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Feature Comparison Chart for Panasonic Blu-Ray Players
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Panasonic Blu-Ray Players Feature Explanations:
- 1 - BD-ROM, BD-RE, BD-R/BD-R DL Playback
- BD-ROM Playback: BD-Live™ (BD-ROM Profile 2)
BD-RE / BD-RE DL: BD-MV (BD-RE version3), BDAV (SESF), JPEG (HD)
BD-R/BD-R DL: BD-MV (BD-R version2), BDAV (SESF)
- 2 - DVD-RAM / DVD-R / DVD-RW / DVD-R DL / DVD+R / DVD+R DL / DVD+RW Playback
- DVD-RAM: DVD-VR, JPEG (HD), AVCHD
DVD-R / DVD-RW / DVD-R DL (Discs recorded and finalized on DVD video recorders or DVD video cameras): DVD Video, DVD-VR, AVCHD
DVD+R / DVD+R DL / DVD+RW (Discs recorded and finalized on DVD video recorders or DVD video cameras): DVD-VR, AVCHD
- 3 - CD / CD-R / CD-RW Playback
- Playability may vary depending on the contents, discs and quality of the recording.
CD: CD-DA
CD-R / CD-RW: JPEG (HD), MP3 (contents recorded on CD-R/RW for your personal use only)
- 4 - SD Memory Card Playback and USB Terminal
- These Panasonic Blu-Ray players are each equipped with an SD Memory Card slot and USB terminal, which makes it easy to view photos from your digital camera. Just slip the SD card into the slot or use the cable to connect the camera to the USB terminal, and you're ready to enjoy a spectacular big-screen slideshow with family and friends.
SD Memory Card: AVCHD, MPEG2, JPEG (HD)
USB: JPEG (HD), MP3 (contents recorded for your personal use only)
- 5 - DivX Playback
- DivX Video On Demand is a digital video delivery service that lets you rent or purchase DivX movies from any DivX licensed VOD partner. These movies are encoded in the DivX format to offer you superior quality video and the fastest download times. The DMP-BD80K plays DivX files recorded to DVD-R, DVD-R DL, CD-R, CD-RW or delivered via a USB connection.
- 6 - VHS Playback Format With Premium 1080p Up-Conversion
- The DMP-BD70V distinguishes itself as the world's first dual deck VHS-Blu-ray player, providing a video product that features multi-format playback allowing the user to play VHS, CD, DVD and 1080p high definition Blu-ray Discs. The BD70V allows for premium 1080p up-conversion for all video formats.
- 7 - PHL Reference Chroma Processor Plus
- Each of these models employs the PHL Reference Chroma Processor Plus. Developed in collaboration with Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory, this high image processing technology reproduces clear, vivid colors that are faithful to the original film. PHL Reference Chroma Processor Plus precisely processes each pixel of the Blu-ray Disc video signal in the vertical direction. It reproduces color data with twice the accuracy of conventional systems to keep colors faithful and sharp.
- 8 - High Precision 4:4:4
- In order to produce the ultimate picture quality, Panasonic's Blu-ray players employ high precision 4:4:4 signal technology, which working in tandem with PHL Reference Chroma Processor Plus processes each pixel of the Blu-ray Disc video signal in the horizontal direction, to compliment vertical direction processing.
- 9 - P4HD (Pixel Precision Progressive Processing for HD)
- P4HD (Pixel Precision Progressive Processing for HD) is another technology that contributes to the superior picture quality of the Blu-ray players. P4HD processes more than 15 billion pixels per second and applies the optimal processing to every pixel. Panasonic's Blu-ray players further utilize 16-level motion detection to categorize the image motion of each pixel into one of 16 levels; diagonal processing to detect diagonals and correct the pixels accordingly; 1080p up-conversion to up-convert content recorded in the 480i/p or 720p format to 1080p. The Blu-ray players also provide 1080/24p output, thereby reproducing cinema images from a Blu-ray Disc and DVD in their original 24p form with no need for conversion. This allows the user to enjoy cinema images in the same format used in cinema with a 1080/24p compatible TV.
- 10 - Progressive Scan
- Progressive scanning doubles the scan lines of an interlaced signal by scanning all lines for each pass. The higher-density video signal creates film-like images extraordinarily close to the way they originally appeared in the cinema -- with rich detail, extraordinary depth of field, and precise color reproduction.
- 11 - 3D-NR / Integrated NR Digital Noise Reduction)
- During Playback, advanced 3D-DNR circuitry effectively and selectively removes only noise components from the signal. The result is stunningly clear image reproduction.
