CES 2009: Panasonic's latest Blu-ray products

As well as the Panasonic portable blu-ray player we reported on earlier this week, Panasonic have some more conventional Profile 2.0 compatible blu-ray players as well as one very unique hybrid VHS - Blu-ray player that they announced at CES.

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Panasonic DMP-BD60

All three of the new Profile 2.0 compatible Blu-ray players – DMP-BD60, DMP-BD80, DMP-BD70V – combine high quality images with enhanced networking functions, including VIERA Cast’s improved internet functionality that provides access to Amazon VOD’s huge selection of titles as well as YouTube™, Google’s Picasa™ Web Album , Bloomberg and a weather channel. The 2009 line of Blu-ray Disc™ players continue to incorporate VIERA Link™, allowing the consumer to operate their audio/video components, via HDMI, with one remote. All three 2009 Blu-ray Disc players feature a high definition audio decoder featuring Dolby® Digital Plus, Dolby® TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio Essential to take advantage of Blu-ray's 7.1 surround sound as well as featuring an SD Memory card slot and USB slot, making it easy for the consumer to view and share both digital still images and HD video recorded with an HD camcorder in the AVCHD format.

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Panasonic's DMP-BD70V

The the Panasonic DMP-BD80 differentiates itself some the other players by providing 7.1 analog audio outputs at the back of the unit. Very handy for those not wanting to fork out top dollar for a surround sound receiver.

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Panasonic DMP-BD80

No word yet on whether these players will be heading to Australia or what their prices will be.

Source: Panasonic Press Release

2 comments:

Schapeli said...

Panasonic Australia have advised me "Panasonic Australia does not have plans to release a BluRay Player with a Model Number DMP-BD70V." Looks like we miss out.

Schapeli said...

Now confirmed in follow up from Panasonic Australia "Panasonic Australia will not be releasing the BD70, We are releasing two new models this year. The models are the DMP-BD60 and BD80."