Thursday, February 23, 2012

Panasonic DMP-BDT210 Integrated-Wi-Fi 3D Blu-ray DVD Player

Panasonic DMP-BDT210 Integrated-Wi-Fi 3D Blu-ray DVD Player

Product Details

  • Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 17 x 1.4 inches ; 3.5 pounds
  • Shipping Weight: 3.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
  • Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
  • ASIN: B004G8HXXO
  • Item model number: DMP-BDT210
  • Batteries: 2 AA batteries required.

List Price : $200.00
Price : $97.56
Panasonic DMP-BDT210 Integrated-Wi-Fi 3D Blu-ray DVD Player

Product Description


Amazon.com Product Description
3D Technology Checklist
This product is 3D-related. To help you get a great 3D experience, use the checklist below to ensure you have everything you need. 3D viewing requires:
A DisplayFirst, you'll need a 3D-ready display--whether it's a 3D HDTV, 3D projector, or 3D computer monitor. These displays have more processing power than standard 2D models for displaying 3D images in rapid succession.
A SourceYour display may be ready for 3D playback, but you'll still need a device to read 3D content. This can be a cable box with a subscription to a 3D channel, a 3D Blu-ray Disc player, or a PlayStation 3 system.
3D Content3D content--the actual entertainment, in other words--will be played back using the source mentioned above, whether it's a 3D broadcast from your cable provider, a 3D Blu-ray Disc, or a 3D video game.
3D GlassesFor now, the vast majority of 3D HDTVs require glasses for 3D viewing. Many use powered "active shutter" glasses, others polarized "passive" glasses. You'll need one pair per viewer, and they'll have to be compatible with your display, whether they're the same brand, or a pair of "universal" glasses designed to work across brands.
HDMI CableTo connect your source (such as a 3D Blu-ray Disc player) to your display, you'll need a high-speed HDMI cable. Cables with this designation feature bandwidth speeds up to 10.2 Gbps (gigabits per second), for carrying the 3D signal without any loss of quality.
If you want to get more information about 3D, shop our 3D products, watch videos, or interact with other customers, we invite you to visit 3D 101, our customer center about everything 3D.
Internet-Ready Television
Internet-ready TVs use your broadband connection to deliver dynamic content, whether it's streaming video from Netflix, new music from Pandora, or a quick glance at today's weather forecast.
Although there is overlap, each manufacturer offers a unique bundle of free or paid services, including streaming video and music, social networking apps, online photo galleries, news and financial updates, weather info, sports scores, and a variety of other smartphone-like applications.
Manufacturers continue to add new content to their offerings, keeping customers current through firmware updates, and making a bit of research a prudent step in your buying decision.
Learn more about Internet TVs, how they work, what services are offered by different manufacturers, and exactly what you'll need to get started at our Internet TV 101 customer center.
(March 2011)
Step into the 3D World. Watch 3D movies at home with Full HD 3D technology with the DMP-BDT210.
FULL HD 3D Blu-ray Disc Playback
Advanced 2D image technology accumulated over the years at the Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory (PHL) has also been applied to 3D image playback, allowing high quality images to approach original film quality. Life-like 3D images with dramatic leaping effects and enhanced depth, luster and texture are beautifully reproduced.

2D-3D Conversion
The 2D-3D Conversion makes it possible to convert images from DVDs and Blu-ray Discs into 3D with natural depth perception. This allows you to watch your prized DVD movie collection in 3D with real-life depth, for even greater viewing enjoyment.
3D Effect Controller
The 3D Effect Controller lets you moderate the leaping effects of 3D images. It also lets you adjust the amount of depth so you can view expansive images and enjoy movies with the exact kind of 3D effects you want.
Touch-Free Sensor
A motion sensor is now provided on the top panel of the Blu-ray Disc player. The disc tray can be opened or closed by simply passing your hand over the sensor. This is very useful when your hands are full or when you're in a dark room and can't see the buttons clearly.
Original Panasonic Blu-ray Disc Player Product Features

