Panasonic DMP-BD35 and DMP-BD55

**teamerickson** · 12-11-2008 04:18 PM

Originally Posted by rgh43

I dont have any HDMI inputs on that reciever, only Optical or standard RCA, the one coxial is hooked to my CD player. Make any difference in the 35 or 55 choice? Also how about the DVD you cna buy to help with setup, I don't have one now and would it be helpful to improve my picture? I have adjusted the Plasma setup my self when purchased and the picture looks pretty nice in HD now, would you get any big improvement using a setup DVD like Digital Video Essentials: HD Basics [Blu-ray] (2008) from Amazon.

If you have 5.1 analog inputs on the reciever get the 55. If not stick with the 35. Your going to be happy either way, just more happy with the 55.

**sprintcarcrazy** · 12-11-2008 04:30 PM

I took delivery of my BD35K last Saturday and spent about 12 hours re-doing our Ent Center, decided while it was apart to put in some cooling fans and also found 2 speakers not working, loose connection, all is back and running now and Iron Man was the 1st Blu-Ray for us and it was Oh !!! Yeh !!!

Also mine came with firmware 1.4, hooked it up, went to 1.5, last night it went to 1.6

**stuart628** · 12-11-2008 04:31 PM

yep I downloaded 1.6 just now! going to watch a blu ray not sure of which one though

**teamerickson** · 12-11-2008 04:36 PM

stuart, you need to change your signature to include your panny.

**stuart628** · 12-11-2008 05:46 PM

yep, I actually am thinking of getting rid of my ps3 and picking another one of these up, since I got my xbox back, its just been used for playing games and so far, This thing is a little ahead of the ps3 for me as far as usability!

**Ilya** · 12-11-2008 06:09 PM

Originally Posted by rgh43

I dont have any HDMI inputs on that reciever, only Optical or standard RCA, the one coxial is hooked to my CD player. Make any difference in the 35 or 55 choice?

BD35 has optical output. BD55 has optical, digital coax and multi-channel analog outputs. Of the three, the multi-channel analog output offers the highest audio quality. Your receiver (Yamaha HTR-5650/HTR-5640) does have multi-channel analog input. That's why BD55 would be your best choice. This will allow you to enjoy sound encoded using the new HD audio formats: Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby True HD and DTS HD Master Audio. The player will decode all these formats and will send them to your receiver via multi-channel analog cables.

If you go with BD35, those choices will not be available to you unless you upgrade your receiver. You will be limited to the old good Dolby Digital and DTS, which are good formats too, but your receiver is capable of more than that.

Also how about the DVD you cna buy to help with setup... Digital Video Essentials: HD Basics [Blu-ray] (2008) from Amazon.

Yes, that's a very good video calibration disk! May not be very easy to use though.

**teachsac** · 12-11-2008 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by Ilya

Yes, that's a very good video calibration disk! May not be very easy to use though.

It's not that it's not easy. Most users don't have the access to, or knowledge, to do the extremely advanced settings. You can do the brightness, contrast, color, and tint from any THX disc, such as Disney, Lucas, etc.

S~

**teamerickson** · 12-11-2008 09:44 PM

Ok this is weird. The video in the SD card wouldn't work last night. I only played with it for about 5 minutes. Tonight I tried still pictures from our digital camera and it worked fine. I plugged in the SD with video and presto, it worked. I unplugged it and tried again and it still worked. Pretty slick.

**Ilya** · 12-11-2008 10:30 PM

How is the picture/audio quality? Is it any different from playing the same video off the camcorder directly (if it has HDMI)?
This SDHC slot was a major reason in my decision to purchase this player.

**teamerickson** · 12-11-2008 10:40 PM

Originally Posted by Ilya

How is the picture/audio quality? Is it any different from playing the same video off the camcorder directly (if it has HDMI)?
This SDHC slot was a major reason in my decision to purchase this player.

I haven't used the HDMI on the camcorder. My TV only has two and are being used. I usually use the component or burn a disc. The quality is great, as good as a disc. It has 3 levels of recording quality. 13mb bit rate, 9mb or 5mb. The sound is better with the SD card vs. component. It's dolby digital instead of 2 channel. It's really nice being able to just pop in the SD card to view what you just recorded.