Panasonic Unveils 2011 Blu-ray Player Lineup

[TheDickWard]

The company introduced three new 3D players and one 2D player for those that want to stick with two dimensions

http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs...52011052622238

[Arkadin]

when they talk about how these players have a mode that can "add 3D" to 2D content is this an effect that can only be viewed on 3D sets with the shutter technology or is this something for "regular" displays also?
they really don't go into any sort of detail whatsoever.

[Philnerd]

when they talk about how these players have a mode that can "add 3D" to 2D content is this an effect that can only be viewed on 3D sets with the shutter technology or is this something for "regular" displays also?
they really don't go into any sort of detail whatsoever.

It'll be real time 3D conversion that works under the current 3D standards. Panasonic was smart to add this feature, its another reason for people with checkerboard DLP sets to buy a Panasonic player, since no DLPs feature native 2D->3D capabilities.

Honestly if the reviews of the 2D conversion are positive, I might consider updating my BDT300.

[thebatman355]

I picked up the panasonic 210 model. I must say that I was very impressed with it. the big news is that the netflix is 3.0 which is the same as the ps3. it will also play DD+ on certain titles. my onkyo 270 receiver read the DD+ on it. the same can be said about vudu. I can also get DD+.
I thought some would be interested in this news.
Jacob

[Arkadin]

It'll be real time 3D conversion that works under the current 3D standards. Panasonic was smart to add this feature, its another reason for people with checkerboard DLP sets to buy a Panasonic player, since no DLPs feature native 2D->3D capabilities.

Honestly if the reviews of the 2D conversion are positive, I might consider updating my BDT300.

thanks for the info.
I don't know anything about "checkerboard" dlp so I don't know what all that means as regards this player, but are you saying that anyone with a 3D display can have any 2D content converted into 3D that they then view though the shutter glasses?
does it work on both dvds and bds?

[David Susilo]

it will work on both DVD and BD.

[Arkadin]

thanks for the info David!

[David Susilo]

No prob!

This is silly, I know, but the most exciting part of these players is the ability to use your own picture/graphics as the wallpaper. It's great for custom home theatre so one can create (say) "The Smith's Home Theatre" logo and load it to the player so before the movie is inserted that custom logo will be shown as opposed to the usual "Panasonic" logo.

[teachsac]

It'll be real time 3D conversion that works under the current 3D standards. Panasonic was smart to add this feature, its another reason for people with checkerboard DLP sets to buy a Panasonic player, since no DLPs feature native 2D->3D capabilities.

Honestly if the reviews of the 2D conversion are positive, I might consider updating my BDT300.

According to this poster, 2D-3D conversion doesn't work with checkerboard.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1319400

Although it might work on the new mits that accept full 3D. Elwaylite says he has used it on his 738.

S~

[Arkadin]

just ordered a 110 from Amazon!!
YEA--I have finally upgraded from my bd-30!
can't wait to see how much faster the load times are compared to the snail pace of the bd-30.

[hobbes4444]

BB now has the 110/210 in stock in stores, and they just sent around 12% coupons to reward zone members. tax will be the deciding factor for some. but i wanted a 110 for a trial run until the 310 is released and not have to deal with return shipping. hoping the 310 will allow for ntfs drives via usb or maybe have some other upgrades other than dual hdmi. i can't imagine they want an extra $50 over the price of the 210 just for an extra hdmi output.

[Arkadin]

well I just got mine in the mail about an hour ago.
not sure when I'll get it hooked up because I have to move some stuff around in my rack and get a longer internet cable to go to my router.
probably get it up and running tomorrow sometime.

[hobbes4444]

Has anyone with a 110 or 210 tried to hook up an exFAT formatted hard drive or thumb drive to the USB port? Any luck? I really want to get rid of my WDTV for mkv playback of files > 4gb, but haven't found an ideal solution yet for hard drive compatibility, other than LG, and the overall issues with the 590 have soured me a bit on them.

[HDTV1080P]

Has anyone with a 110 or 210 tried to hook up an exFAT formatted hard drive or thumb drive to the USB port? Any luck? I really want to get rid of my WDTV for mkv playback of files > 4gb, but haven't found an ideal solution yet for hard drive compatibility, other than LG, and the overall issues with the 590 have soured me a bit on them.

I have not tried an external hard drive on the Panasonic Blu-ray players. But in theory the hard drive will need to have its own power supply since the USB port might not offer enough power. Most likely if the hard drive is formatted as ExFat and uses its own external power supply it should work on the Panasonic Blu-ray players. I have used external powered hard drives on the OPPO Blu-ray players.

[hobbes4444]

The 110 will recognize exFAT formatted hard drives and thumb drives via USB (i used a portable WD hard drive without separate power, and a Patriot 16gb thumb drive). So good news there for folks with mkv files over 4gb. Bad news is they seem to have capped the bitrate for files. I've been able to play mkv files in 720p and 1080p that are around 6k kbps, but unable to play files that are in the 9k kbps range. So best to stick with 720p files via USB. Will test out some files on BD-R/RE in the future. . .