Panasonic BD50 - A BD player worth its salt? | Thread profile

Quote: Originally Posted by Taxi I think it's funny that this player has only been released in Europe, but in their "Connects to the Internet" Flash video, North America is featured prominently. Maybe they are waiting until they have firmware ready to fix the LFE bug so the BD50 doesn't get torn a new one in AVSFORUM when it comes out

Quote: Originally Posted by Astrakan The irony drips off that sentence. I'm talking pure semantics here, but it's still funny. KM Only a Sith deals in absolutes....which in itself is an absolute....

Quote: Originally Posted by Ruined http://www.electronista.com/articles...c.bd50.player/ A finished spec Blu-Ray player! This one actually intrigues me quite a bit. Finally something from Blu-ray that gets me excited! It looks like it will be in the $700-$800 range, since Panasonic said "slightly more expensive than the BD30." And its supposed to be out in the springtime apparently. Aren't you the same guy who said, even if blu...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ruined The key is not to give PowerDVD adminisitrative privleges when playing a BD+ title EVER if it asks for them. While that won't avoid some basic anti-piracy filesystem changes it will avoid the Sony rootkit (which I confirmed with AVSFORUM insiders is possible based on BD+'s specs if you DO allow PowerDVD to get administrative privleges). Just curious what benefits there are for burned HD media? That...

Quote: Originally Posted by videoworx The SC-BT100 HTiB came out as well, with full support for all the losless audio codecs. The rear-panel photo shows that it's a region A/1 device (obviously a screw-up, but still indicates the device will ship in the US). Supposedly in May.

I think it's funny that this player has only been released in Europe, but in their "Connects to the Internet" Flash video, North America is featured prominently.

Not sure if I would pay $200+ for Ethernet, BD-Live But I'm very happy with my BD30K and IMO it's the SA to get.

Yeah, I just don't know if BD-Live is really worth it. Somehow downloading ringtones to my phone isn't exactly something I'm ready to line up for. I have online features now with HD-DVD and aside from firmware updates, most if it is useless fluff. Granted, it's a catch22, because if they start putting quality stuff (like interviews and such) online only, then I'll be pissed it wasn't on the disc in the first...

Quote: Originally Posted by jbat31 I just always get a kick out of people who speak in absolutes . The irony drips off that sentence. I'm talking pure semantics here, but it's still funny. KM __________________ Blog, blog, bo blog. Banana, fana, fo flog. Me, my, mo mlog. Blog! DVD Profiler - The most features. The largest database. User-created plugins. Simply the best.

Quote: Originally Posted by Sehnzeleid I imagine once this player debuts, a PS3 update for BD 2.0 won't be far behind...maybe even DTS-HD MA decoding as well... PLEASE!!!! Live Free or Die Hard is awesome with Core DTS but Full Blown DTS-HDMA would be awesome to hear __________________