Panasonic DMP-BD65

The Panasonic DMP-BD65 is one of four new blu-ray players announced by Panasonic for 2010. It promises high quality images with enhanced networking functions, including VIERA CAST’s improved and expanded Internet functionality with wireless LAN capability. You get a host of features including BD Live, a USB port and Video On Demand services such as Netflix and YouTube.

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Panasonic DMP-BD65 Blu-ray Player

Design

It features a slim design just like previous Panasonic models. With its corporate commitment to improve the environment, Panasonic has reduced the players’ depth by 18%, resulting in a 15% reduction in the carton’s volume. A small footprint of only 7.8 inches depth certainly makes for easy placement even if you have space constraints.

Below the disc tray is a thin flap that conceals an SD card slot and USB port. You can view your digital photos and high definition videos shot on AVCHD format stored on the SD cards. The SD slot supports SDHC cards from 4GB to 32GB and SDXC cards from 32GB to 2TB. The USB port offers a way of playing MP3 music directly and viewing your digital photos.

In addition, the development of the UniPhier® single chip LSI makes it possible to pack an entire video signal processing circuit onto a single chip. This helps lower power consumption, reduces the number of parts needed and allows for a more compact design.

Features

The Panasonic DMP-BD65 employs the PHL Reference Chroma Processor Plus image processing. Developed in collaboration with Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory, this high image processing technology reproduces clear and vibrant colors that are faithful to the original film.

On the audio front the BD65 comes with a high definition audio decoder capable of decoding the latest formats like Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio.

Convenient access to YouTube via VieraCast

VIERA CAST technology featured in Panasonic’s 2009 blu-ray models continues to be available in the BD65. The Internet-enabled technology provides access to selected sites without the need of a PC to enjoy the entertainment provided by Amazon Video on Demand, YouTube, Picasa, Bloomberg and a Weather Channel. Netflix, Pandora, Twitter and Fox Sports have been added to the VIERA CAST functionality, providing you with two premium movie sites, a music service and a sports site to enhance the entertainment quotient. It also comes with a USB port and a SD Memory card slot making it easy for you to view and share both digital photos and high definition video.

USB Wi-fi Adapter (available as an option on BD65)

In previous models, Panasonic deliberately held back Wi-Fi connectivity as an option because the quality and reliability available for hi-def streaming was not very stable. But this is no longer the case with Panasonic’s new 802.11a/b/g/n wireless USB Wi-Fi Adapter. This WiFi adapter is available as a $100 optional accessory for the DMP-BD65 but is included with the DMP-BD85.

It is interesting to note that the DMP-BD65 is DLNA compliant, which means it will play nice with other similarly compliant devices over your home network.
(Update: According to Panasonic, the DLNA feature is not available for North America market.)

The BD65 has been designed to reduce power consumption in line with the company’s ‘go green’ objective.. The Power Save Mode function automatically turns the player off when you return to TV operation using the VIERA Link menu.

You will be happy to note that the BD65 will upconvert your collection of DVDs to 1080p. It also provides 1080/24p output, reproducing cinema images from a blu-ray disc in their original 24p form with no need for conversion. This enables you to enjoy film-like images in the same format used in cinema if you have a 1080/24p-compatible TV or projector.

Complimenting the HD audio codecs, the BD65 comes with 96kHz surround re-master, a function that enhances the sound quality of CDs, and even improves the quality of the multi-channel audio data on blu-ray discs and DVDs.

Last but not least, Panasonic engineers have improved on the the start-up time, something which has been a major complaint among older players. It now takes just 14 seconds from when the player is turned on to disc playback.

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