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Old 25-03-2008, 13:43
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The Panasonic DMP-BD30 Profile 1.1 Blu-ray player is available from Amazon at £350.

Has been for a few days, but I didn't want to say until I'd ordered one today
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Old 25-03-2008, 13:58
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Not a million miles away from the US price with VAT and the usual markup with lower volume distribution in the UK either.
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Old 25-03-2008, 15:28
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The Panasonic DMP-BD30 Profile 1.1 Blu-ray player is available from Amazon at £350.

Has been for a few days, but I didn't want to say until I'd ordered one today
Let us know how you find it.
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Old 25-03-2008, 15:33
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Let us know how you find it.
Well, on your desktop you'll see an icon called "Internet Explorer". Double click on it.

Near the top of the window you'll see a white space, remove whatever is in it and type www.amazon.co.uk and press......oh hang on, that's not what you meant is it...

I've got it on next day delivery, I'll have to nip to Tesco later, wondering which Blue-ray to get first.
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Old 26-03-2008, 02:21
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Well, on your desktop you'll see an icon called "Internet Explorer". Double click on it.

Near the top of the window you'll see a white space, remove whatever is in it and type www.amazon.co.uk and press......oh hang on, that's not what you meant is it...
LMAOO! Classic. Well done.
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Old 26-03-2008, 13:17
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The Panasonic DMP-BD30 Profile 1.1 Blu-ray player is available from Amazon at £350.

Has been for a few days, but I didn't want to say until I'd ordered one today
Looks like I was one of the lucky ones. It has turned up today and Amazon are now showing as 1-2 months.
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Old 26-03-2008, 15:28
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...but it is showing as being in stock at John Lewis now!
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Old 29-03-2008, 19:19
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Let us know how you find it.
Just been playing around with it today, got it hooked up via HDMI to a Samsung LE46F86. Bitstreaming the audio to an Onkyo 705, with a pair of MS 916i floorstanders, MS 905 centre and a pair of Sony satellites and sub.

Received Cars and Ratatouille in the box. HD is excellent, I had no issues playing Cars or Spiderman 3, they looked great.

The player is fast to boot and load, faster than my Toshiba EP35. You have to put your ear to the player to hear the fan, so no worries there.

TrueHD is superb, as it was on the EP35, but in this case you'll need an AV receiver to decode the new codecs as the BD30 does not decode them on-board. It does have Dolby Digital though, so you'll be fine on an older amp if you aren't bothered about TrueHD.

DVD up-scaling appears to be the same as the EP35, I could not see any difference between the two.

Very nice player indeed. Recommended.
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Old 29-03-2008, 19:28
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Excellent, not in the market right now but good to know Panasonic are on the right path.
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Old 01-04-2008, 17:05
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Does it play Divx files and if so does the contectlist of a divx disc have the full name of the divx file or does it only show say the first 8 letters of the file ?
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Old 01-04-2008, 17:59
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Does it play Divx files and if so does the contectlist of a divx disc have the full name of the divx file or does it only show say the first 8 letters of the file ?
Yes it plays DivX according to the spec. I have not tried it.
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