After six weeks of use, I can recommend the Panasonic DMP BD80 to anyone looking for a terrific Blu Ray player with 7.1 Analog output. I had waited for the price to come down on a full function Blu Ray player that would alow me to have 5.1 and 7.1 Surround Sound via my non-HDMI Yamaha 7.1 channel receiver and this was the answer. Great PQ and fantastic audio with all of the current Dolby Digital and DTS features. As mentioned in other reviews, this is a slow loading puppy but with the qreat performance in the video and sound departments, that's not a problem for me. Upconversion of standard discs is as good as I've seen on any player. Five stars for sure.
I must agree that the Panasonic Customer service is pretty lame, but the machine is great. It's Profile 2 and firmware updates via the net are probably super easy via an Ethernet connection (I don't have one) but it's also fairly easy to download the updates via the Panasonic website and burn them to a CD for installation from disc (which is how I do it). Don't count on Panasonic mailing you an update disc, if I had waited for the promised disc via the mail, I would still be waiting.
Great machine and the price is now in the $250 range.Get more detail about Panasonic DMP-BD80 High Clarity Audio Blu-ray Disc Player, Black.
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