Panasonic DMP-BD35 and DMP-BD55

**Ilya** · 10-17-2008 01:11 PM

I just picked up a BD35 player at Circuit City for $299. They also have BD55 for those who need analog audio autputs ($399)

Specs look very good:
- BD Live / Bonus View
- 1080p24
- 7.1 audio decoding
- HDMI 1.3 (Deep color, x.v.Color, High Bit rate Audio)

What else can you ask for from a $299 player?

I'll post my first impressions shortly. If you have any questions - ask away!

**Paradox-SJ** · 10-17-2008 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by Ilya

I just picked up a BD35 player at Circuit City for $299. They also have BD55 for those who need analog audio autputs ($399)

Specs look very good:
- BD Live / Bonus View
- 1080p24
- 7.1 audio decoding
- HDMI 1.3 (Deep color, x.v.Color, High Bit rate Audio)

What else can you ask for from a $299 player?

I'll post my first impressions shortly. If you have any questions - ask away!

What more you say? A $50.00 gift card that I used to buy my 55 for 349.00. Will be setting mine up tonight....I need the analog outs

**Ilya** · 10-17-2008 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by Paradox-SJ

...I need the analog outs

At the moment, I actually need them too, but I decided to save $100 toward a new A/V receiver and didn't want to give myself another excuse to postpone its purchase

**Ilya** · 10-17-2008 03:10 PM

Here are some pics:

**Ilya** · 10-17-2008 03:29 PM

The third picture shows an SDHC slot. I love this feature! It allows to view JPEG photos in High Definition directly from SD and SDHC cards. It also supports AVCHD format and can be used as a local storage (up to 32GB) for playing virtual packages on BD-Video.

**teamerickson** · 10-17-2008 05:41 PM

The 55 looked like the player for me but after reading a review I think not. Apparently, if you have it hooked to HDMI and 7.1 analog out there is an issue. In order to send multi channel through the analog outs you must disable HDMI audio in the setup. That is probably a deal breaker for me. I don't want to have to change it back and forth all the time. Bummer.

**teachsac** · 10-17-2008 06:06 PM

I've had my 55 for almost two weeks now. Been too busy to do a review. Even though my Lexicon has HDMI, I picked up the 55 for the DivX. I then moved it back up to the theater room where it belongs and put the Integra and 30 downstairs in the family room. DVD upscaling is very good with the 35 and 55. Panasonic puts out a nice product and they support their players. The SDHC slot is also for BDLive persistant memory.

Enjoy.

S~

**teamerickson** · 10-17-2008 06:52 PM

Here's a review of the 55.

Panasonic DMP-BD55 (DMP-BD55K) Blu-ray Player: Review by Chris Boylan on BigPictureBigSound

**MrBoylan** · 10-17-2008 10:39 PM

Originally Posted by teamerickson

The 55 looked like the player for me but after reading a review I think not. Apparently, if you have it hooked to HDMI and 7.1 analog out there is an issue. In order to send multi channel through the analog outs you must disable HDMI audio in the setup. That is probably a deal breaker for me. I don't want to have to change it back and forth all the time. Bummer.

Why is that a deal-breaker? Do you need multi-channel analog outputs and multi-channel digital outputs live at the same time? If so, why?

-CB