Region A / Profile BD-Live(2.0)
| Video: Video Resolution: 1080p/24p DVD upscaling: 1080p Audio: HDMI output: 7.1 Analog output: N/A Media: Blu-ray / DVD / CD | Other: HDMI version: 1.3a Ethernet: Yes Release Date: February, 2010 |
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THE PROS: The Panasonic DMP-B500 is a portable Blu-ray Player with a 10.1” LCD display screen. It has 5.1-channel Dolby Digital Plus/Dolby TrueHD decoding and bit-stream output via HDMI. It has a built in 2 channel speaker and a rechargeable battery with a 3.5 hour playback like. You can access Viera Cast to get online streaming from Netflix, Amazon Video on Demand, YouTube, Twitter, Pandora, Picasa, and many more. It is DLNA certified with WI-FI enabled. Wireless LAN Adapter and a L-Shaped USB Connector are included. It has great video features such as PHL Reference Chroma Processor Plus / 1080/24p playback / 3D-NR and Integrated NR digital noise reduction / Picture adjustment.
THE CONS: No internal memory for downloading BD-Live content. Wireless USB adapter is required for wireless internet connection. Which is not a big problem since Panasonic does provide the USB LAN adapter. However, it would be nice to have the WI-FI built-in. The display screen does not turn around and close onto itself, therefore you have to be careful with the display screen when transporting the player.
THE FINAL WORD: The Panasonic DMP-500 Portable Blu-ray Player is an improvement on Panasonic’s DMPB15K. Which was bulky and over priced. The DMP-B500 is more streamlined and loaded with great features. Provides great video and audio. It still can be used as a fully stand alone unit or it can be connected to a HDTV. The portable Blu-ray Player is still something that is geared to a specific consumer, so definitely, weigh all the factors before purchasing one. — Price you should look for when purchasing — $600.00
- 10.1″ WSVGA LCD Screen: The 10.1 inch wide SVGA screen lets you view movies with much higher image quality than standard definition portable DVD players. With the DMP-B500, you can enjoy Blu-ray Disc™ movies or AVCHD movies and JPEG photos in an SD memory card almost anywhere.
- 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.
- BD Live and BonusView so when you can connect to the Internet you can get access to bonus features, games and movie studio extras features.
- SD memory card and USB port: Via the USB port you can view photos, videos and listen to music from an USB storage devices.
- Superior HD Audio: 7.1ch lossless audio decode and bit-stream output and internal audio decoding for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio.
- Adaptive High Precision 4:4:4: Get more Vibrant, Smooth and Truthful Color Reproduction with this feature. The DMP-BD85 can reproduce color signals in horizontal directions and with higher resolution. This is not only done with Full-HD movies in 1080p, but also concert and documentary films that are in 1080i can be reproduced with greater quality and details.
- Panasonic’s VieraCast: You are able to access internet sites from the special VIERA CAST screen streaming content portal. Featuring content from Amazon Video on Demand, YouTube, Picasa, Netflix, Pandora, and Twitter.
- Wi-Fi® Adapter Ready: You can easily connect to your wireless broadband network with a USB Wi-Fi adapter. (Included)
- DLNA Certified: With DLNA® technology, the DMP-B500 can access data on any DLNA Server compliant PC. By simply connecting to your home network (LAN), you can enjoy AVCHD, WMV, and JPEG on your PC or AVCHD files.
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