With its impressive feature set and fine picture performance, the Panasonic DMP-BD80 is undeniably one of the best Blu-ray players on the market, and although its full potential hasn't yet been realised, the addition of Viera Cast once again demonstrates Panasonic's desire to push Blu-ray technology forward into its Internet-enabled future.
But despite this, we do have to question why such a hefty premium was added for extra features that don't add a great deal to the user experience. The playback window is nice but hardly essential, and the audio improvements aren't significant enough to justify the cost. So unless 7.1-channel analogue outputs are absolutely imperative, you're better off saving yourself £100 and opting for the Panasonic DMP-BD60.Read full review
Overall
9/10
By Danny Phillips
Reviewed 22 March 2009
Updated 07 February 2011