Panasonic BD35 Blu-Ray Player

'panasonic' it's the bi-word for quality, slim, light,easy set-up, great picture quality and good sound quality.
i did in fact buy this machine from a source other than 'play' because i wanted a modification to be able to play 'region 1' dvd's.
often, even now, some major titles are released way before the home site, so i often use the 'u.s.a' site.
if you have played your region '2' dvd's on a blu-ray machine you will know the picture quality is quite a bit sharper which is the reason for getting multi-region 'dvd' function on this player.
isn't it about time that 'blu-ray' area 'a' films can also be played on our players ? ........there are so many more titles available on region'a' than region 'b' alter these facts and and the questions will no doubt stop.
( if you do want a region 'a' player, this model is available on line, you would need to buy a 'voltage' step down, as the player is designed for u.s. play ( 100 w ) ours is ( 240 w ) other than that just set it up including switching it from u.s network to 'pal' and your up and running ) hope you find this useful .

If you are looking for dedicated player than PS3 than this is the one for you...

Got this great player last week, I was using PS3 before for Blu Ray only and I was not happy with sound quality... So I bought this player and found huge difference!

In PS3, it was restricted in Picture and Sound settings, you can now play around as you can in dedicate player. Now I can set them as I want and pass... sound in Bitstream to my amplifier to get maximum output.

About this player, it's easy to setup, crisp picture, better colours and excellent sound output.

I already mentioned about sound. Huge difference (if you have surround system). Also you can use onboard processor to HD Audio Decoding if your amplifier doesn't support them. Works flawlessly!

BD Live, Profile 2.0, SD Card, Divx, MP3 and online updates are great to have them.

Note: playing divx (on CD/DVD-+RW) is bit tricky on this player. I hope they will fix this issue with firmware update soon.

Audio CD and SD DVD quality is also awesome.

Easy to make it multiregion by using remote codes.

In nutshell it's an excellent player!

Had previously been using PS3 for blu ray but purchased this based on reviews in What Hi-Fi magazine.
Put simply it produces stunning blu ray images, colours and detail are much better than that which the PS3 produces.
Can't comment on the HD sound as i only have it hooked up to a stereo amp.
The menu system is straightforward and easy to use, makes set up simple, also it is profile 2.0 and has ethernet port to update with ease.
Best picture you can get for the money. Go buy one!!

This is a stunning machine! Blu ray looks great! Colour is spot on! And upscaling is very good! But depends on the dvd! They can look ok to amazing!! Try depeche modes live in milan dvd! The upscaling job on that is so good! You start to wonder if its a blu ray :) be careful of some of the blu ray films!! Some older films have had sloppy treatments done!!! I heard stuff like robocop looks poor on blu ray, so read reviews to find out whats worth getting :) stuff like the lost boys and the warriors are examples of how it should be done :)

I am using this with a Panazonic 37" Viera LCD Television. This bluray player offers amazing definition, colurs & upscalaing!

An absolute MUST-BUY!