For what it's worth, none of the BD Live applications shown to date are particularly compelling, so you may not feel inclined to wait. The real Blu-ray revolution begins here. Read more

Panasonic DMP-BD30 Blu-ray Player

A few years ago, Panasonic released a batch of progressive scan DVD players that took everyone by surprise, offering unsurpassed 480p performance at a price that was almost too good to be true. Unfortunately this trend didn’t last long. Panasonic later went on to release some decent upscaling and progressive scan DVD players, but they relied on some Genesis/Faroudja chips that had inconsistent performance with displays and never quite lived up to the bar set by their ... Read more

After living with Panasonic's latest Blu-ray Disc player for a few weeks, we've only grown more attached to it. This is one solid high definition player, for a very affordable price. Read more

Panasonic DMP-BD30 Profile 1.1 Blu-ray Player

The DMP-BD30, however, not only carries a significantly lower price tag ($499), but is a completely new design as well. In one important way it takes us closer to the ideal feature set that should have been designed into Blu-ray players in the first place. In another respect, however, it takes a step backward. Read more

Panasonic DMP-BD30 Blu-ray player

First, a little musing on the effects of the format war on how I'm using my BD30 and its HD-DVD neighbor. As I mentioned in my HD-A2 review, I'm not investing much in either format's software at the moment. I've bought just a handful of titles on each format, and once my five free Blu-ray discs arrive some time this winter I'll have ten free discs (five of each format) and probably a dozen more titles, with HD-DVD having a slight edge. I'm also not investing in standa... Read more