Panasonic DMP-BD60 Blu-ray Disc Player, Black Review
I love this player. DMP-BD60 viewed on Panasonic TC-L32G1.
1. DVD play back is really nice. The up conversion gives true colors etc. Its a very nice step up from progressive scan DVD playback. A lot of forum talk is spent on dvd up conversion "not all up conversion is equal".
2. Viera link. I had the player installed in a hidden view. partly for the clean look, but mostly so the 2year old would not find a new toy. I still remember my friends 2 year old feeding the VCR a pb&j sandwich. LOL what a mess that was. My options get a Panasonic VieraLink player or a remote extender. The link is perfect. I can power on or off the player via the tv remote. Search Amazon video on demand, YouTube, Weather, etc all with the tv remote. The tv remote also works nicely for Blu-Ray playback too. Simply press the VieraLink button then ok and your menu will popup.
3. Viera Cast. This is a very nice feature. Current options include weather, stocks, YouTube, Amazon Video on demand. They have more coming, but have not announced who/what in the US. "Europe is expanding VIERA CAST service to include Germany's largest news and entertainment portal, BILD.de, as well as several European TV broadcasters such as ZDF (Germany), NOVA (Czech) and, in the near future, RTVE (Spain). Furthermore, Eurosport will be available in two additional languages (Swedish and Polish)." The only complaint is my Internet service provider slows down the connection of streaming video. Unfortunately this hits Amazon video service. Amazon HD is clearly better than YouTube HD, but YouTube does not suffer the pause to load that Amazon gets. *I get this with netflix playback on my pc too.* I put in a sd card hoping it would work for the Amazon video as it is needed for Blu-Ray Live features on some disks. Unfortunately I could not discern a difference in the playback.
4. Blu-Ray playback. Video and sound are excellent. *You need a 1gig SD card to use Blu-Ray live. It is in the manual, but not prominently listed as it should be.
5. Firmware. When I connected to the net it popped up and asked if I wanted to install the newest version. When I clicked ok it was painless. I just had to wait for it to download and restart. Very simple no hassle upgrade.
I played DVD's and Blu-Ray disks before upgrading the firmware. I did not notice any problems before or after the upgrade. I have had the player less than a month, so I cannot comment on durability, aside from it worked correctly out of the box. The build quality looks and feels solid to me. I have a 25' run of HDMI cable connecting the unit with the TV. No issue with connection just a wait screen as the player boots up. I did not bother to time it, but it is slightly longer than it takes my Samsung phone to turn on and access the phone contacts menu.
** A note to people that use fiber optic cable for sound. Regardless of the brand of the device you use. You will get a slight delay in the sound. Simply choose the TV speakers or the theater speakers, etc. If you don't you will hear a type of echo effect. Choosing to use HDMI pass through "should" allow both to be used together.
**Its is definitely worth looking into using the same brand to reduce the remote clutter. Check you Tv for linking options.
** If you want to stream video etc from your pc or nas this is not the player for you. Check out the LG its probably the best at streaming content from your nas or pc.
*** The DMP-BD60 does give you the option to store video and pictures on a SD card in JPEG, AVCHD,and MPEG2 format for play back. (AVCHD is a High Definition video format that you can use with standard DVD discs or an SD card.)
You can connect USB devices that support bulk only transfer. CBI (Control/Bulk/Interrupt) is not supported. This allows you to connect some cameras to view pictures etc via usb cable or usb memory dongle. To note the manual does not list a video format supported via USB only JPEG pictures and MP3 sound formats.
Panasonic DMP-BD60 Blu-ray Disc Player, Black Feature
- Viera Cast connecting you with YouTube, Picasa, Weather.
- BD-Live
- SD Card Slot and USB slot
- 1080P Upconvert
- Film makers version with PHL Chip for accurate color
Panasonic DMP-BD60 Blu-ray Disc Player, Black Overview
Panasonic has always been at the cutting edge of Blu-ray technology, but its latest range of players looks to push the boundaries even further. The DMP-BD60 is the entry-level player in the company's latest three-strong line-up - which also includes the step-up DMP-BD80 and the DMP-BD70V Blu-ray/VHS combi (no, really) - and the big breakthrough on these models is the inclusion of Viera Cast functionality, also found on the company's Z1, V10 and G15 NeoPDP TVs.
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