- 12 - VIERA CAST
- VIERA CAST technology, introduced in Panasonic's PZ850 2008 VIERA Plasma, is now available in Panasonic's 2009 Blu-ray players. The internet enabled technology lets the user access the Internet without the need of either an external box or a PC and enjoy the entertainment value provided by such targeted sites as Amazon VOD, with an extensive library of streamed titles, YouTube™, Google's Picasa™ Web Album, Bloomberg and a weather channel. VIERA CAST was widely acknowledged last year for its distinctive Internet application, allowing the user to view targeted sites on a large HDTV, rather than a small computer screen. VIERA CAST has a built-in Ethernet interface -- no external box or PC is required. VIERA CAST is accessed via a single button on the Blu-ray Disc player remote control and there is no fee to use the VIERA CAST functionality.
- 13 - 1080/24p Playback
- These Blu-ray players provide 1080/24p output, thereby reproducing cinema images from a Blu-ray Disc and DVD in their original 24p form with no need for conversion. This allows the user to enjoy cinema images in the same format used in cinema with a 1080/24p compatible TV.
- 14 - Deep Color and x.v.Color™
- x.v.Color™ function is effective only when reproducing AVCHD data recorded with x.v.Color technology. The function cannot be used with BD-ROM or DVD-ROM discs. HDMI connection is required.
- 15 - Picture Mode
- Options include Normal, Soft, Fine, Cinema and User. Cinema mode combines brightness control with picture noise canceling to provide better picture quality in certain viewing conditions. It lessens glare, giving you colors that are more cinema-like and picture resolution that is gentler to the eyes. Cinema mode also improves the visibility of details in dark scenes by automatically adjusting picture contrast, and helps to suppress color smearing, as well.
- 16 - Picture Adjustment
- Contrast, Brightness, Sharpness, Color, Gamma Correction
- 17 - 192kHz/24-bit Digital/Analog Converter
- High-resolution audio's extreme fidelity comes from its much greater sampling rates and bit depths. In fact, at its 192kHz/24-bit maximum, DVD-Audio can reproduce high frequencies up to 96kHz, nearly five times the audio spectrum, while achieving dynamic range of 144dB. These high-frequency components of the audio signal beyond 20kHz play key roles in communicating delicate musical nuances, hall ambience, and soundstage imaging.
- 18 - 7.1-Channel Analog Audio Out
- The DMP-BD80 further enhances the audio experience with 7.1 channel analog out to produce true 7.1 surround sound, thereby affording the consumer a home theater environment that rivals the movie theater. The BD80 also includes a playback information window that can be used to display detailed image information while a movie is playing.
- 19 - Enhanced Internal Audio Components
- Enhanced audio components maximize audio performance of Blu-ray Disc movies on the DMP-BD80.
- 20 - Dolby® Digital Plus, Dolby® TrueHD amd DTS™-HD Decode and Bitstream Output
- Panasonic 2009 Blu-ray Disc players all feature a high definition audio decoder (Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio Essential) to take advantage of the exceptionally high quality 7.1 channel surround sound now integrated in Blu-ray Discs.
- 21 - 96kHz Surround Re-Master For All Formats
- Complimenting the HD audio codecs these Blu-ray players feature 96kHz surround re-master, a function that enhances the sound quality of CDs and other sources, and even improves the quality of the multichannel audio data on Blu-ray Discs and DVDs.
- 22 - Advanced Virtual Surround Sound (V.S.S.)
- When listening to a Dolby- or DTS-encoded disc, allows you to enjoy the wide open effect of virtual surround sound via a stereo speaker system.
- 23 - Dialog Enhancer
- Most of the movie dialogue recorded in surround sound formats (either Dolby Digital®, DTS® or Dolby Pro Logic®) is heard through the center channel speaker. At times, dialogue can be overwhelmed by particularly loud sounds emanating from the other speakers in your surround sound system. The dialogue enhancer increases the center channel volume (relative to other channels), making movie dialogue easier to hear and understand.
- 24 - Viera Link™ HDAVI Control
- Connect your Panasonic Blu-Ray player to your Viera flat-panel HDTV via an HDMI cable, and the user can operate the player using the TV remote control and following on-screen prompts.
- 25 - Audio/JPEG Navigation Menu
- Enables you to quickly search for JPEG and MP3 files recorded onto CD-R and CD-RW discs via an on-screen menu with online confirmation of file folders. This function also works with CD-R discs that feature multi-session recordings.
- 26 - HDMI Output
- HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is an interface standard for digital transmission of video and audio signals. With HDMI, the signals are not compressed. Transmission is direct and "pure" -- free of the degradation and noise that occur with analog signal transmission. This new interface supports image resolution all the way up to 1080p. HDMI is particularly well suited for images that will be viewed on plasma display panels, LCDs and other equipment that uses all-digital image processing. In terms of sound, HDMI is ideal for DVD-Audio and other high-quality digital formats. It accurately transmits even the most delicate signal components contained in high-quality audio signals. The result is superb sound, whether the source is two-channel or multi-channel. HDMI is simple to use, too, requiring connection of a single cable. With all these advantages, HDMI is the ideal interface for today's age of steadily advancing digital A/V equipment and media.
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