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Panasonic DMP-BD60 Blu-ray Disc Player

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after ten years of putting up with an old DVD player, we finally gave in to the flaws of old technology and bought this blu-ray especially ackowledging how incompatible old technology was with our Samsung LCDHDTV....it has made our film viewing significantly better...and the bad news is it took too long to convert...the good news is not only the sound and picture quality improvement, but affordability, thanks to AMAZON.COM....first I did the research on blu-ray players....there are many, so I went with buyer comments and evaluations...the one with the best rating was this Panasonic...I even went to BEST BUY to see for myself...sure enough, the young man who waited on me not only confirmed I had selected the right blu-ray but he said it was the one he had purchased for himself....if it had not been for the $50 difference in price between Amazon and Best Buy, I would have purchased it there--notwithstanding NO TAXES NO SHIPPING CHARGES....and while there may be more expensive blu-ray's that have more bells and whistles, if you are looking for excellent film viewing, I do recommend this product without reservtion..DK

First Blu-ray

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Product is what it claims to be. Picture quality is great. As far as reliability, have only had for a month, so can't grade higher. Was hoping for Pandora accessibility, but was misinformed from third party.

Great player for the price

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For the price, I think this is an excellent blu-ray player. It also does very good with DVD up-conversion and makes DVDs look fantastic. The player has worked reliably for me so far and hasn't had any problems with any of the movies I've thrown at it. As with all blu-ray players, it's slow getting ready to play a movie when you first put it in. It's usually takes 30 seconds until you get to the menu screen, but that's the blu-ray standard for you. The player has all the features I need, so I'm quite happy with it overall. On the downside, the case is pretty cheap and flimsy looking. It probably wouldn't hold up well if it was going to be moved around a lot. Mine just sits in the equipment rack behind doors, so it's out of sight and not an issue for me but that might be for you. Despite this, I think it's hard to beat this player considering the low price.

Great value in a bluray player, but dont buy it for BD-Live feature

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got it from amazon, hooked it up using HDMI for the video and digital audio out for audio, since I wanted to use a spare digital audio input on my yamaha receiver. was glad I could do this and not have to buy a new receiver just for bluray LOL. I hooked up to my wireless router using 50ft cat5 network cable, since a wireless bridge would cost almost as much as the player did. I then updated the firmware from 1.9 to 2.2. I then installed the SD card (needed only for BD-Live feature) and hooked up the amazonBasics Hdmi & TosLink cables (these cable are also an excellent value).

Picture and sound are great. I have an existing 5.1 setup so didn't know or care about dolby or dts 7.1 trueHD. I like that the viera link feature switches my panasonic tv input to hdmi when I play a disc. However, if I turn on the player before the tv, it goes into some easy setup mode. Not a big bother, though.

bluray discs ( tried harry potter 6) are slower to load than dvds. The BD-Live feature (at least from warner) is slow, clunky and buggy. I was watching some harry potter content via BD-Live and suddenly it stopped and the player went back to the blu-ray background screen. what!? however, there was no freezing when loading or playing bluray discs. In all, a solid value, but dont buy it for the BD-Live feature.

Other things - I hear the successor model, DMP-BD65, has built-in wireless, however it may be more expensive initially. So get this DMP-BD60 before it's gone ...

Great Basic Player

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I bought this player in December 2009. It plays Blu Ray discs and DVDs without a problem. Was easy to setup. Overall, this player is perfect for what I need. All I needed was a player to play Blu Ray discs and was not interested in any bells and whistles that other players may offer.