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As if the recent developments in the competition between the HD-DVD and Blu-ray formats didn’t offer enough arguments, Panasonic is introducing the Blu-ray player DMP-BD30 for first time buyers, together with two great films on Blu-ray discs. Namely, the titles “Ratatouille” and “Cars” in a limited special edition. The top films will really come to life with the new Panasonic player. The newly developed UniPhier processor, as well as the 1080/24p replay, will display these and other films in their original form at 24 pictures per second on a properly equipped television screen. The new processor unites the PHL Refrence Chroma Processor for colour separation with the P4HD picture editing, where 60 pixels instead of 16 are used, in order to assess each pixel.
The movement detection of the new Blu-ray player is based in 16 steps and should deliver a clear, sharp picture even during fast movements. The Blu-ray player is available in March for around £375, which is notibly cheaper than any other Blu-ray on the market today, including the Sony BDP-S1 and Panasonic DMP-BD10. Naturally the player offers a HDMI port and supports the picture-in-picture function, that makes it possible to view background material while watching a film. A 192 kHz/ 24 bit D/A converter, as well as bitstream output in the HD sound format Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby True HD and DTS-HD provide for a clean and proper sound. If you would rather play a SD memory card from your digital camcorder, instead of a Blu-ray disc, then the necessary card slot is also available. The standard DVD and CD formats such as MP3, JPEG and DivX don’t have to feel neglected, as they are not only included, but every format can be optimised using an Upscaling function.
