The Panasonic DMP-BD10 Review Thread -v. 2.4 Firmware available now-

[Chris Beveridge]

Thanks for the thoughts and the confirm. If I knew whether the Sony would display codecs or not, I'd be able to make a decision now of what to buy.

The June launch has been talked about as a stopgap measure in a number of circles and it's pretty apparent based on software alone. Sony didn't have that much really ready or many players to test it against and the lack of product from other distributors besides lionsgate for awhile kept the idea that Q4 is where it will all really begin.

It can be called "moving the goalpost", but in the long run - or hell, by january - this past June will not be a memory for me anymore. I'll have a choice of a number of solid players and lots of great looking software.

I do hope that HD Digest does go back and re-evaluate with the Panny though; they did it for HD DVD when the TrueHD upgrade came out. They should do it with a better player here.