Panasonic DMP-BD45 Blu-ray Disc Player Review

The Panasonic DMP-BD45 is one of four new Blu-ray player from Panasonic recently unveiled. The DMP-BD45 is the entry model and equipped with a feature list is basic to an attractive price.

Design

The DMP BD45 has a slim form factor in a non-black high gloss finish that is tasteful. The player feels well made and the display is large and informative, the elapsed time shows in large illuminated figures. Below the disc tray is a thin flap that a SD card slot and USB port is hidden. You can store your digital photos and high definition video in AVCHD format on shot on the SD cards. The SD slot supports SDHC cards from 4GB up to 32GB and 32GB cards SDXC of 2 TB. The USB connection provides the ability to play MP3 music directly in and viewing your digital photos.

On the back of connectivity options are stripped to the essentials. You get HDMI, composite, stereo analog and optical digital audio outputs, and that was it. No multichannel analog connections, not a component of, and an Ethernet terminal. This is a Profile 1.1 player, and as such does not allow you to access BD-Live content. It has been clearly omitted to keep the price of the player down.

To reduce in line with Panasonic’s promise of the planet carbon footprint, the BD45 has been designed to reduce power consumption. With Power Save mode is selected, the player automatically switches off when TV operation back on the VIERA Link menu.

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Furthermore, to make the development of Uniphi Single-Chip LSI is possible to pack an entire video signal processing circuitry onto a single chip. This helps lower power consumption, reduces the number of parts required and allows a more compact design. improve continuation of its commitment to the environment, has the Panasonic player depth reduced by 18%, resulting in a 15% reduction in the volume of the carton. Features Although an entry-level model, the DMP-BD45 employs the PHL Reference Chroma Processor Plus image processing. Developed in cooperation with Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory, this high technology image processing processes 15 billion pixels per second and each optimized to ensure the best possible detail and color reproduction. This technology is also responsible for motion detection and diagonal line processing, thereby irritating the jaggies.

Interpreted in the audio department, the BD45 is for 5.1-channel surround sound playback. It also has a High Definition Audio Decoder, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio decoding to take advantage of the added high-resolution surround-sound Blu-ray discs.

The DMP-BD45 has an SD memory card slot makes it easy for you to see and both digital photos and HD video in AVCHD format to share. It is recorded in a position to 1080p up-conversion for DVDs or other content on the 480i/p or 720p format. It also provides 1080/24p output, reproduction cinema images from a Blu-ray Disc in its original form with 24p no need for conversion. This allows you to enjoy images used in the same format as in the film in cinema if you have a TV or projector 1080/24p-compatible.

Compared to previous generation Panasonic player, the BD45 power consumption reduced from 19 watts to 14 watts and standby power consumption to 0.6 watts 0.1 watts.

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Performance

On paper, Panasonic claims have to improve the start-up and disc load times. These problems have plagued older Blu-ray players. With Quick Start mode is selected, it boots to fairly quickly in 5 seconds, although not as fast as the claimed 0.5 seconds. Quick Start with the player turned into a much longer boots up 13 seconds. Disc load times still much to be desired. The Dark Knight, one fully loaded Blu-ray disc with BD-Live, took one minute 15 seconds, while Spider-Man 3 load took about 48 seconds.

In the area of video performance of the DMP-BD45 delivers excellent image quality, especially for an entry-level player. It reproduces images with clarity and color depths seen on more expensive players. Black levels and shadow details that may not be the best of The Dark Knight, but we have seen rendered uniformly, so that the enjoyment of the film was not affected. Compared to players like the Samsung BD-P1600 and Sony BDP-S360, the image quality of the BD45 a touch of sharpness and vividness has extra, we can only impact on the processing of the PHL Reference Chroma processor chip attribute. DVDs upscaled when large saw with smooth edges, rendering terrific detail and strong colors.

Sound-wise, DMP-BD45 does not have a very good job. On music CDs, it sounds smooth with plenty of air at the top end but lack depth and solidity in the bass. At high impact movies like The Dark Knight, it manages the gunfire and explosive scenes with enough punch to satisfy even the most avid movie fan.

Verdict

Although the Panasonic DMP-BD45 is positioned as a basic entry-level player, its video and audio performance is not something to despise. Although it is not new ground in performance, it did as an environmentally safe Player. In addition, at such an attractive price level, it is required to woo a lot of new converts to experience High Definition for the first time.

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