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Panasonic DMP-BD35 Blu-ray Player Review

Author Danny Phillips
Published 6th Sep 2008
Manufacturer Panasonic
Price £260.87 (Exc VAT)
as reviewed £300.00 (Inc VAT)
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Design Score 8 for Design
Features Score 9 for Features
Performance Score 9 for Performance
Value Score 9 for Value
Overall Score 9 for Overall
Panasonic DMP-BD35 Blu-ray Player
award recommended

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The BD35 also performs well with the Silicon Optix Blu-ray HD HQV Benchmark disc, resolving the black and white lines flawlessly in the film and video resolution loss tests, as well as keeping jaggies to a minimum on rotating bars (hats off to P4HD) and resolving the tiny seats in the panning stadium shot with minimal flickering.


We weren’t quite as enamoured by the BD35 as a DVD upscaler though – the opening scenes of Seven look a tad hazy and fidgety (particularly Morgan Freeman’s textured bed sheet) and edges look jagged. Switching to the more recent Lord of the Rings disc, we got more of the same, which is a surprise given Panasonic’s past upscaling accomplishments with this disc.

But it’s all positive on the sound quality front. We paired the BD35 with Panasonic’s SA-BX500 receiver and kicked back with Resident Evil: Extinction’s Dolby True HD soundtrack and were swallowed up by a clear, detailed soundstage that quite frankly took our breath away. Music from the analogue outputs is also distinct and well-balanced.

Verdict

The DMP-BD35 shows Blu-ray at its very best, not only in terms of picture quality – which is absolutely sensational, by the way – but also in terms of sound, features and all-round usability. DVD playback is a touch disappointing but in all other respects, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better Blu-ray player for this sort of money.

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comment bikehorn said on 28th December 2008

I just bought one of these players today after reading many positive reviews. The first thing I watched(On a 52" Samsung Series 5 LCD) was BBC Planet Earth, the "Pole to ... more

comment Ing said on 14th February 2009

Does anyone know whether this player is compatible to other AV system. My old Panasonic Av system (SA-HE7)can't interpret the sound from the machine and only shown stereo rath... more

comment w lupton said on 19th February 2009

hi all new here i have got a pioneer kuro 42" and in process of getting sky hd we have a pioneer surround system dcs575 i think it is can i use this player to hook up to it fo... more

comment Bagpuss said on 8th July 2009

@Ing I've got this player and I have it hooked up to my Pioneer via the optical link and its works just fine.

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