Panasonic DMP-BD35 and DMP-BD55

**KAB** · 12-22-2008 10:40 AM

I've been keeping an eye out on pricing. Seems the DB35 keeps going up while the Sony is going down. Go figure.

**teachsac** · 12-22-2008 03:10 PM

Originally Posted by elwaylite

Ouch, I figured theyd have another in a couple of months or so the way the keep popping them out.

Why? They have two fully functual players. The only thing they could really add is a premium/ high priced player. If anything, I could see them dropping the 35 and sticking with one model.

S~

**Jason Whiddon** · 12-22-2008 03:11 PM

True, The jump from BD30 to BD35 was BD live.

**Davekro** · 12-22-2008 05:24 PM

I know they say a 1mb SD card is minimum and a bigger one is better, especially since they are so cheap.

1) Is the SD card just for download storage of trailers or infomercials at this point?
2) Is there any advantage in say a 8mb vs. a 4mb or 2mb?
3) If BD55 is SDHC compatible, is there any reason to get bigger than 8mb?

I do not game and have no idea what I would use BD-live for. I see from reading about it a bit, that downloaded (stored on SD card) material is only accessable while that particular DVD is in the player. So I'd guess unlike a DVR, you would probably not 'store to SD' past downloaded items very much at all. I don't really know how storing downloads would work in practice. Any thoughts?

Thanks

**Zookster** · 12-23-2008 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by Davekro

I know they say a 1mb SD card is minimum and a bigger one is better, especially since they are so cheap.

1) Is the SD card just for download storage of trailers or infomercials at this point?
2) Is there any advantage in say a 8mb vs. a 4mb or 2mb?
3) If BD55 is SDHC compatible, is there any reason to get bigger than 8mb?

I do not game and have no idea what I would use BD-live for. I see from reading about it a bit, that downloaded (stored on SD card) material is only accessable while that particular DVD is in the player. So I'd guess unlike a DVR, you would probably not 'store to SD' past downloaded items very much at all. I don't really know how storing downloads would work in practice. Any thoughts?

Thanks

Good questions, to which I would like to add, for those who have tried this, once you are done watching the BD-Live material, are all traces deleted from the SD card automatically, are you prompted to delete, or do you have to go through the player's menus to manually delete each item?

Thanks.

**Davekro** · 12-23-2008 01:39 PM

Originally Posted by Zookster

Good questions,

Inquiring minds would like to know.

Now my BD55's Amazon estimated arrival is 12/30, not 12/26.
(patience, grosshopper...)

**teamerickson** · 12-23-2008 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by Davekro

Inquiring minds would like to know.

Now my BD55's Amazon estimated arrival is 12/30, not 12/26.
(patience, grosshopper...)

The delay may be caused by those crazy winds in Discovery Bay.

**Davekro** · 12-23-2008 02:24 PM

Originally Posted by teamerickson

The delay may be caused by those crazy winds in Discovery Bay.

Well it may have been the crazy winds that swooped a UPS package off my porch a 2 weeks ago, but more likely it was 'porch critters'. When an Ebay package seemed pretty late, I inquired and found it had been delivered (confirmed by stop in to local post office) a week prior! The route supervisor at the USPS said she had heard of packages being pilfered off of porches recently. A guy told her his survelance system showed a woman run up to his porch, then jump into a car and speed off.

My package was insured, but that only applies if lost in the mail or dammaged upon receipt. My loss was only $25, but I was pissed non the less because it was 12v Christmas lights to use on the night of the lighted boat parade. As Cartman says: "BASTARDS!"

I can't imagine my upset if it was my BD55 or other not so cheap item! ! !
"Be careful out there! " (Hill Street Blues sargeant)

**Davekro** · 12-23-2008 06:17 PM

I am one of those newbies. So new, my Bu-Ray player is still in transit.

Having only read marketing type descriptions like: Marvelous, The Next Big Thing, etc. I started surfing around trying to get a sense of what kinds of things BD-live will do. So far this explanation (involving Dark Knight), gave me a sense of what it will be used for, at least for now.

Dark Knight Blu-ray scratches surface of BD-Live potential

I am new to this forum, so this may be already be obvious for most readers here.
If so, my bad.

**emilian1907** · 12-24-2008 05:00 PM

Hello, guys! Very savvy thread, hope not to ruin it myself.
I am a newbie with a problem (quite inherent, right?) which I hope to solve with your help. So...after standing aside for some time and waiting for the things to settle down and problems to get fewer, I decided to go for a blu-ray player. After reading enough reviews, I bought Panny BD 35 together with 4 disks: Dark Knight, Matrix, I Am Legend and Close Encounters...
I hooked it up thru a HDMI cable (better than decent) to my LE40F71 Samsung LCD TV (Full HD - a model around 3 years old). Put one disk into the player and, to my huge dissapointment, no movie, only a sordid message on the screen "Copyright violation". Every disk the same message again and again. I tried a DVD - it played beautifully. But SD is obsolete, so let's go back to blu-ray problems.
I changed HDMI cable - nothing. I connected my LCD via component - the same message. Via analogue - the same. I connected the player via analogue to a CRT (unfortunately still Samsung) and the same message again. I went to a Panasonic shop and tried my disks on a BD 10 and BD 30. No problem, they played the disks from the first try.
Now, what can I do?
I am thinking it's a handshake issue and I should put something between the player and TV - I have a AV Receiver with no HDMI, or a HDMI splitter.

Hope to get some help from you guys, 'cause it's driving me nuts...to have everything at hand and not being able to solve this.
Thanx a lot for your patience and Merry Christmas to all of you!