Blu ray is an investment but now is a great time to build up a high quality home theatre system. Here we have a high end blu ray player with all the whistles and capablities at a great price. It is now possible to get blu ray movies at much more reasonable prices as well and more and more films come out on blu ray every week. I find that a true blu ray experience is better than seeing a film at the movies. The picture clarity is astounding and the audio with all the tru and lossless options on all discs now make the films more than come to life. Even dialogue driven films sound amazing. This Panasonic player also delivers video with great color contrast, crisp detail and a great line between blacks and whites. Audio again is impeccable.
I have only the highest praise for this player and also Panasonic themselves. I has to call them for one question I had and I was on hold only 1 minute and got the most helpful person. Everytime I called Memorex it included at least a 20 minute wait. Here is a blu ray player of the highest quality that will perform for you and it is available at a price that won't break your wallet.
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I think Pansonic is a good brand, but still not as good as Samsung Blu-ray Player.
Buy it.
As I mentioned above, I returned 3 DVD players before getting the BD60. Panasonic is the good ol' faithful in my book. My first DVD player that I bought 11 years ago was a Panasonic and I have yet to face a problem with it. The image quality of the BD60 is second to none and it costs less than $200. Youtube and Picasa also works well via VieraCast plus you can access the weather, stock quotes, and headline streaming from Bloomberg. I heard that Panasonic will be adding Amazon VOD this month which will make it more competitive with the Samsung/LG. Highly recommend this player.
Bought the Sharp at Costco. Took it back the same day. Would not play Slumdog Millionare. No problems with the Panasonic. Have see dozens of movies with no problems. FAST loading...
I've been searching for a blu-ray player for a while and I decided on this based on all the great user reviews from various websites and it's great features. After watching like 25 movies, I would rate this player a 4.5 out of 5. Here are my pros and cons:
Pros:
1. The most important reason why I bought this player... The picture quality of blu-ray will make your jaw drop. The picture quality is crystal clear where you can see every little detail even in fast moving situations. Plus, it sounds great out of either my television or home theatre.
2. Upconversion of regular dvds... This is very important to me considering that I have a huge collection of regular dvds and my regular sony dvd player was excellent at upconverting. Well, I watched plenty of regular dvds on my panasonic and I am amazed how great it upconverts. I saw district 9 on regular dvd and was shocked how the picture looked. The picture looked so realistic at times especially the overhead shots of the alien camp. I also saw a perfect getaway on dvd and the jungle scenes were breathtaking. I could only imagine how much better the blu-ray version would look like.
3. Never ever had a freezing issue out of all my movies. I did use the latest 2.2 version firmware so maybe that could have fixed any past freezing issues. I suggest everyone to update their firmware and it's very easy to do if you follow the steps.
4. Easy to setup Amazon Video On Demand and it works great. While Amazon VOD costs more money than netflix, it is far superior to the very little, lame selection movies of netflix "free" streaming. I still much prefer to rent by mail from either blockbuster or netflix and watch a higher quality dvd or blu-ray over any lower quality streaming though.
5. Bargain prices that I have seen for this player.
Cons:
1. No coaxial output. It doesn't really effect my home theater setup but it should have a coaxial output.