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Originally Posted by Ruined
My guess is qualitywise they will probably be the same. It will likely boil down to functionality like the speed of the player and the way the remote feels, as well as price.
I utterly loved the BD30 remote, so I see that as a positive for the BD50. Also, the BD30 had better DVD upscaling than the S500, so unless Sony switches up its upscaling technology the BD50 will likely have better upscaling than the S500. On the other hand, IIRC the Sony had an option to output DVD by default at 480i while the Panasonic did not - which may be important if you use an external processor.
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Thanks for the info.
Yeah this is what I was thinking as well, they are both going to be well made players. And about the only negative I see with the Sony is that it won't be available until August. Any idea of when the BD50 might be available?
With my Denon pre/pro arriving sometime next month, I hope to have a new Blu-ray player in place not too long after that. Too bad it's not yet available as I'd get one now. But like my AVP I just have to wait until they release it.
Re the up-conversion, well for standard DVD playback I will be using my Toshiba XA2. And I'll be using the Denon AVP's HQV Realta processing anyway, so no biggie there. So if the Panasonic BD50 is indeed free of the LFE bug, this may be my best choice.
I'm curious, how long of a load time should the new BD50 have on Blu-ray movies with extensive use of BD-Java? What's the current BD30 like in that department?
Seth