Comments for Panasonic DMP-BD30 Blu-ray Player at http://www.hometheaterhifi.com , comment 1 to 31 out of 20 comments http://www.hometheaterhifi.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:21:44 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/267-a-secrets-dvd-player-benchmark-review.html#comment-1963 Absolutely great, I trust in Panasonic blu-ray, but price is hot. - bluray player reviews Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:57:23 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/267-a-secrets-dvd-player-benchmark-review.html#comment-988 MATSHITA(panasonic) BD-RE_UJ-220 can't even read new bluray let alone new features... so its not just thier retail products. They even don't seem to offer firmware updates to anyone but Sony (who uses thier drive as a OEM) - Jason Hart Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:49:13 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/267-a-secrets-dvd-player-benchmark-review.html#comment-197 It is disappointing this Panny is has such poor SD performance. I am still using and enjoying my RP56 until someone in the BR camp can get me a solid player. What is more frustrating is that, based on the CES reports the BD50 will have most of the same guts as the BD30, which means there potentially is still no player on the horizon with solid BR and SD performance. I wonder how long until Oppo comes out with their player? - WS Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:19:08 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/267-a-secrets-dvd-player-benchmark-review.html#comment-195 With the poor performances displayed by several BRay units in upconverting SD DVD, would it be possible to improve overall picture quality by passing the signal (via HDMI) thru an AV receiver with a good video processor (ie like the Onkyo 875 with HQV)? I guess a more confusing question for my non-tech mind is - in a system with a video processor in the video player the AV receiver the TV, which processor is responsible for the quality of the final picture? - pwb Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:48:17 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/267-a-secrets-dvd-player-benchmark-review.html#comment-180 we're talking about the LFE level on the analog output right ? - TC Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:06:30 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/267-a-secrets-dvd-player-benchmark-review.html#comment-167 Interesting review. It is disappointing about basic DVD performance in these BD players. I've got a Sony BDP-S500 and I'm wondering if you're going to review this unit sometime in the future? Thanks. - BF Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:36:29 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/267-a-secrets-dvd-player-benchmark-review.html#comment-166 We are having a training session this weekend (2/16) for staff wanting to perform bench tests on the players. New HD testing procedures will be part of the training. - JEJ Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:05:21 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/267-a-secrets-dvd-player-benchmark-review.html#comment-165 Once a review is completed, we send the player back to the manufacturer, so we can't go back and update the reviews on older players for the HD tests. Part of the problem was that we had to wait until we had full 1080p capable displays to run the tests. - JEJ Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:01:58 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/267-a-secrets-dvd-player-benchmark-review.html#comment-164 The "average" consumer doesn't know a 3-2 cadence from a trombone, as JEJ says. OTOH, the "average consumer" gets info about electronic equipment from Consumer Reports, or even more commonly from the salespeople in big-box stores. So websites like this one are for people with more interst and knowledge than the average consumer. For those of us in that category who are still learning, how about using an HTML template for test results that displays mouse-over or pop-up boxes with brief explanations of each test and what the results reveal about the viewing or listening experience that the particular test addresses. - pb Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:40:07 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/267-a-secrets-dvd-player-benchmark-review.html#comment-163 JEJ when you get the "HD bench tests" ready, will you update all the HD players reviews? (XA2,P1200 ...) - lubmar Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:59:49 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/267-a-secrets-dvd-player-benchmark-review.html#comment-162 I am just as impatient as everyone else when it comes to getting the HD bench tests set up. But, this is not a simple task. We are actively working on it. - JEJ Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:14:44 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/267-a-secrets-dvd-player-benchmark-review.html#comment-161 On the LFE problem, is the LFE output 5 dB lower than it should be, or is there something more serious? If the LFE output is simply lower than it should be, just turn up the subwoofer volume when listening to the PCM track. - JEJ Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:13:21 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/267-a-secrets-dvd-player-benchmark-review.html#comment-160 These units are too expensive for people to put up with this kind or problem. Panansonic need to pull these units if they cannot find a fix or possible face a class action suit - HD_Veteran Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:07:25 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/267-a-secrets-dvd-player-benchmark-review.html#comment-159 Yeah, Yeah, you’ve been promising that for what now seems like forever. I remember reading that Secrets was working on or was going to do high def tests back when the first generation of BD and HD players were released, we're still waiting. I suspect that I am not alone, when I say, first and foremost I want to know how well the high def player plays high def material (as I already have an excellent DVD player – thanks to you, which I will continue to use to play my DVDs on). It is good that you are letting us know how well (or how poorly) the new high def players play DVDs, but really it is a DISTANT second in importance to how good the high def playback is on these players. Please hurry up and deliver some high def test results. - trin1834 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:28:55 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/267-a-secrets-dvd-player-benchmark-review.html#comment-157 I agree with Wendell how about a reveiw on the Blue-ray disk performance - ASB Sat, 09 Feb 2008 14:27:26 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/267-a-secrets-dvd-player-benchmark-review.html#comment-154 Can anyone comment on this unit's 480i performance? Specifically, are there major deficiencies? Is it possible to set the output to the video material's native format? Would this make a decent transport for an outboard video processor? - Ron Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:38:19 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/267-a-secrets-dvd-player-benchmark-review.html#comment-149 No, we won't dumb it down, but simply add some other things that virtually everyone can understand. After all, the average consumer does not know 2-2 Cadence from a trombone. We want everyone to be able to get something out of the Benchmark reviews, not just us geeks. - JEJ Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:27:47 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/267-a-secrets-dvd-player-benchmark-review.html#comment-147 How about adding the MSRP and a picture of the backside toward the top of the review? - Ernest Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:35:06 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/267-a-secrets-dvd-player-benchmark-review.html#comment-141 With your addition of "more tests that average consumers can relate to" I hope you won't change your excellent and detailed testing of products that come under your scrutiny. Fine if you want to provide some "average consumer" friendly graphs or pictures, but don't underestimate your audience. I come to Secrets BECAUSE you don't have all the dumbed down (and therefore almost meaningless) data. I bet a majority of your readers come here for the same reason. - Kieran Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:58:15 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/267-a-secrets-dvd-player-benchmark-review.html#comment-140 We are working on a completely new way of presenting the data, and high def tests will be included. There will also be more tests that average conumers can relate to. - JEJ Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:37:46 +0100