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| Brand: Panasonic
Category: CE
Buy New: £205.00
New (17) Refurbished (1) from £199.00
Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 2531
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7.3
Dimensions (in): 0.2 x 0.2 x 0.1
MPN: DMP-BD30EG-K
Model: DMP-BD30EG-K
EAN: 5025232457946
ASIN: B0013UMYY6
Release Date: February 11, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 6-10 of 11
Forget Profile 2.0 July 25, 2008
M. Chiocci
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have a friend who works for Panasonic. He saw a demo of Profile 2.0. It takes forever to download content (perhaps this will ge quicker over time?)and a lot of the content will be superfluous anyway. He said it wasn't realy worth bothering with and 1.1 will be all most people will ever need. So this player is great, the only real downside is the lack of support for the most recent audio formats. As this unit and the BD50 would need connecting to external aplifiers anyway for 5.1/7.1 sound this isn't too much of a concern either.
panasonic BD30 May 29, 2008
A. W. Presneill (uk)
20 out of 23 found this review helpful
The problems sometimes with new technology is that it is difficult to get the information that the buyer needs for his/her own set up.I was bombarded with all kinds of data when choosing my blu ray player.My tv is a Panasonic Viera 42" but was bought just before the HD and HDMI appeared,so i have now get 1080i with the BD30 as opposed to 1080p which the new tv's will play,so i have bought a QED component cable (around 60)and linked this to the BD30 and on its initial plays it is superb.And audio is a Sony Amp which outputs upto DTS and 6.1 to Bose AM10 sattelite speakers.I have no intension of changing the tv just to get that extra 10% of picture quality or changing the Amp for a likewise improvement in audio,there comes a time when the extra outlay is not worth it (for me).Just remember the player is only one part of your system. br / br /Having read all the professional reviews the BD30 was certainly the best player on the market in this price range,and now its up and running i can see why.With the 1.1 profile and an ethernet connection for easier firmware updates it will take some beating at this price. br / br /But always do your own research,so you end up with what is best for you,and not somebody else. br / br /The only problem at the moment is getting hold of a Pan BD 30 which seem to be in short supply.
panasonic simply the best May 13, 2008
Paul R. Mcgregor
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
first of all a big thanks to amazon for a great buy and great delivery as i was struggling to get this machine as every shop in glasgow was sold out or asking to much well what do i have to say about this little cracker from panasonic no much as it does exactly what is says i have it connected to my 42 inch panasonic plasma and the picture is stunning also the sound when connected to a onkyo sr605 reciever the sounds amazing this is the future of blu ray would highly recommend this machine to anyone whos a hi def fan thanks again amazon and panasonic
 Next generation DVD April 29, 2008
Mr. R. E. Aitken (Coventry, England)
22 out of 26 found this review helpful
I have to say first off that this is a wonderful DVD and blu ray player, on my sony the image and sound is very good and it really is a step up, but, this is still new technology and it does take a few seconds to set up even old DVD's let alone blu ray discs. br /If you want full blu ray support then I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this player, it is still faster and better quality than many others on the market. br /If you just want something to upscale older DVD's then you may be buying something which is slower and less friendly than a five year old DVD player, pays your money and takes your choice really.
Panasonic DMP-BD30 March 31, 2008
E. Wood (UK)
83 out of 84 found this review helpful
This is my first Blu-ray player and will go alongside a Toshiba EP35 HD-DVD player on a Samsung LE46F86 telly and Onkyo 705 AV receiver. br / br /It is one of the first Profile 1.1 players to be available in the UK, which is why I waited for it. Profile 1.1 means that it will play the Picture-In-Picture commentary that some may be interested in. br / br /The HD picture is excellent, easily on-par with HD-DVD. Cars looked stunning. Spiderman 3 is very good indeed. SD DVDs up-scaled very well, I could not see any difference between an up-scaled DVD played on either the BD30 or the EP35, which is quite an achievement. br / br /TrueHD was available on the discs and sounded fantastic. Note that there is no on-board decoding of the newer codecs (TrueHD, DD+, DTS-HD) so you will need to bitstream to a suitable AV receiver that can decode them. br / br /The BD30 is fast to turn on and fast to load. Put your ear to it and you can hear the faint fan, but you have to have your head against it! There was no detectable noise from the disc mechanism either. br / br /If you are waiting for Profile 2.0 (to connect it to the Internet) or have an older AV receiver and need on-board decoding, then the Panasonic DMP-BD50 may be worth waiting for. But the BD30 is excellent and easily recommended. br / br /07/11/08 *Note that the BD30 is being replaced by the BD35 which does do Profile 2.0 and does have Ethernet.
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