Introducing Panasonic’s 2010 Model Blu-ray Players

Electronics giant Panasonic showed off a 3D Blu-ray disc player at the recent CES2010 at Las Vegas. The player launced is the Panasonic DMP-BDT350. It will need to be teamed up with a 3D HDTV and a set of active shutter 3D glasses.  The DMP-BDT350 has was given the prestigious CES Innovations Award. It plays 3D Bluray, upscale DVD and standard audio CD, and comes with the standard Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD decoding. It also incorporates an SD memory card slot for MP3s and still images and video playback, BD-Live and the VIERA Cast range of online streaming materials.

Panasonic have also released 3 other blu-ray disc players namely the Panasonic DMP-BD45, then the wi-fi enabled Panasonic DMP-BD65 and concluding and the top end Panasonic DMP-BD85.  The BD45 is the basic player, and does not have networking capabilities. Like previous Panasonic players, the BD45 is a fairly unremarkable looking piece of kit. Then again,the unit feels good and solid, is improbably slim and the display panel is huge and instructive, showing the elapsed time in large illuminated digits.

The DMP-BD65 and DMP-BD85 share many characteristics, including HD audio decoding, VIERA Cast online streaming media, an USB connector, and Panasonic’s PHL Reference Chroma Processor Plus image processing systems.  What separates the BD85 is built-in Wi-Fi, DivX video support via the SD card slot, 7.1 analogue audio outputs, an HDMI Jitter Purifier, gold-plated terminals, a 192kHz-24 bit D/A converter and something called a Digital Tube Sound Simulator, which is said to emulate the sound of a tube amplifier. These new players measuring a mere 99mm tall, you get a host of specifications and features including BD Live, a USB port, SD card slot for data and VOD services such as Netflix and YouTube. The DMP-BD65 is DLNA compliant, which means it will work with other similarly compliant devices over your home network.

In keeping with Panasonic’s promise to create players that are more green, all the new players will have a Power Save function that always turns off the player when you switch to viewing television. Panasonic’s latest blu-ray players are ready to hit the Japanese marketplace soon but there are no release date assured for the USA and other parts of the world.