with my purchase It's a good player go out and pick one up.
Panasonic DMP-BD80 High Clarity Audio Blu-ray Disc Player, Black |
Panasonic DMP-BD80 review
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| Review Date: May 28, 2009 |
| Reviewer: J. Tapia, |
| The quality of the player is just what I expected from what I had read before on the Blue Ray player, the quality of the blue Ray movies is extremely good and the quality of the normal DVD movies is also much better than any other DVD player I had before. I played same movie on this player (DMP-BD80)and also watched the same movie on my old Sony player and the difference is very dramatic, I had no idea the colors would be that much better and everything looks sharper too, something that I never thought possible, I am a quality freak so I really look around before buying. |
KING OF BLU-RAY PLAYERS!!!!!
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| Review Date: April 25, 2009 |
| Reviewer: lewman, |
| I must say this. There seems to be a good number of people who seem to believe that the PS3 can offer the same or better picture and audio quality as this blu-ray player. Please do not get offended, but uhh-YOU HAVE LOST YOUR DAMN MIND!!!!! Please schedule an appointment to see an eye doctor ASAP. I could not believe the picture and sound quality of this player. ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING!!! This players perfomance had me smiling like a little kid. I LOVE the features on this player! It has a diplay menu that shows exactly what frame rate and type of audio you are watching and listening to- This is an important feature! Have a problem with dialogue being too low? NO PROBLEM HERE!! You can use the dialogue enhancer or/and you can have the player enhance the audio with one of its 5 audio settings, which is pretty awesome. Don't like the picture? I doubt that you wouldn't, but hey! If you would like to enhance pic quality, you can choose between fine, cinema, soft, normal, and user settings. You can do all of this without interrupting the movie. When you get this player, put in one of your favorite blu-ray movies and explore the options that you have. If you want an amazing blu-ray experience, pick up this player. You WILL NOT regret it! |
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