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Panasonic DMP-BD65 Review

on July 16, 2010 6:07 pm in Disc Players & Recorders / no comments

Given the almost inevitable death of the disc in favor of downloading and streaming the big brands are busy assembling their Blu-ray player with digital diversions – and Panasonic is no different.

His new mid-range of Blu-ray deck, the BD65, Sports Viera Cast – an online portal to access YouTube, Picasa (and maybe there soon, Skype and Love film) – but basically this is a High-Def Disc spinner extraordinaire.

Strengthening this claim PHL Reference Chroma Processor Plus image processing Panasonic circuits that the brand has held, at the head of the Blu-ray player market since its inception a few years ago. He gives Blu-ray movies with a clarity and fluidity, which is quite surprising, although it is always difficult in reality to find errors in the picture quality of Blu-ray deck above the 100 mark. And although the images that the BD65 all goes, so does the deck of the lack of audio outputs are not hindered sound, accurate bitstream Sonics our home theater were fed, with many subtle sound effects by BD65 sent to the optical audio output.

Until recently, Panasonic was the only brand in its products SD slot host, and it could get on his reward, next-gen SDXC cards (eventually) is an amazing 2TB of storage route may be used in the BD65 Front be-loading slot, as well as standard SD cards.

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There is no built-in memory on the BD65, so that SD card slot comes into its own when you are at all interested in BD-Live content. In fact, BD Live is only accessible when an SD card size of at least 1 GB is inserted. There is no drama, but you would think that costs could build a deck almost 200 pounds, in a small warehouse. With essential support from the manufacturer as this, it is no wonder that BD Live does not get the attention it used to.

What is even more disappointing is that the SD card slot for photos and HD footage from a camcorder (which is not surprising in the AVC-HD format used by Panasonic HD camcorder).

More useful is the USB slot, can take the memory stick saving photos, MP3s and DivX, though certainly not all the files – we had success with a mixed group of test-DivX files. With many Blu-ray and DVD players and even TV and DVB-T boxes can now play DivX HD files, the BD65 is more basic arsenal of digital media compatibility is a disgrace.

It is worth noting, the BD65 is polished performance with (an albeit limited number of) digital file types. The on-screen menus are smart, simple and flexible, with slick controls for scanning by video and music.

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Viera cast is equally impressive: a 3D treatment of graphics coupled with fast loading times makes YouTube and Picasa to use a joy – and users is a breeze – also when this service has bulked up, if it is an important reason to buy a BE Panasonic Blu-ray player. You can combine Viera Cast and BD Live with Wi-Fi, but only if you have a Panasonic-DY WL10 USB dongle for 79.99, which seems a little steep to keep.

A major criticism of the Blu-ray machine is its speed – or lack – but Panasonic has finally overcome this frustrating problem. During our tests DMP-BD65 Blu-ray loaded a disc into a bit more than 10 seconds to start from the state.

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