Panasonic DMP-BD75 Ultra-Fast Booting Price Review

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96 of 99 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of five stars Easy to use, DLNA takes many work, March 13, 2011
By Dr. Woo (Schnecksville, PA USA) See all my reviews This review is from: Panasonic DMP BD75 Ultra Fast Booting Blu ray Disc Player (Electronics) I have been waiting for this Blu ray player since it was declared in January, bought this to use with my Panasonic VIERA TV set. VIERA link is the major reason I bought this it is for our exercise room, and my wife hates all the remotes. Great as a basic DVD/blu ray player. Pop in a DVD, TV turns on, and sets the correct input. As well, one button selection of Netflix works great, and the new Netflix interface will include search. On screen interface is nice and easy to use. As will all new players, only has HDMI and composite video connectors, but single HDMI for video and audio is nice and is needed for VIERA link.

Only reason for the four stars is DLNA (which in not just an issue with this device). Writing this in the hopes of saving at least one person the hours I spent setting this up. 1st, with my Windows seven PC, the device was able to see and play the Windows Media Center .Wtv files (I have a TV tuner card in my PC), so you may be able to record shows on your PC and watch them on this player in another room. Compatibility with .Wtv files wasn’t mentioned in the manual, nor by Panasonic online support. Panasonic support also said that .Mkv files could only play via a disk or the usb, but many of my .Mkv files on my PC did play using DLNA (for many reason, only the files with an part percentage of 1024X576 or higher will play). Decided I needed a media server.

After trying Tversity, Playon, and Serviio, none of which could work with the DMP BD75, I installed Mezzmo on my PC. Worked like a champ! The player sees all the files on my PC and they play flawlessly over my home network.

Remote will only control TV volume, power, and input, if you switch to TV, you must switch remotes. Do not know why in TV mode the number keys could not function to enter a channel number. Still, the remote will control all disc functions, Netflix, and all my video files via DLNA. One thing with the remote and VIERA link, the big power button turns on the player and will also turn on the TV simultaneously. But, when you power down, using the big power button only turns off the player (which does seem right, you may want to leave the TV on). There’s a second power button for the TV. If you turn off that button, both with shut down.

Overall, for just under $100 you can not go wrong. And if you are not interested in DLNA or 3D, then this could be a five star player.

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41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of five stars Gorgeous Blu ray picture and Netflix streaming, April 16, 2011
By L. Anderson “vintage rocker” (Cape Cod, MA) See all my reviews
(REAL NAME) This review is from: Panasonic DMP BD75 Ultra Fast Booting Blu ray Disc Player (Electronics) I have had this Bd75 for about a month now. When I 1st received it , I had problems. I primarily got this unit so I could stream Netflix movies, and wanted to have a Blu ray player to connect to my Panasonic TC L42U22 1080p LCD TV.
When the player chose to work, I has been overwhelmed by the great picture quality of this TV/Blu ray combo. But, the Bd75 had bugs, and if you are like me, if something does not work as it should right out of the box, chances are things are only going to get worse.
I decided that the Bd75 was so good at streaming Netflix movies that I could keep it, bugs and all.
Now for the really good news. I turned the unit on some days ago, and had a on screen message that there was a firmware update available. Variant 1.19 I let it download. It restarts itself after the download, and since then, NO bugs, freeze ups, or any other problems.
If this firmware update does its job, then this Bd75 player will be a steal at the $99.00 it sells for.

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73 of 82 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of five stars do not purchase This for Video on Demand, March 30, 2011
By bobfromholland See all my reviews () This review is from: Panasonic DMP BD75 Ultra Fast Booting Blu ray Disc Player (Electronics) Panasonic says this player will not support Video on Demand as it doesn’t have VIERA Cast capability. There’s now no firmware update and they told me they do not expect to add this feature at some point either. It does support Netflix streaming.

I have since returned the DMP BD75 and bought a Panasonic DMP BD65 with VIERA Cast. The DMP BD65 works great and streams Video on Demand.

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