Panasonic @ CEDIA - Blu-ray player

by Matt Burns posted Sep 15th 2006 at 4:41PM

We got good news for all the Blu-ray fanboys out there. You are no longer going to have to settle for Samsung's Blu-ray player as Panasonic is shipping their DMP-BD10 Blu-ray player to distributers now. That means that consumers might be able to get their hands on a player within a week or two and they should hit mass-market retailers in the beginning of October. Price is still the $1,299 that was annouced a few months ago though.

Filed under: Industry

Tags: blu-ray, cedia, panasonic

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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gabi @ Sep 15th 2006 5:56PM

1,300$ ????????? gimme a break...

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bob @ Sep 15th 2006 6:31PM

Wow, easily the most gorgeous high def player we've seen yet. sign me up!! but not at $1300... ouch.

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Popstand @ Sep 15th 2006 7:35PM

Yeah, for those criticizing the high price of the Tivo Series 3, you have to admit it presents significantly more value than any of these unbelievably priced Blu-Ray or HD-DVD players.

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motion_agent @ Sep 15th 2006 11:47PM

For that price, you could buy a solid pc system with a Bluray Drive, and it would have better quality output and usefull for more than just BD playback.
These players are far too overpriced for what they are. really.

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Ben Hobbs @ Sep 16th 2006 1:24AM

$1,300 - Ouch

When DVD Players first came out the electronics companies where charging 1/3 of this for their models. From DVD to Blu-Ray is nowhere near as much of a jump in manufacturing as it would have taken for the VHS to DVD jump.

You can pick up a HD DVD player for just over $300, with better picture quality than any BR player to date. Blu-Ray's answer: Jack up their prices.

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Dave @ Sep 16th 2006 3:46AM

"You can pick up a HD DVD player for just over $300"
Without 1080p playback, no 5.1 true dolby sound, and the worst design ever :D

"better picture quality than any BR player to date."

Yeah, exceps some of the latest movies wich show that BDs have better quality and top performance.

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Ben Hobbs @ Sep 16th 2006 10:52AM

Which latest movies are these then Dave, as I have yet to see any BR movie reviews that would put the BR picture quality ahead of even the cheapest ($300) HD DVD players. Seeing as they still haven't released a BlueRay movie with more than 25Gb whilst all the HD DVD movies are 30Gb.

There is no picture quality difference between 1080i and 1080p, it just sends half the data to the screen twice as quickly - The display shows exactly the same picture. Remember that all HD TV's only show a PROGRESSIVE Display (except maybe a couple of CRT Projectors).

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Wellinformed @ Sep 18th 2006 5:24PM

"There is no picture quality difference between 1080i and 1080p, it just sends half the data to the screen twice as quickly - The display shows exactly the same picture. Remember that all HD TV's only show a PROGRESSIVE Display (except maybe a couple of CRT Projectors)."

If that's so, why are the movies mastered in 1080p and not 1080i? Why does a 720p picture look better than a 1080i picture when it comes to HD sporting events?

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henning @ Sep 18th 2006 1:16PM

I think he's talking about the latest releases from Warner Brothers: Firewall, Blazing Saddles, and Lethal Weapon. All of which sport VC1 encoding and look just as great as their HD DVD counterparts.

http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/firewall.html

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nullhypo @ Sep 18th 2006 3:28PM

I really wish people would stop with the "1080p is no better than 1080i" business. 720p is better than 1080i for content with a lot of motion and special effects. 720p is better than 1080i for sporting events, action movies, and video games. And 1080p is better than 720p.

And DVD players were not 1/3 the price of BD players when they debuted. Maybe when you noticed them, but not when they debuted.

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