Quick access to the menu screen
You can instantly access the Skype menu screen by simply pressing the Skype button on the remote control. This is very handy because it lets you easily access the menu screen even while you're watching a TV program or movie.
Incoming Ringtones
While watching a TV program or movie, a ringtone from the player tells you that you have a call. The ringtone also rings during standby mode. The incoming call cannot be received during Blu-ray Disc playback
Auto Answering Video Message
Record an original message onto an SD Memory Card and set it as your answering voice message. The message will respond automatically when you receive a phone call while you're away. SD card not included Minimum 512MB SD card required
Video Mail Recording
Callers can also record messages for you onto the SD Memory Card, so you can confirm the messages when you return home.
VIERA CAST
VIERA CAST has been further enhanced with CinemaNow and VUDU, which allow you to stream movies. You can also access other content from the special VIERA CAST screen. And you can check weather and stock information on other sites.
DLNA / Wi-Fi Ready
Connect a DLNA-compatible VIERA and DLNA-compatible AV equipment to your home network, and you can watch movies, listen to music, and view photos from any room in the house. VIERA's Wi-Fi capability gives you even more layout flexibility.
Panasonic Blu-ray Remote 2011
Panasonic Blu-ray Remote 2011 is a remote controller app for your iPhone or iPod touch to control select Panasonic Blu-ray Disc players over your Wi-Fi network. You can even launch VIERA CAST, Netflix, and Skype directly. Learn more about the Panasonic Blu-ray Remote 2011 app.


Select Specifications
Supported Formats
BD-ROM:
FULL HD 3D BD, BD-Video
BD-RE / BD-RE DL:
Version 3, JPEG/MPO
BD-R/BD-R DL:
Version 2, MKV
DVD-ROM:
DVD Video
DVD-RAM:
DVD-VR, JPEG, AVCHD
DVD-R/-RW/-R(DL) Playback:
DVD Video, DVD-VR, AVCHD, JPEG/ MP3/MPO (DVD-R/ DVD-R DL ), MKV (DVD-R/ DVD-R DL )
+R/+R(DL)/+RW Playback:
Video, AVCHD
CD:
CD-DA
CD-R/-RW:
CD-DA, MP3 6, JPEG / MPO, MKV
SD Memory Card:
SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card
USB:
JPEG /MPO, MP3, MKV
Input/Output
HDMI (Output):
1
USB Port):
2 (Front, Rear)
Video Out:
Yes
Analog Audio Out:
2ch
SD Memory Card Slot:
Yes
Ethernet:
Yes (for BD-Live, VIERA CAST and Firmware Update)
Weight and Dimensions
Dimensions (WxHxD):
16-15/16" x 1-7/16" x 7-1/16""
Weight:
3.52 lbs
What's in the Box
Panasonic DMP-BDT210, Remote Control With Two AA Batteries, User's Manual
Internet-ready TVs use your broadband connection to deliver dynamic content, whether it's streaming video from Netflix, new music from Pandora, or a quick glance at today's weather forecast.
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Panasonic DMP-BDT210 Integrated-Wi-Fi 3D Blu-ray DVD Player

 

Technical Details

  • SKYPE video calls, compatible only with Panasonic Cameras
  • Wi-Fi Built-in
  • Touch-Free Sensor
  • 3D Effect Controller
  • Auto Answering Video Message
Panasonic DMP-BDT210 Integrated-Wi-Fi 3D Blu-ray DVD Player

