Panasonic’s 2009 Blu-Ray line-up priced and shipping in April

[teamerickson]

Panasonic’s 2009 Blu-Ray line-up priced and shipping in April - DVDTOWN.com

 

[gadgtfreek]

"The video quality is augmented by the PHL Reference Chroma Processor Plus to produce picture quality that is faithful to the original film."

I wonder if this is another upgrade to the video chip?

 

[meStevo]

Just reads like a marketing bullet point to me. It looks like that's what they call the part that determines what color pixels should be.

How it would make the picture quality 'faithful to the original film' is beyond me, the picture quality should be 'faithful to the encode on the disc' and even then your TV has to display it properly for it to mean anything. Googling around it's nothing new, it's been in their players for a little bit.

 

[teachsac]

First BD60 Review.

Panasonic DMP-BD60 Blu-ray Player Review - Home Cinema Reviews - TrustedReviews

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[csschrot]

So far so good it looks like. I'm thinking my first Blu-ray player will be the DMP-BD80 if I can get my hands on one.

 

[Kevinw]

"The video quality is augmented by the PHL Reference Chroma Processor Plus to produce picture quality that is faithful to the original film."

I wonder if this is another upgrade to the video chip?

Same as what is in the 35k and 55k.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Same as what is in the 35k and 55k.

K, thanks. Only reason to upgrade for me would be any PQ increase.

 

[Kevinw]

My new Crutchfield catalog has them available for pre-order with free shipping

 

[JimMcC]

I wonder what the street price will be on the BD60 ?

 

[Kevinw]

299 which is list for a while.,if it as popular as the 35k. Its only competition is the Sony 350S which cant play MP3s like the 60 can.

 

[navychop]

Sorry. Once you get near some of those expected MSRPs, you ought to look at OPPO.

 

[Kevinw]

Sorry. Once you get near some of those expected MSRPs, you ought to look at OPPO.

300 vs 500 for DVD-A and SACD ability???? Granted Oppo puts out quality but 200 bucks worth of PQ improvement?

 

[gadgtfreek]

Im betting itll be at least $249 at Amazon, which is good for the quality of the player. I'd cant justify the extra price of the Oppo.

 

[Kevinw]

Im betting itll be at least $249 at Amazon, which is good for the quality of the player. I'd cant justify the extra price of the Oppo.

Maybe because it has Amazon VOD.

 

[gadgtfreek]

And, is there actually a release date yet for the Oppo?? Or is it "soon" still?