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Slow load, but once loaded it is a great unit and all the loading seams to happens only when you first load the disc.
So far I have not regretted my decision on this purchase. I formerly owned a Sony BDP s300 for over a year but after reading the many excellent reviews on this unit from CNET and Home Theater, I decided to sell my Sony and cop this fine unit. One more thing to add that the Sony didn't have, this machine has a memory if you stop it and shut it off---when you turn it back on, it'll go back to where you left off---no bookmarks needed here. And at just under $200--it's a steal. So far there's been no problem playing discs, BD or Standard, and in fact it does boot up a little faster than the Sony but where it stands out in is the sound quality and picture. I was amazed at the rich sound of this unit when I played "Amadeus-the Director's Cut" in BD on this machine.
The player started having serious problems playing BR disks by the second disk. Its kaput. Panasonic support hasn't even replied to my email send over a week ago.Caveat Emptor. I think its fair to offer my experience with the 30K. I am going to get an Oppo Blu-ray when it is released. Fine, but again I was annoyed that I had to spend nearly 3 months without a player when it was clear defective from the get go.Now, I have had the unit a year and a half, less with it actually working. Their support is good and their DVD player I own is excellent.
Well I did that and it didn't help at all so they had me send it an authorized repair shop half way across the country.(I was already a little annoyed since effectively they send me a defective unit, they should have ship me a new one and had me ship mine back to them and taken the repair on their shoulders).Then I had to jump through hoops to prove that this was all authorized within the first 30 days of owning it as they didn't want to repair it on their own dime. The cable was ruled out, as I tested a few and also tested on another player. It would occasionally show only a red picture and after shutting down and restarting a few times it would finally work. I had called support to log the issue in the first 5 days. Just before this it had given us grief for about a month talking directly to a Pan plasma bought at the same time, both are HDMI-CEC.
I bought my 30K in Nov 07 when it first was released directly from Panasonic Direct. It won't recognize any disk, be it blu-ray or DVD. Eventually they owned up and fixed the unit.The repair slip said that the transport was bad and was replaced. I called Pan's support and they tried to get me upgrade the firmware. I had the RMA within 15 days and the rest was shipping related delays due to the holidays.
The upconversion from SD dvd's is amazing and the Blu-rays look out of this world.The only complaint I have is that the remote is not backlit and when you are watching TV in the dark it can become annoying.Overall, I would definitely recommend this player to anyone looking to buy a stand-alone. i would say that it takes about 15 seconds to get going, which is not bad at all. I have owned this for two months and have nothing but good thigns to say about it. Load/start-up time is MUCH quicker than my other blu-ray player (Samsung BDP1400) and from what I have read, much quicker than most blu-ray players.
Returned unit for credit and bought the newer version Panasonic bd35k from costco. It would not read any discs it would cycle and never play the discs. So far this unit is working great. Product worked for one day. It then would not work the second day.
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