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Something funny I noticed over at AVSFORUM, it appears every single bug that hits the $499 BD30 also affects the $999 Denon BT-2500 in exactly the same way. While other brand players have their own different bugs, every bug unique to the Panasonic BD30 is shared by the Denon BT-2500 in an identical fashion.

That being said, it is most likely that these players share a decent amount of circuitry, if not most of their circuitry. With that being said and the Denon BT-2500 lacking any sort of special video processor (only the $2k denon has this), what exactly makes the Denon worth $500 more? A nicer chassis? You could argue build quality but even if you buy a Panasonic BD30 and it breaks, you could throw it away and buy a brand new 2nd BD30 without exceeding the price of the Denon. Better DACs is irrelevant here since all the D/A conversion is done outside the player these days - especially in the Denon which has all digital output.

To me the BT-2500 looks more like a money-making opportunity for Denon than it looks like any great benefit to their consumers. But, if someone has a tangible argument for why it is better now that it seems it and the BD30 are brothers, I'm all for hearing it. After all their might be some part swap-out that might make a significant difference, I'm just wondering exactly which part that might be.