Customer Reviews


To give a frame of reference, I replaced a Panasonic BD35 with this Panasonic DMP-BDT210 it is hooked to a Sony HD AV 7.1 receiver and to a Panasonic 50" Plasma TV, and I have a LinkSys Wireless Router (802.11n).
It arrived today and I opened the box at about 6PM, ready for what I expected was going to a long night, just seems to usually work out that way these days, figured it would be issues with getting it on the network, so I started in.
Nothing tricky for my hook-up, just one HDMI connection to the receiver and I used the one that was there from the BD35, and the power cord, that was it for wires.
Put the batts (supplied) in the remote and turned it on, pops up quickly to an Easy Set-Up menu that you can get through in a few seconds and start playing Blu-ray DVD's. I wanted to hook it to the network and I always like to look around at the options, so I opted to go to the other set-up menu.
The Easy Set-up takes you to the option to set up a network connection, if you are not going to use the network features you can just pick no and you are ready to watch a Blu-ray movie. I opted to set-up the network and this is what I thought was going to be the hard part, it asked, wired or wireless, I picked wireless, it found my network in about 15 seconds and put the name on the screen, I picked it and it knew it was a secure/encrypted network connection so it asked for the password, and put up a keyboard to put it in.
Once I gave it the password it started trying to connect to the network, a screen pops up with a number of pass/fail tests it is running, that took another 15 seconds to pass them all.
The rest of set-up can be skipped for the most part depending on your connection to the TV or in my case the player to the receiver and receiver to the TV through HDMI connections, so it knew the capabilities of the TV and set everything right.
If you want to more personalize it or need to set the screen size (standard/wide) then Set-Up offers that an a number of other options, like parental control, the display brightness, a number of audio options and 3D and 2D video options, all in all very nice set of options and again, most never need be messed with if you don't want to, it attempts to optimize itself. (Also, no matter how bad you mess it it, you can just tell it to go back to factory settings and do it again)
After spending about 5 minutes in set-up doing the network and looking around I had to pop in a disc and see how it looked and sounded. I did not really expect a noticable difference from my old one in picture and sound, and perhaps it is just percerption, but both seemed better to me.
However what you notice first is the speed it loads the disc, it is very fast. The BD35 was slow, so slow I would rather watch a bad movie than change discs, I had put in Tron 3D as the first test, killer, video and audio, and effects. Next, I put in Tron in 2D and tried the 2D to 3D, interesting and effective, looked pretty good but I am not a big 3D fan. There are also settings the change the 3D effects.
Next, I went to 2D and again the audio and video were just outstanding, not that the old one was bad at all, this was just better, enough to notice. So for picture and sound it is 5 stars all the way for the price.
The menu navigation is very clean and easy to follow while in the Panasonic menus, and very fast, navigating the disc is also fast, more that quick enough to make those options worth it. So overall navigation and easy of use I have to also give a 5.
Now for something I had not tried before on my TV other than Pay-Per-View via cable, I hit the VeraCast and there was YouTube, Amazon, NetFlix, VuDu, and a bunch of others. I tried out Amazon first and watched a free show, no issues at all. It played perfectly, no picture snags, stops, buffering, audio dropouts, it played as well as from the cable box. Same for NetFlix, the stuff all played fine.
I did notice sluggish menus while on the Internet Movie sites, it was clear that it was not the unit but the sites, and even then by sluggish I mean a few seconds delay on some selections, not like my old unit were somethings could take a few minutes.
So 5 stars on the internet movie, tv, and information features.
I guess no review would be complete with a unit with the ability to wave your hand over the top of the player to open and close the drawer, so here is its honorable mention, it works.
Well my prediction of spending half the night (3 hours) was correct, but it was not in getting it to work, it was watching YouTube and Amazon video's, and parts of a number of movies. A very enjoyable evening.
Overall I give this a solid 5, there was nothing I could find to knock it down, it was easy to set up, easy to use, and outstanding performance and features.
Panasonic DMP-BDT210 Integrated-Wi-Fi 3D Blu-ray DVD Player

I bought this hoping Netflix would work as well as being an awesome blu-ray player. When I got it, the blu-ray player worked flawlessly...the Netflix however did not. I was kind of bummed because it had the same issue many of the reviewers here had posted about, so I felt like the warning signs were there. I did the typical thing and called Panasonic, they said they were going to work on it. I took their words as just that, words. Words of Panasonic saying something that would never come to fruition. I was wrong. Today I received an email response to my complaint saying they released a new patch for Netflix with a new firmware update. Version 1.63. I went home, skeptical, updated, and "skadouche", it works. Awesome.
With everything working, it being wireless (built in), and plays disc with minimal load time and zero disc noise, I highly recommend this player.
It has a Netflix button on the remote, and now it has purpose. I felt it my duty to come post about the new firmware update to help future buyers purchase with peace of mind.

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