 Best Blu-Ray |
| Review Date: July 21, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Peter, CT. United States |
| This player will start the movie from where you stopped it or even if you power it off unlike other players where if you press stop or power off will go back to the very beginning. Excellent picture and menu controls. Comes with 5 Blu-Ray Discs in the box and you also can mail a rebate form in for 5 more discs. |
Blu-ray is awesome!
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| Review Date: January 12, 2008 |
| Reviewer: J. York, Cypress, TX United States |
I'm quite pleased with the Panasonic DMP-BD10AK. That said, if you're now in the market for a high-end Panasonic Blu-ray player, I suggest you wait for the just-announced Panasonic DMP-BD50. The BD10AK is discontinued and it's replacement seems to be the DMP-BD50. The DMP-BD30 looks nice on paper but it seems to be targeting a lower price point (ie. fewer features).
I went with the BD10AK because I needed the analog decoding built into the player as I have an older AVR that cannot decode the new higher definition audio formats. With the BD50 now announced, it is best to get that instead. |
Simply Beautiful
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| Review Date: November 12, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Dan M. Beadle, Lake Tahoe, NV |
We decided not to wait for the HD wars to settle and jumped for BluRay. I figure that I can buy a player for each format for less than a combo player.
This Panasonic player seemed to be in the top-three for performance at a ressonable price. It is a new design. Since we were going with a Panasonic display (58" Plasma), I opted for the Panasonic player. This was a good decision. Panasonic has integrated the control between the DVD and the monitor to provide one-button simplicity. Press play, the TV powers up, the proper HDMI is selected, the movie starts. Simple.
More important than simplicity is the picture. We had just updated from a Samsung 42" LCD on Dish Satellite with an upconverting DVD player. We thought that was good. When we converted to Plasma and DirecTV, we got a much better picture along with many more HDTV channels. The picture went to beautiful.
I didn't think I could see an improvement over DirecTv. But with this player, the system is simply awesome. The picture is vivid and fast. The sound, processed by an Onkyo 805 7.1 Receiver is far better than sound from DirecTV.
The player came with about $150 worth of action videos. (Pirates, Fanatic 4, etc.) That was enought to get me to buy a few more. Mainly we use NetFlix, but I want to have some owned content to showoff the system.
Don't wait on high def DVDs - jump it - the technology is great. |
Beats the Sony
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| Review Date: October 13, 2007 |
| Reviewer: J. S. Kerby, Augusta, KS |
I've been a die-hard Sony supporter, but after blindly buying the Sony BDP-S300, watching it take several minutes to boot up, and load a movie, lock-up several times, which requires that you shut it down, and go thru the painful process of re-booting, I decided it was time to check out the competition.
I did some research, got on the A/V forums, and the Panasonic DMP-BD10AK came out on top. It is by far the best player for the money. Boot-up, and loading a movie takes less than a minute, and so far it has yet to lock-up. The controls are not at sleek and smooth as the Sony, but they work nicely without a hitch.
Another perk at the time was the 5 free discs that come in the box, plus the 5 free by mail. One of the free discs in the box is Pirates of the Carribean, #2. I never had the opportunity to play this on the Sony, but I read that quite a few people had problems even getting this one to play on the it. The Panasonic plays it smoothly.
Anothe nice perk is being able to up-date the firmware. That is a definite must in my book. The process is relatively simple, and painless.
All in all, if anyone is looking for a somewhat affordable High Def player this is the one I recommend without reservation. I am very pleased with it's performance. |
Stellar picture and sound
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| Review Date: August 1, 2007 |
| Reviewer: mark, Largo, Fl USA |
| 1080P picture was as expected. With the user settings you can furter tweek the picture- some scenes on Pirates look 3-D. It's the upconversion that's just as impressive. Every bit as good as the reviews say. You'll actual enjoy standard dvd's on a 1080P set! I didn't think I would. As for sound I'm running the 7.1 channels straight into my pre-amp inputs and it's stunning.If you have a Buttkicker or similar device you might want to install seat belts in your furniture! Way better than over over HDMI(if you have a new reciever that's 1.3 compliant with Dolby TrueHD processing the results might be the same, if you don't but have the 7.1 inputs you'll have the best sound possible). Plus while supplies last it come with 5 movies and you can get 5 more by mail. Bring on the movies in 7.1 TrueHD!! |
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