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Panasonic DMP-BD30

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  • Value for money (69)
    9.3 9.3 from 69 reviewers
  • Features (3)
    9.8 9.8 from 3 reviewers
  • Ease of use (65)
    9.9 9.9 from 65 reviewers
  • Performance (2)
    9.1 9.1 from 2 reviewers

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Panasonic DMP-BD30

The Panasonic DMP-BD30 is a tabletop Blu-Ray disc player. It measures 16.9 x 2.3 x 12.6 inches (W x H x D) and weighs 7.3 pounds. The player comes in a black enclosure color and it ships with an infrared remote control which, through the player’s VIERA Link technology, can be used to control other for Panasonic products that support VIERA Link.

The DMP-BD30 has a tray-type media loader and an SD Memory Card slot. It supports playback of a wide variety of media formats including BD-Video (Final Standard Profile), BD-MV, DVD-Video, DVD-RAM DVD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD+RW, Dual Layer DVD-R, Dual Layer DVD+R, CD, CD-R, and CD-RW. Apart from these, it supports MP3, JPEG, and AVCHD digital standards.

The Blu-Ray disc player is equipped with a Pixel Precision Progressive Processing for HD (P4HD) allowing it to playback videos at full 1080p resolution. It also features up-conversion to 1080p with an HDMI connection.

Other video features of the Panasonic DMP-BD30 include HDMI v.1.3 with Deep Color and Digital Noise Reduction. It has 5 picture modes (Normal, Soft, Fine, Cinema, and User) and 5 picture adjustment tools (Contrast, Brightness, Sharpness, Color, and Gamma Correction).

The DMP-BD30 has built-in Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and DTS-HD decoders. It also has a High Quality 192kHz/24bit Audio digital-to-analog converter. It has audio re-master features for all formats and has settings for Advanced Surround sound (VSS). Apart from this, the player’s audio system features a dialogue enhancer and dynamic range compression.

Apart from an HDMI AV output, the Panasonic DMP-BD30 offers other terminals for component video, S-Video, Video, 5.1ch Audio, 2ch Audio, optical digital audio, and coaxial digital audio.

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Blu-ray Disc™ Player with SD Card Slot, Final Standard Profile, Precise Digital Audio & Video and UniPhier™ Technology.

  • Blu-ray means incredible full-HD images, breathtaking sound and 5x the data…

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  1. Panasonic DMP-BD30EG-K Blu-ray Player comes with 2 Free Blu-ray Movies

    Reviewer: Hifi-ring
    27 August 2008

    Panasonic UK offers two blu-ray movies, Ratatouille and Cars, when you buy a DMP-BD30EG-K Blu-ray spinner. This blu-ray player features the final standard profile 1.1, full HD 1080/24P output, HDMI version 1.3 with Deep Colour and incorporates a SD Card Slot. Priced at £349.99 this special offer went "temporarily out of stock" fast but it will be back soon. Read more

  2. Reviewer: Audio Video Revolution
    20 April 2008

    The DMP-BD30 is the most DVD-like of any Blu-ray player I’ve used thus far, and I mean that in a good way. It combines the beautiful HD picture and high-resolution audio I want from Blu-ray with faster response time and generally seamless navigation. Those benefits, more than just its Profile 1.1 spec, make it one of my top choices in Blu-Ray … today, at least. If Panasonic had only included an Ethernet port, this player would be an unqualified success. Interestingly,... Read more

  3. Panasonic DMP-BD30 Blu-ray Player

    Reviewer: Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity
    06 March 2008

    A few years ago, Panasonic released a batch of progressive scan DVD players that took everyone by surprise, offering unsurpassed 480p performance at a price that was almost too good to be true. Unfortunately this trend didn’t last long. Panasonic later went on to release some decent upscaling and progressive scan DVD players, but they relied on some Genesis/Faroudja chips that had inconsistent performance with displays and never quite lived up to the bar set by their ... Read more

  4. Reviewer: BigPictureBigSound
    17 February 2008
    Overall 9
    9.0
    Value for money 10
    10
    Features 9
    9.0
    Performance 9
    9.0
     

    After living with Panasonic's latest Blu-ray Disc player for a few weeks, we've only grown more attached to it. This is one solid high definition player, for a very affordable price. Read more

  5. Panasonic DMP-BD30 Profile 1.1 Blu-ray Player

    Reviewer: Home Theater
    16 December 2007

    The DMP-BD30, however, not only carries a significantly lower price tag ($499), but is a completely new design as well. In one important way it takes us closer to the ideal feature set that should have been designed into Blu-ray players in the first place. In another respect, however, it takes a step backward. Read more

  1. Excelent choice for entry level

    Reviewer: Buyzillion.com
    5 days ago
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    I purchased this to go along with a 61" DLP TV. For the moment I am using only the up-converting features of this set; I'm awaiting my first blu-ray disc! I am using the HDMI for video and the optic connection for sound, and both work very well. I am pleased with the setup options, which are very extensive and easily understood, and especially the capability to enhance the output of the center speaker so that spoken words come through. I don't know if it is the optica... Read more

  2. Great Blu-Ray

    Reviewer: Maryann Rogers, Amazon
    1 week ago
    Overall 10
    10
     

    I was looking for a Blu-ray player; however, knowing nothing about the performance of these, I contacted my brother who is very knowledgable about electronics. He recommended the Panasonic and I was extremely pleased. He set it up for me and am now watching everything on my large screen TV in Blue-ray. Love it and would highly recommend this. Comment Read more

  3. Almost perfect!

    Reviewer: Installer604, Newegg
    1 week ago
    Overall 10
    10
     

    Overall it has been a great experience other than the audio not being quite right on some movies. I just wish more movies would become available on Blu-Ray! Read more

  4. as good as a sony blu-ray player!

    Reviewer: sonic4555, Bestbuy
    3 weeks ago
    Overall 10
    10
     

    "Panasonic has always been a top-notch brand, and this blu-ray disc player definitely shows that. The blu-ray discs look better than extrordinary and are extremely stunning!!!! It literally takes about just 3-4 minutes to set up, and you can start to watch the best-looking movies on the planet!" Read more

  5. a very good player or the price

    Reviewer: leam, Circuit City
    4 weeks ago
    Overall 8
    8.0
    Value for money 8
    8.0
    Ease of use 6
    6.0
     

    I get this blue ray two weeks ago and have play several movies the picture quality is very good the only negative is the when I connected via optical I dont get any sound I have to connected via digital out other then that is a great player Read more

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