Bd30 Or Bd50??? - Blu-ray Forum

LEO8978 · 05-30-2008, 12:54 PM

Hi All, this is my first post, so I figured that "Newbie Discussion" would be the approprite place for my first question. I recently purchased my first Plasma display. It's the TH-46PZ85U from Panasonic. I'm loving it so far, but right now I only have HD cable from Comcast, so I'm not using the display to it's full potential. I have been researching BD players for some time now on this forum, which has been very informative. I plan on getting a BD player as well as a new receiver and speakers. I was thinking about waiting for the BD50 from Panasonic, but I can pick up a BD30 for $386.00. My question is, since the receiver I purchase will be able to decode the audio (probably Onkyo), would I really benefit at all by getting a BD50? What are your thoughts?

blueforte · 05-30-2008, 02:27 PM

You can go ahead with BD30 at that price. If you are thinking of getting onkyo, Check this out.
http://www.vanns.com/shop/servlet/it...0464#clearance

Dogslyf · 05-30-2008, 06:54 PM

You might want to consider a PS3 in light of that $100 gift card deal at Wal-Mart.

kennymo · 06-08-2008, 02:00 AM

I've had the th-42pz85u for a few months now and its fantastic! the 1080i HD channels on Cablevision are great. I've had limited experience with blu-ray. I'm currently fooling around with a bd-rom through my PC and although its mainly working and I've enjoyed the Planet Earth series, I am either less impressed than I thought I would be or I haven't gotten everything set up right yet. I'll be posting more on this but I'm thinking about going with the stand-alone Panasonic Blu-ray player any way. I'm blown away with my Hi-Def ezperience so far and think I've made some good decisions but I so far think MY 1080P is not really 1080p cuz 1080i from my cable co. is at least as good. more later. good luck.

my rig...
ENERMAX Chakra ECA3052B Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
ABS Tagan BZ800 ATX12V/EPS12V 800W 6 rails,64A Piperock Modular PSU
ASUS P5LD2-VM REV2 mATX LGA775 Conroe DDR2 Mobo
Intel® Core2Extreme x6800 Conroe CPU 2.93GHz OC'ed to 3.2GHz,1066FSB,LGA775,4MB L2 Cache
4GB Corsair PC6400 DDR2-800 Dual-Channel RAM
GeForce 9800 GTX(G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI-E2.0 x16
Samsung SyncMaster 932BW LCD 2ms 1440x900 19"WS
Panasonic TH_42PZ85U 42" Plasma 1080P HDTV
Western Digital Raptor X 150GB 10K RPM 16MB Cache SATA HD
2 x 60GB Maxtor 7200RPM IDE ATA HDD
IOMagic 320GB External USB HD
LITE-ON SATA Blu-Ray DVD-ROM
LITE-ON IDE DVD-Burner Combo
Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse
Logitech Z5500 5.1 THX Digital Audio
Intel Gigabit Ethernet
MS Windows XP Pro x64 SP2C 64-bit OS

crackinhedz · 06-08-2008, 02:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LEO8978

I was thinking about waiting for the BD50 from Panasonic, but I can pick up a BD30 for $386.00.

thats a pretty good price.

AlaskaDon · 06-08-2008, 03:45 AM

I don't think anyone has mentioned it yet, but the other consideration is if you are interested in the BD-Live features. If so, then the BD30 is not your best option as it's only profile 1.1

I have the 30 myself and love it, but I don't care at all about BD-Live. You may have other ideas

05-30-2008, 12:54 PM	#1
LEO8978 Junior Member Member since:May 2008 Location:NH	Bd30 Or Bd50??? Hi All, this is my first post, so I figured that "Newbie Discussion" would be the approprite place for my first question. I recently purchased my first Plasma display. It's the TH-46PZ85U from Panasonic. I'm loving it so far, but right now I only have HD cable from Comcast, so I'm not using the display to it's full potential. I have been researching BD players for some time now on this forum, which has been very informative. I plan on getting a BD player as well as a new receiver and speakers. I was thinking about waiting for the BD50 from Panasonic, but I can pick up a BD30 for $386.00. My question is, since the receiver I purchase will be able to decode the audio (probably Onkyo), would I really benefit at all by getting a BD50? What are your thoughts?

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05-30-2008, 02:27 PM	#2
blueforte Member Member since:Mar 2008 Trading Score:1	You can go ahead with BD30 at that price. If you are thinking of getting onkyo, Check this out. http://www.vanns.com/shop/servlet/it...0464#clearance

05-30-2008, 06:54 PM	#3
Dogslyf Active Member Member since:May 2008	You might want to consider a PS3 in light of that $100 gift card deal at Wal-Mart.

06-08-2008, 02:00 AM	#4
kennymo New Member Member since:Jun 2008	I've had the th-42pz85u for a few months now and its fantastic! the 1080i HD channels on Cablevision are great. I've had limited experience with blu-ray. I'm currently fooling around with a bd-rom through my PC and although its mainly working and I've enjoyed the Planet Earth series, I am either less impressed than I thought I would be or I haven't gotten everything set up right yet. I'll be posting more on this but I'm thinking about going with the stand-alone Panasonic Blu-ray player any way. I'm blown away with my Hi-Def ezperience so far and think I've made some good decisions but I so far think MY 1080P is not really 1080p cuz 1080i from my cable co. is at least as good. more later. good luck. my rig... ENERMAX Chakra ECA3052B Black ATX Mid-Tower Case ABS Tagan BZ800 ATX12V/EPS12V 800W 6 rails,64A Piperock Modular PSU ASUS P5LD2-VM REV2 mATX LGA775 Conroe DDR2 Mobo Intel® Core2Extreme x6800 Conroe CPU 2.93GHz OC'ed to 3.2GHz,1066FSB,LGA775,4MB L2 Cache 4GB Corsair PC6400 DDR2-800 Dual-Channel RAM GeForce 9800 GTX(G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI-E2.0 x16 Samsung SyncMaster 932BW LCD 2ms 1440x900 19"WS Panasonic TH_42PZ85U 42" Plasma 1080P HDTV Western Digital Raptor X 150GB 10K RPM 16MB Cache SATA HD 2 x 60GB Maxtor 7200RPM IDE ATA HDD IOMagic 320GB External USB HD LITE-ON SATA Blu-Ray DVD-ROM LITE-ON IDE DVD-Burner Combo Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse Logitech Z5500 5.1 THX Digital Audio Intel Gigabit Ethernet MS Windows XP Pro x64 SP2C 64-bit OS

06-08-2008, 03:45 AM	#6
AlaskaDon Special Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Tennessee Blu-ray collection:-	I don't think anyone has mentioned it yet, but the other consideration is if you are interested in the BD-Live features. If so, then the BD30 is not your best option as it's only profile 1.1 I have the 30 myself and love it, but I don't care at all about BD-Live. You may have other ideas

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