Panasonic DMP-BD35 & DMP-BD55 Blu-ray players officially official, still unpriced
By Richard Lawler 
posted Aug 28th 2008 5:09AM
posted Aug 28th 2008 5:09AM
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"check off every feature?" I bet it doesn't have a hard drive
...or a can opener
It's a blu ray player, it has built in persistant storage (hard drive). Profile 2.0 has up to 1gb.
Yawn....
Yawn? Unless you're yawning about the blu-ray format as a whole, give me a break. These two players are brilliant full-featured BD players, the only things to possibly yawn about are what we don't know yet (pricing/release date).
FINGERS CROSSED for these last two criteria. *Really* crossed.
Rumor has an October release. If that's the case, maybe we'll see it in February (considering the delays the BD50 suffered).
BTW, the BD50 is no longer available directly from Panasonic. Some are speculating that it's discontinued so that Panasonic can focus on the BD35 & 55.
Does anybody even own or care about blueray anymore?
Please, the lg netflix blu ray player will be here in a month, be 2.0 compliant and download netflix movies for around $300.00......so, i believe yawn is appropriate.
That's great about the netflix streaming option, but the Panny bd55 is the real deal for those of use with older receivers without HDMI. I am psyched about the 7.1 outputs of the bd55 so that I can hook it up to the 7.1 inputs of my Denon 3802 receiver. I can still send upconverted video directly to my TV over HDMI instead of through my receiver. With the ability to send DTS-HD Master Audio over the 7.1 analog outputs, this is the player to beat in this price range. I looked at the Sony S550 which is similar for $399, but it doesn't have slow-mo or frame advance. It also will sell for $399. They are taking pre-orders for the Panny bd55 on various websites now. IMO, it also beats the Samsung 2500 (or 2550 -Best Buy store specific model) b/c those players only send DTS-HD Master Audio over HDMI which I don't have. If that doesn't bother you then, the Sammy looks like a good player too at $399. See a positive review of the panny in the Nov 2008 Sound and Vision Magazine.