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Date: 2010-03-09 Great value in a bluray player, but dont buy it for BD-Live feature 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 ... Update 3/19/10 I tested the dvd upconversion too, comparing a 480p dvd on this player vs the panasonic dvd-F65K player I still have. There isn't a significant improvement from the upconversion, but at least the picture wont look worse than it did on your old dvd player ... Date: 2010-03-09 Great Basic Player 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. Date: 2010-03-09 GREAT blu-ray player I just love this blu-ray player. It syncs with my Panasonic television automatically, so inserting a DVD and playing it is a snap. With other players you must fiddle around with the input and output; with this one you just hit play, and the TV and player act as one. GREAT product Date: 2010-03-08 Perfect Player I decided to try out Amazon's Warehouse Deals and purchase the Panasonic DMP-BD60 player at a reduced rate. New was about $129 and one of the units from Warehouse Deals in "Very Good" condition was $107. So after the purchase and receiving it in a slightly frazzled box, it looks and works just like new! You can't even tell the difference if you had a new one next to it. The first thing I did was update the firmware via ethernet connection and popped in a DVD to test it. Worked perfectly with a slight delay on starting the program from disk which is very common. Tried a music CD and also worked perfectly. Very pleased with my Blue-ray player and decision to try out Amazon's Warehouse Deals. Date: 2010-03-08 DMP-BD60 Blu-ray player Overall, I am very happy with this player, but I am not happy with the remote control system. I also have a Panasonic DMR-EZ28K recorder, which uses a similar remote control unit and they seem to interfere with each other - to the point where I usually have to control each machine manually. I've tried changing the frequencies but that doesn't help. The player itself is a little bit slow to start up, but I had read about that in reviews and was prepared for that. Once it's finally ready to play a DVD, it works great. No skipping yet, probably because I updated the firmware via the internet, as recommended. I've only had this unit a few months, so I can't comment on long term reliability. * Price is subject to change. |
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