Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2797 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Panasonic
• Model: DMP-BD80EB-K
• Released on: 2009-04-01

Manufacturer's Description
A whole new range of exciting and interactive entertainment possibilities
Outstanding high definition picture quality is only the start of the Blu-ray revolution; Blu-ray technology also enables a new range of exciting and interactive entertainment possibilities. If you have ever wanted to watch your favourite film with the director or lead actor explaining significant moments in the film, BonusView is your backstage pass to the world behind the silver screen.

Picture-in-picture and Audio-Mixing Functions
The ‘Picture-in-Picture’ functionality provides a second small window which can be watched simultaneously on the screen in where, by example, actors and directors can give enhanced commentary about the scene you are watching; whilst the ‘Audio-Mixing’ function lets you choose the soundtrack you would like to listen to: the one from the content playing in the main window, the one from the small second window, or both at the same time. BonusView allows you to truly direct your own entertainment experience.

This whole new generation of bonus material is made possible through the advanced Blu-ray hardware ‘profiles’ which enable interactive functions. BonusView is the first of advanced profile, utilising 256MB local storage (used for storing audio/visual and title updates) and also secondary video and audio decoders, which is typically to allow Picture-in-Picture interactive audio and commentary.

BD-Live supporting Internet enabled content
An even more advanced profile, called BD-Live can connect to the Internet and play Blu-ray movies that have Internet-enabled content, such as interactive multiplayer games, trailers and extra features you can download from the Internet to local storage, e.g. on exchangeable memory like an SD memory card. The technology gets you the most from your movie watching. In the near future BD-Live will enable users to join in quizzes and challenge each other in super interactive games.

Panasonic Blu-ray Disc™ theater and player models are equipped with an SD Memory Card slot and USB terminal. You can immediately view motion images recorded with an HD camcorder in AVCHD format, and JPEG images taken with a digital still camera. The DMP-BD80 can also play DivX data recorded onto a USB memory device.

Individual image slideshows
You can also create a special mood or theme by selecting some memorable music to play on your Blu-ray disc player at the same time. Use the slide show feature to present your photos to your friends and family as they sit back and enjoy your films and photos.

Capturing special occasions such as birthdays and holidays with a high resolution digital camera or HD camcorder is fun, but reliving those moments afterwards can be frustrating. People crowding around a small computer screen or pile of photos just don’t do justice to those original moments. However, thanks to Panasonic’s HD networking abilities, your family and friends can now enjoy your holiday photos and home movies on the large widescreen TV right in your living room!

Blu-ray High Clarity Sound
Hear the details you may have been missing. Eliminating the analog video signal output prevents noise from being generated by analog video signals allows for crisp, clear sound recreation from digital sound signal.

Eliminate unwanted noise and enjoy the same true, rich sound quality from the DMP-BD80 Blu-ray disc™ player as it delivers in high-quality Blu-ray video. True to life sounds that surround you as if you were really there. Feel and hear the difference that only Panasonic Blu-ray disc™ players can deliver.

When the analogue video terminal is not being used, the electrical current that flows through the analogue video circuit can be stopped. This prevents adverse effects on the audio signals and produces an even clearer sound. The results are astounding.

The Blu-ray Disc™ theater and players feature decoders that are compatible with all of the latest 7.1-channel surround sound formats used by the Blu-ray Disc™ standard.

The 96kHz Sound Re-master function enhances the sound quality of CDs and other sources It even raises the quality of the multi-channel audio data on Blu-ray Discs™ and DVDs. By increasing the amount of sound information the Surround Re-master can produce highly realistic sounds.

The 7.1-channel analogue signal converted by the new 192kHz D/A converter is transmitted in high quality. This signal can be connected to a receiver that does not support HDMI.

PHL Reference Chroma Plus Technology
While Panasonic Blu-ray players already produce superb picture quality, the passion it has for innovation encourages Panasonic engineers to continue bringing the very latest in cutting edge audio and visual technology together.

UniPhier is an incredible new image and audio processor, which combines P4HD technology with the proprietary Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory (PHL) Reference Chroma Plus technology, resulting in a processor that deftly handles images by reproducing colours and textures that are faithful to the original film, and offers precise digital audio processing. This brilliant new feature combines art and science to bring you the ultimate in high-end entertainment!

P4HD Technology
To get the best high definition images from a Blu-ray disc, you need a player that renders high-quality progressive images, expresses motion smoothly, and draws sharp diagonal lines. The Panasonic-unique P4HD technology processes more than 15 billion pixels per second, generating each pixel correctly according to information obtained from up to 60 surrounding pixels, and applies the optimum processing to every pixel in the video data on the disc. The result is images with exceptional resolution.

From the Panasonic Hollywood Laboratories, research which is held in high acclaim by Hollywood professionals provides the background for the unique PHL Reference Chroma Processor Plus developed by Panasonic. Here Panasonic studies and improves restoration, colour correction, compression and digital conversion, so that the unique PHL Reference Chroma Processor Plus expresses the fine details and nuances of movie scenes by reproducing clearer colour boundaries, providing all the qualities that a Blu-ray disc has to offer

Customer Reviews

No Analog Audio dealy
This player would be perfect, if it allowed me to add some delay to the analog audio. Watching King Kong with a direct HDMI connection to my new Samsung LCD TV (both are HDMI 1.3), and using the analog audio output connecting to my older 7.1 amp, the lip sync problem was horrendous (HDMI 1.3 is supposed to cure this). Other discs weren't quite as bad - but things did seem to get worse when using 24p mode. Why doesn't this player use the HDMI 1.3 info supplied by the TV to automatically add some delay to the analog sound? So I am returning this today, and thinking of buying the Sony BDPS550 which is supposed to have a manual audio delay option (not idea, but better than nothing). If you don't need the audio outputs, buy the Panasonic BD60 instead.

ideal upgrade from PS3
Had stuck with PS3 for blu-ray playback for over a year, while waiting for 'stand-alone' players to come down in price and improve in quality. However, had been unhappy at niggles in the PS3 playback (juddery picture on panning shots, sound quality a little 'thin') and needed a player with on-board decoding and multi-channel outputs for the new HD sound formats (my home cinema amp is a few years old so doesn't support these formats unless they're fed through the external Analogue Inputs).
Have found the BD80 to be a superb upgrade; picture quality is noticably superior when fed through a decent display (50" pioneer, 1080p) with much smoother motion on fast moving scenes, improved detail in dark scenes, and generally a much greater sense of depth and detail to the image. The audio is also a huge improvement - if your wondering whether there is much difference between the old 'Dolby Digital/DTS' formats and the new HD audio formats then rest assured there is, you will hear the difference!
Slime line format also makes it ideal for slotting into a crowded AV rack. Minus 1 star for long loading times and cheap remote, but well worth the upgrade cost over entry level players/ps3 if you have a high quality display and a decent amp/speaker set-up!

PANASONIC DB80EB
A very good machine, especially at its price, but startup times are very slow, more so than the other machines I looked at before purchase. Panasonic need to work on this aspect