Panasonic Blu-ray Firmware Upgrade

[teamerickson]

Panasonic Blu-ray Firmware Upgrade Adds Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Support

Thu Apr 19, 2007 at 12:01 AM ET
Tags: Firmware Upgrades, Hardware, Panasonic (all tags)

Panasonic has issued firmware upgrade V2.0 for its DMP-BD10 Blu-ray player, adding support for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD High-Resolution audio formats.

This new download first appeared Tuesday on Panasonic's official support website.

According to the documentation supplied by the manufacturer, it offers the following new enhancements and fixes:

Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD High Resolution Audio are supported. A new decoder is incorporated to support the latest high quality multi-channel surround sound formats.
Functions of EZ Sync(North America) or VIErA Link(Europe/UK, Oceania) are enhanced.
You can now seamlessly operate multiple connected components with one remote control.
Improved playability and stability

Note that DTS-HD High-Resolution is not the same DTS format as DTS-MA Master Lossless Audio. Full decoding for DTS-MA is not currently supported by any Blu-ray hardware on the market. (Of all present Blu-ray players on the market, only select models -- including Sony's PlayStation 3 -- are able to extract the 1.5mbps DTS "core" of DTS-MA tracks, though future firmware upgrades that can fully decode DTS-MA are promised.)

Full instructions for downloading the Panasonic firmware upgrade can be found at Panasonic's Support Site Download Page.

We'll keep you posted on any further firmware updates from Panasonic as they are announced.

Related links:
Panasonic Blu-ray Disc Player Firmware Download [Official Support Site]

 

[navychop]

Too bad it doesn't have an ethernet connection. You have to burn a CD-R to apply the update. And for those who downloaded already, you may need to do it again. From the site:

Notice:

There was an error in the data of the firmware version 2.0 for DMP-BD10 that was made available at 17:00 on April 17, 2007 (JST).
We closed the site for a while from 8:40 on April 18, 2007 (JST).

We apologize deeply to the customers who have downloaded the contents, for the inconveniences caused. It will not cause any damage to your unit, even if the previously downloaded data are used.

The correct firmware data are now available, after replacing the data and checking carefully. We will try to manage this site more carefully so the similar errors will not occur again.

To the customers who have downloaded the contents already;
it would be appreciated if you download once more for the correct data.

 

[jgantert]

So, are any BR discs using DTS-HD? I thought everything was DTS-MA or PCM?

-John

 

[teachsac]

Thanks for the heads up. I'll have to download it when I get home.

S~

 

[tnsprin]

So, are any BR discs using DTS-HD? I thought everything was DTS-MA or PCM?

-John

I have several that do, although my current Denon doesn't support them (or multi linear PCM). Still sound really great as DTS, benefitting from the high bit rate.

 

[teachsac]

Stargate, Rambo, and a few others. They sound spectacular with the upgrade. Even the DTS-HD Master tracks sound great, even though they take the core 1.5 MBPS.

S~