Region A / Profile BD-Live(2.0)/ Full HD 3D

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• Full HD 3D: Supports the playback of 3D Blu-ray Discs. 3D content requires the use of 3D glasses and the Blu-ray Player to be connected to a 3D TV.
• 3D Effect Controller: This lets you control the depth of the 3D images. Being able to modify the 3D effect you can enjoy the movie with the 3D effects however you want.
• 2D-3D Conversion: This feature makes it possible for you to convert images from DVDs and Blu-ray Discs™ into 3D with natural depth perception. You can view your DVD movies in 3D with real-life depth, for an even better viewing experience.
• VIERA Cast: You can enjoy great online content on TV. With VIERA Cast you can get access to Netflix and Amazon Video on Demand to stream movies. You also can access YouTube, Picasa, and many more great online sites from the VIERA Cast screen. With the Wi-Fi system, you do not even require the use of a LAN cable to enjoy web content.
• Dual HDMI Outputs: One output can be dedicated to an audio signal output. The two HDMI Outputs gives better sound quality and matches the needs of the users to have the customized theater system with their audio equipment.
• PHL Reference Chroma Processor Plus: This is a high quality image processing technology that processes each pixel produced by the Blu-ray Disc video signal in the vertical direction. To keep original colors crisp and clear, it reproducing color data with twice the accuracy of normal systems.
• Built-in WI-FI: get your favorite content wirelessly with the built-in Wi-Fi antenna
• BD-Live Technology allows you to download and stream bonus content such as additional scenes, shorts films, movie trailers, movie-based games, and much more. With Bonus View, you can enjoy “picture-in-picture” capability with selected Blu-ray titles. External memory will be required to take advantage of BD-Live.
• SD memory card and USB port: Via the USB port you can view photos, videos and listen to music from an USB storage devices.
• Audio Output (on HDMI): Stereo, 7.1 ch high-resolution PCM, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio, and DTS-HD Master Audio
• Quick Start: Avoid the stress and inconvenience of slow booting Blu-ray Players. With ultra fast booting, the boot time from standby to power-on has been vastly reduced from past blu-ray models. Allowing for fast 0.5 second booting. Enjoy your content without the stress of all that waiting time.
• True to Cinema Picture Quality: Panasonic Blu-ray Disc Players are able to reproduce movies that are faithful to the original source. providing true-to-cinema picture quality, which enables the reproduction of the nuances, touch, and atmosphere which the filmmakers intended for the movie to be seen.
• New P4HD Enhanced Full HD Upsampling: This process takes standard definition movies in DVD and displays them in near full HD quality. The picture is analyzed to produce the the best matching process done with each pixel.
• Incoming Ringtones: As you are enjoying your movie, a ringtone will tell you of a call. Also rings while in standby mode.
• Auto Answering Video Message: Capable of recording a video message on a SD Card to set up as your answering voice message. Automatically responds when you receive a call while away.
• Video Mail Recording: Callers are capable of recording their own message on the SD Card, for when you return.
• Touch-Free Sensor: A Built-in sensor monitor located on the top of the player will open and clos the disc loading tray by simply passing your hand over the sensor. Can be very convenient when your hands are full or when you’re in a dark room and can’t see the buttons.

Continuing the trend of sleek, stylish players, the DMP-BDT310 has a slimmed down designed, with a black finish and a flip-down front panel containing basic control buttons. It also holds the USB and SD Card ports; so if you are using a USB device, remember that the front panel will have to stay down. Because of this the DMP-BDT310 loses some of its stylish appeal. One unique feature found on the player is a new touch free sensor that opens the disc tray. All you need do is wave your hand over the top of the device and the disc tray opens up. It takes about 3 seconds. Great if you are in the dark or your hands are full with popcorn.

The DMP-BDT310 is easy to use and should not present any setup problems. It is one of the fastest players on the market today with lightening fast disc loading and operational speeds. The main menu is simple in its lay-out and only a few button pushes is required to take you any where you want to be. The remote control is another simple but effective lay-out. Providing buttons for quick access to features such as Viera Cast, 3D settings and Skype, etc.

VIDEO QUALITY:
Picture quality for 3D blu-rays and standard blu-rays are excellent. It produces clean and sharp images, with vibrant, natural colors. It is equipped with video features like the Enhanced Full HD Up Sampling (New P4HD), Digital Noise Reduction, and Adaptive Chroma Processing to help bring the best possible picture from blu-rays and DVDs. The DMP-BDT310 also has a UniPhier Chip, this helps create a clearer and sharper image quality while at the same time lowering the player’s consumption of power. Overall, the DMP-BDT310 is designed to provide stunningly brilliant 3D and 2D images, and it delivers. (Remember to view 3D images you require to have a 3D TV and 3D glasses)

AUDIO QUALITY:
Having exceptional video performance, the DMP-BDT310 has made sure it produces great surround sound to accompany the excellent images. It can decode and bit-stream output the latest audio formats – DTS™-HD Master Audio Essential/ DTSTM-HD High Resolution Audio. Sound is helped by features like the HDMI Pure Audio which decreases the noise and creates natural bass sound quality. Resulting in a truly immersive sound experience. There are no 7.1-ch analog outputs for the DMP-BDT310, so you will need a A/V receiver with a HDMI input to take advantage of the high-resolution surround sound.

However, because of the two HDMI outputs on the player, you do not need to upgrade your A/V receiver to handle 3D Blu-rays. One of the reason for the high price tag of the DMP-BDT310 is that it comes equipped with dual HDMI Outputs. This will allow you to connect a video signal to your TV and a separate second audio signal to your A/V receiver. So you can view 3D movies with great hi-res surround sound.

To further control how you view 3D images, the Panasonic has included other 3D features such as 3D Effect Controller and 2D-3D conversion. The 3D Effect Controller will let you select the depth of 3D images. While 2D to 3D conversion is exactly what it sounds like, it will convert 2D DVD and blu-ray images to 3D. The results of 3D converting can be varying and will not be the same as watching real 3D content.

Other features of the DMP-BDT310 included online services such as Skype, Netflix, Vudu, Amazon VOD, Pandora, Picasa, YouTube, Twitter and many more. Access to these internet services is made easy with its built-in WI-FI, it also has an Ethernet Port if you do not want to go wireless. The DMP-BDT310 is DLNA certified, so it can stream videos, music and photos from your computer. Or you can playback these files on a USB device. Files supported include DivX HD, MKV, MP3, JPEG, WMV and AVCHD. There is no built-in memory for BD-Live content so a USB or SD Card memory device will be needed, at least 1GB.