The search for the best Blu-ray player will start most users at the most expensive devices. Devices that cost more than 10,000 Euros will be advertised, which are similar in appearance and weight to an adult AV receiver than a compact Blu-ray player. Their aim is to produce the best sound by all means of engineering.
Panasonic DMP-BDT500: Build
If a low-cost player is required, the searcher will already receive a device with a good image and many online and multimedia functions for 150 euros. The manufacturers save on these products, however, first at the processing and the analog tone.
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The brand new Panasonic DMP-BDT500 for 400 euros is a device that promises an ideal medium-distance of price and performance. He stands like far more expensive players on four massive feet. It has a solid and noble shimmering surface on the outside. And it has a solidly worked flap with aluminum insert hidden at its front, the disc drive, photo card slot and USB interface. From more affordable players like the Panasonic DMP-BDT220, it has the slightly light and thin disk tray.
Panasonic DMP-BDT500: Sound Quality
If the interested party finally screws the player, he gets an idea of why this player sounds better than cheaper models. In detail, this also depends on the High Clarity sound (referred to as high soundness in the screen menu). This is the ability of the player to disable unneeded parts of the central processor called UniPhier.
Panasonic DMP-BDT500: picture quality
If the user activates high soundness, the part that is responsible for the image output via the video output (CVBS) is deactivated. The high soundness plus setting switches off all parts that are responsible for image processing. So the TV remains black, so this mode is intended for playing audio CDs and music files over the network or from USB memories.
Good digital-to-analog converters are also required for the good analog sound. Panasonic relies on Burr-Brown converters that operate at a sampling frequency of 192 kHz with 32-bit accuracy. Four converters are installed in the player, which supply the eight channels of the 7.1 output. The result can be heard. The Panasonic sounds round and detailed. High Clarity Plus can easily beat this: This setting removes a thinnest veil from the music.
Also the digital sound output via HDMI has improved Panasonic. Jitter Purifier is the technology that is also used in the DMP-BDT220. HDMI is very vulnerable to the minimum clock fluctuations (jitter). However, an elaborate algorithm minimizes this clocking, resulting in a more accurate sound image.
Own development work is also in the three-stage Remaster-Algorithm, which tries to spice up sound sources. And tube fans can choose from six sounds. They simulate the artificially generated harmonic waves, based on the measurement of original tubes.
Audio friends will like the player. However, you do not have to worry about two small limitations: when you play music over the network, you can not rewind, and you need the necessary drive buttons to control CD playback directly on the player
Also in the picture processing section of the UniPhier is a lot of engineering performance. Missing color information, such as any Blu-ray, is intelligently calculated from the surrounding image points. Multi-stage filters minimize disturbing moiré effects. Web content is also used by the chip for more image details.
To prevent jerking, he tries to play back incorrectly encoded 24p movies in the original format. In 3D blurays, the user can also control the 3D depth. And 2D content lends it depth. The picture quality is unbeatable in this price class. The only downside is that the Panasonic does not play native movies in 24p from the home network or USB memory.
With WLAN, DLNA, Skype and a web portal, he also leaves nothing to be desired in terms of multimedia features (see also the test of the similar Panasonic DMP-BDT220 in VHV 4/12, pages 50/51)
Conclusion
The Panasonic DMP-BDT500 is not the player with the best sound quality. For this, his entire package is unbeatable and is therefore our new reference.
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