Panasonic's DMP-BD30 Blu-ray player already reviewed

by Darren Murph posted Oct 31st 2007 at 9:30AM

The folks over at CNET aren't wasting a moment getting to know Panasonic's latest Blu-ray player, so why should you? Reviewers started off by praising Panny for getting a Profile 1.1-compliant player out before the actual deadline, and minor gripes about the DMP-BD10A (namely, the remote and the fold-down door) have been addressed satisfactorily. Additionally, it was noted that audiophiles would find lots to love courtesy of its ability to output DTS-HD Master Audio / Dolby TrueHD soundtracks in bitstream format, and sticklers for image quality are likely to be equally impressed. Put simply, this unit "performed excellently by properly deinterlacing 1080i signals to 1080p without artifacts or jaggies," and it managed to measure up quite well with other highly-regarded BD players when playing back films. All in all, the BD30 was awarded a 7.4 out of 10 rating, and we're pretty certain that adding an Ethernet jack and built-in decoders for high-resolution audio formats would've made this thing even more attractive.

Filed under: Reviews, Blu-ray, Players, Panasonic

Tags: 1080p, AVCHD, blu-ray, blu-ray player, Blu-rayPlayer, DMP-BD30, hdmi 1.3b, Hdmi1.3b, panasonic, profile 1.1, Profile1.1, review, reviewed

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Low Ranked

h4ldol @ Oct 31st 2007 2:48PM

Of course it's good. It's blu-ray!

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DeadPlasmaCell @ Oct 31st 2007 2:59PM

Only a 7.4? Sorry h4Idol, maybe the next player with be the perfect one..

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Alex @ Oct 31st 2007 3:35PM

No ethernet? C'mon, the Tosh A2 even has that feature. Other than that this player has all the features I'm looking in a BluRay player. The price puts it near the 40GB PS3 level. Hard to choose.

Highest Ranked

Killer @ Oct 31st 2007 5:24PM

@ H4ldol

????

Endgadget HD, you might as well put an EXTREME Blu-ray Fanboy sticker next to his name and have an automated Pro-Blu-ray qoute generator to comment for him. Seriously....

Highly Ranked

DeadPlasmaCell @ Oct 31st 2007 5:34PM

Still no story up yet of K-Mart going HD-DVD exclusive.

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Dave @ Oct 31st 2007 5:48PM

And you're not likely to ever see it on this site. Also, the Black Friday deal at Sears that has a $300 3rd generation HD DVD player going for $169 is conspicuously absent--despite the fact that I sent a tip in about it. Meanwhile, this is the second story in as many days on this particular Blu-Ray player.

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Gil @ Oct 31st 2007 5:58PM

I'm sure you're right.. I'm sure posting positive & fair HD-DVD news is "daunting" and "A lot of work"

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RockinOscar @ Oct 31st 2007 7:17PM

@ h4lol
why don't you hook me up with some of that Sony checks you are getting?

Neutral

h4idol @ Oct 31st 2007 8:34PM

Again, apologies everybody, since coming out of the closet I keep forgetting my medication.
Blu sucks,... really well actually but that's another story :)
GO RED

Neutral

Duncan @ Nov 1st 2007 12:06AM

@ DeadPlasmaCell, 7.4 for a player is pretty impressive. Cnet rates items fair and hard. For example the XA2 ranks in at a 7.3 from Cnet. Myself I prefer blu-ray because of the content (Disney/Pixar), however I also use HD DVD and like both formats. I look forward to seeing great things from both formats and think both will be around for a long time to come.

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N.KAY @ Nov 1st 2007 12:47AM

hmmmmm.......id rather get the ps3

Neutral

JeffDM @ Nov 1st 2007 1:14AM

If you're not interested in games and want a BD player, then maybe this one would be better. I'm pretty sure this is going to be quieter than the PS3. PS3 doesn't bother me, but if it weren't for my projector's noise, I think the PS3 fan noise would bother me.

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