http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/ Engadget HD Comments for Panasonic's DMP-BD50 Blu-ray player gets US release http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/May 6th 2008 3:14PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/
I despise Sony, and sucking it up to buy a PS3 is going to be hard, but man...fuck this noise.]]>May 8th 2008 3:10PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/
It's Blu-Ray vs. Blu-Ray. How ironic.

DVD is sitting at the top of the mountain all alone with no contender in sight. ]]>May 6th 2008 3:21PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/
In their defense though, Id actually agree with their complaints this time around have merit.]]>May 6th 2008 3:26PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/May 6th 2008 4:48PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/
Regardless of what we think of Sony's strong arm tactics with DRM and root kits etc, this is not a situation where Sony is calling the shots. Sony does not "own Blu-ray. They do not control what LG or Panasonic can charge for their machines. They are not the sole patent owners (Panasonic shares in this along with 15 other CE companies). They also hare their position on the board of directors with most of the big Japanese and Korean CE companies as well as studios like Warner.

Sony is not causing this player to be 700 dollars. The price is purely Panasonic's decision and what an unfortunate decision it is. Because this player is WAY overpriced.]]>May 6th 2008 11:04PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/
Where are those members of the Blu-ray fanclub now that told me at little while ago in no uncertain term that they were retailing/industry insiders and that this was definitely going to sell for $500 or less?

LMAO]]>May 6th 2008 3:29PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/May 6th 2008 4:02PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/No thank-you, I will stick with DVDs.]]>May 6th 2008 7:45PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/May 6th 2008 3:44PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/May 6th 2008 3:47PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/Second Reaction: Hahahhahahahaa]]>May 6th 2008 3:53PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/
I'm all in for BD, but i'm sorry, i don't feel the prices are justified the way they are today. No wonder people are staying off and waiting. I am waiting too, and the longer i wait, the more attractive dowloadable media will be.]]>May 6th 2008 4:01PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/May 6th 2008 4:40PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/]]>May 6th 2008 4:22PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/May 6th 2008 5:08PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/May 6th 2008 4:28PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/May 6th 2008 5:05PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/May 6th 2008 4:36PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/
analog out? I hated the idea of a PS3 for my blu-ray player but after I started porting movies to it...it is the bomb and I have no plans to ever play 1 game on it. Last night I watched Ironman heheheh....











]]>May 6th 2008 4:46PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/
And dude, you need to see Iron Man in the theater... it's a widely different experience!]]>May 7th 2008 12:43PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/May 6th 2008 4:55PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/May 6th 2008 5:01PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/May 6th 2008 5:23PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/My point is this is the first Standalone Blu-ray that is 2.0 Profile and decodes DTS-HD MA And Dolby TrueHD in the player itself.
The new technology costs more initially, I don't see why people are surprised by that. Sure I'd love it if this 2.0 profile player was $349. But I also know the first models with NEW technology always cost more. 'The price will come down'. I have no doubt about at.]]>May 6th 2008 7:17PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/May 6th 2008 7:51PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/
All the Blu-ray folks said that BD players would get cheaper after BD "won".]]>May 6th 2008 5:23PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/
So, I don't think $700 MSRP for a top of the line player for a 2 year old format is bad! Of course, I would like that to come down, but you have to wait for that.]]>May 6th 2008 5:53PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/May 6th 2008 7:19PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/
Blu-ray and PS3 it's so suitable that they are mirrors of one another, always the 'gonna' format/console.

"It's gonna take off......"

"It's gonna get cheaper....."

"It's gonna have content worth bothering with....."

"It's gonna come good before it's too late....."

Yeah just wait it'll all be great............ in a couple of years.

Suuuuurrrrrreeee.

It's far more likely ..........'it's gonna be far too little too late'. ]]>May 6th 2008 6:24PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/
So why should anyone believe you know a thing? Your credibility was shot by October of last year, and yet you huff and puff at the brick house that is BD? Pathetic.

You sound like the guys in prison togs you see picking up litter by the road; 'yea, my lawyer screwed up', 'that cop had no right to stop me'... Face it, it's over. Your busted.]]>May 7th 2008 11:26AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/
with their $400, $500, $600 & $700 Blu-ray players they aren't going to be making any headway in the mass-market.

They won the little tussle with HD DVD (through backroom dealing) but they sure as hell as going nowhere against DVD with this kind of BS. ]]>May 8th 2008 5:45AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/
DTS-HD MA decoding with analog outs ! At long last !

Yippee !

I'll buy one the minute it comes out !]]>May 6th 2008 8:10PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/May 6th 2008 9:06PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/May 6th 2008 9:12PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/May 6th 2008 9:43PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/May 7th 2008 6:37AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/May 6th 2008 10:28PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/May 7th 2008 12:25AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/
What are you smoking? You can get a full-featured blu-ray player with all the features for $350.00 less than a PS3? I am sure you can't be talking about US Dollars. Are you talking about chinese yuan? Lol.

So the PS3's cost for the 40gb version is "Price: $399.99" according to amazon.com. So where abouts is my "high profile model with all the bells and whistles" blur-ray player for 49.99 (350.00 less than a PS3)?

Where? I really would love a ihgh profile 49.99 dollar blu-ray player. Or perhaps your full of sh*t.]]>May 7th 2008 6:58PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/
Although I don't relish the $700 price (or even the $600 price at Visual Apex), stand alone players will drop as DVD players have. We all know the cost for being early adopters. If you don't want the latest, greatest tech but the cheapest tech, why not stick with VHS for that matter.

Everyone knows PS3 prices are subsidized by Sony, but not everyone is a gamer or willing to integrate a non-Home Theatre friendly box into their entertainment setup.]]>May 7th 2008 8:14AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/
This may just be an example of a premium priced player designed for a niche market. In which case there will also be cheaper players available.

However, if all the new 2.0 players come out priced this high it will be a huge step backwards for Blu-ray adoption... a step which manufacturers really can't afford to take right now if they want to get the format rolling.]]>May 7th 2008 10:30AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/
The fact of the matter is that Panasonic is releasing this with an high (SUGGESTED RETAIL) price to get a few extra bucks out of the eager beavers with a lot of cash. There are a lot of people who will buy at or around this price, so they want to get their money while they can. This player will likely be $400 or less by the time of year when people actually start buying electronics again.]]>May 7th 2008 11:18AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/
But no date from Panasonic sort gives me the feeling they're not quite ready to hit the market yet.]]>May 7th 2008 2:36PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/
Hey retard... re-read his post... he said you can get one for less than a PS3 and then in the parenthesis he said you can get one for about $350 or less... he NEVER said you can get one for $350 less than a PS3.

Pay attention to the order one says things in and you'll find less to get upset about.]]>May 7th 2008 12:48PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/May 8th 2008 3:18PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/06/panasonics-dmp-bd50-gets-us-release/May 17th 2008 5:31PM