Panasonic has announced the spring debut of its much-touted DMP-BD50 player, which boasts BD-Live among other expanded capabilities.
As reported in January and further detailed via press release today, The BD50 adds BD-Live functionality, which lets viewers access online content such as images and subtitles to further enhance the viewing experience.
The BD50 also offers next generation sound capabilities using integrated decoders for lossless Dolby True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio.
"Panasonic was the first to bring a Blu-ray player with Bonus View (Final Standard Profile 1.1) to market and now with the DMP-BD50 we are again leading the industry with the inclusion of BD-Live," said Paul Sabo, Panasonic, National Marketing Manager Entertainment Group.
The Panasonic DMP-BD50 will be available this spring and has a suggested retail price of
$699.95.Video Features
•PHL Reference Chroma Processor
• PHD (Pixel Precision Progressive Processing for HD)
- Precise Pixel Generation
- 16-Level Motion Detection with Pixel-Based Motion Adaptive
- Diagonal Processing
- Detection of 3:2/2:2 Pull-Down Progressive Processing
- i/p Conversion for 1080p* Playback
- Up-Conversion to 1080p* Playback
* HDMI connection required.
•1080/24p Playback (Blu-ray disc)
• HDMI™ V.1.3 with Deep Colour™ and "x.v.Colour" *1
•148.5MHz/12bit Video D/A Converter
• Digital Noise Reduction (3D-NR/ Integrated NR)
• Picture Mode (Normal, Soft, Fine, Cinema, User)
•Picture Adjustment (Contrast, Brightness, Sharpness, Colour, Gamma Correction)
Audio Features
• Built-in Dolby® TrueHD, Dolby® Digital Plus and DTS™-HD*2 Decoder
• High Quality 192kHz/24bit Audio D/A Converter
• Pure Audio Components
• High-Speed 50Mbps Optical Output
•Audio Re-Master for All Formats (BD, DVD, CD, MP3 and DviX®*3)
• Advanced Surround (V.S.S.) Creates a Surround Effect for BD and DVD from Only Two Speakers (2 Modes)
• Dialogue Enhancer
• Dynamic Range Compression
Output
• HDMI AV Output
• Component Video Output
• S-Video Output
• Video Output
• 5.1ch Audio Output
• 2ch Audio Output
• Digital Audio Output (1 Optical, 1 Coaxial)
Convenience Features
• VIERA Link*4 for Panasonic Blu-ray Disc Product Line-up
• Movie (AVCHD) & JPEG View with SD Memory Card Slot
• JPEG Slide Show with Music
• Multi-Format Playback [BD-Video(BD-Live*5), DVD-Video, DVD-RAM, AVCHD (SD Memory Card/DVD), DVD-RW*6, DVD-R*6, DVD-R (Dual Layer)*6, +R*6, +R (Double Layer)*6, +RW*6, CD, CD-R/RW*7, MP3*8, JPEG, DivX®*3]
• Super Hi-Speed Scan: 5 Speeds up to x200
• Easy Setting Guide
• Graphical User Interface
• Audio/JPEG Navigation Menu
• Remote Control
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