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Review summary: Forward-looking cinephiles with deep pockets and the patience to wait for more Blu-ray content will no doubt revel in the high quality sound and images served up by Panasonic's DMP-BD10 Blu-ray player.

Pros: Blu-ray discs look and sound amazing, 7.1-channel audio, Solid construction and sleek look, Very expensive, even compared with competing players, Long load and eject times, Shoddy remote control, 1080p TV and 7.1-channel set-up required in order to ...

Cons: Very expensive, even compared with competing players, Long load and eject times, Shoddy remote control, 1080p TV and 7.1-channel set-up required in order to make the most of the player

Pros: Excellent picture quality on Blu-ray discs ; 1080p output at 24 frames per second ; DVD upconversion up to 1080p ; HDMI 1.3b output ; can output Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio in bitstream format ; first Blu-ray Profile 1.1 player ; SD card slot ...

Cons: No built-in decoding for high-resolution audio formats ; no Ethernet jack for firmware upgrades or future interactive content

Verdict: , which offers more features at a better price.

Review summary: The Panasonic DMP-BD30 offers excellent video quality and is Blu-ray Profile 1.1 compliant, but those who want high-resolution audio will need a cutting-edge AV receiver.

Pros: Excellent picture quality on Blu-ray discs ; 1080p output at 24 frames per second ; DVD upconversion up to 1080p ; HDMI 1.3b output ; can output Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio in bitstream format ; first Blu-ray Profile 1.1 player ; SD card ...

Cons: No built-in decoding for high-resolution audio formats ; no Ethernet jack for firmware upgrades or future interactive content

Verdict: The Panasonic DMP-BD30 offers excellent video quality and is Blu-ray Profile 1.1 compliant, but those who want high-resolution audio will need a cutting-edge AV receiver.

Review summary: Please note for the purposes of this review the DMP-BD10 Blu-ray player has been paired with the new Panasonic PT-AE1000E projector

Pros: Excellent picture and sound quality from Blu-ray discs, magnificently detailed front projection images

Cons: Jerky camera pans from Blu-ray player due to the lack of a 24p output mode, even though the projector supports this

Verdict: I had earlier had some doubts about whether the quality improvements deliverable by Blu-ray would be enough for the market. Now there can be no doubt. With this being the lowest cost full high definition front projector on the Australian market, Blu ...

Review summary: Blu-ray has arrived in the UK, if not with a vengeance, then at least a reasonably enthusiastic proclamation. Panasonic's DMP-BD10 joins Samsung's BDP-1000 at the forefront of the new format's invasion, and there's a sense that all the posturing and ...

Pros: 1080p picture quality, CD playback, DVD upscaling

Cons: Occasional crashes, No Dolby TrueHD or DTS master Audio

Verdict: Although BD is a fundamentally different technology to DVD, in use it's much the same, including the provision of a Setup button to configure the player for your display and audio system. It's all fairly straightforward