Panasonic Confirms Late September Release

[AV_Integrated]

At CEDIA, when specifically asked about the release of the Panasonic Blu-ray player it was said that the player is shipping in two weeks. Not sure if that means 'shipping' or 'going on sale', but either way, it is a very VERY short time until we will find this product in our local stores.

Confirmed MSRP is $1,300.00 ... meh, probably $1,299.999

[zombie]

Thanks for the update. I hope it will be on sale within 2-3 weeks. Now I just gotta find a paper route as a second job to afford it.

[Dave]

Panasonic @ CEDIA - Blu-ray player

[Chris Beveridge]

I so want this player/receiver combo but I really need more details on its audio end.

[zombie]

Originally Posted by Chris Beveridge

I so want this player/receiver combo but I really need more details on its audio end.

Same here. The matching receiver looks terrific as well but I'm not sure if it has HDMI 1.3 of not.

Originally Posted by JTK

I may just skip all the way to the ski mask and shotgun route.

LOL, well there's always that method too.

[JTK]

Originally Posted by nyg

LOL, well there's always that method too.

Or maybe that white van in the parking lot around 3 AM?...

[GoldenRedux]

Originally Posted by nyg

Same here. The matching receiver looks terrific as well but I'm not sure if it has HDMI 1.3 of not.

Well, I don't think I am interested in a Panasonic receiver at all, but I do have some questions about it. Does it in fact have HDMI 3.1? Does it decode dts-HD MA and Dolby TrueHD? If it doesn't do any of these things, I don't see the point in it.

About the player itself, I have the same questions. I really want these players to do in the box decoding of the new audio codecs and output them through the analogue outs. I don't want a new AVR. Even if I did, when will we even see new HDMI 1.3 equipped AVR's that decode the new codecs as well that are priced within reason? A year from now? My current AVR, Sony DA4ES, cost me a little over $1000 when I bought it and had an original MSRP of ~$1200 I think? And it's only 4 years old. I really don't feel like having to spend $3,000 to take full advantage of these players, which don't even do BD-Live.

Speaking of BD-Live, the Pio has an ethernet port. Does anyone think that player will ever do BD-Live?

[JTK]

Originally Posted by nyg

Thanks for the update. I hope it will be on sale within 2-3 weeks. Now I just gotta find a paper route as a second job to afford it.

I may just skip all the way to the ski mask and shotgun route.

[GoldenRedux]

Originally Posted by JTK

I may just skip all the way to the ski mask and shotgun route.