Pioneer 320 or Panasonic BD60?

[Vor4]

I was reading some of your posts and it seems that you can't decided on a bluray player for almost a year.

The Panasonic DMP-BD60 and Pioneer BDP-320 are in two different catergories.
BD60: Entry level
BDP-320: Mid-range

The freezing problem in the Panasonic has been caused by a firmware update and Panasonic does not know how to fix it. With my experience with the BD60, the blu-ray tray caused some discs to viberate, some dvds froze on it, and the fan on it was probably the loudest fan of all standalone blu-ray players. Thank goodness I sold my BD60 on ebay before the firmware update that caused movies to freeze for a few seconds.

The Pioneer BDP-320 is a very solid blu-ray player, but it has the longest loading times of any current generation blu-ray player on market. The dvd layer change on it can last up to 3 seconds. It has slow bootup process and slow disc format recognition.

I would probably recommend the Sony BDP-S360 (under $250), JVC XV-BP1 (under $250), or the Oppo BDP-83 ($500) if you have use for most of its features.

If you have a tv that the screen size is under 40 inches you'll may not notice a difference between blu-ray and dvd.