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The Panasonic DMP-BD45 is a rather dull-looking Blu-ray player but delivers excellent picture quality and crisp hi-def pictures. It's a pretty decent model for the price but in order to keep the costs down, Panasonic has omitted a number of key features such as access to BD Live, multichannel analogue ports, and an Ethernet terminal. By spending that little bit more, you could bag a model with more. However, the curious lack of BD Live functionality proves to be the BD45’s biggest obstacle. While we appreciate Panasonic’s attempts to cater for budget buyers, getting rid of BD Live altogether isn’t a wise move, even on an entry-level deck like this. Even if your feelings towards BD Live are ones of overwhelming indifference, buying a player without it is like cutting off your nose to spite your face. Our advice? Save up an extra £30 and bag yourself the DMP-BD65… Read full review

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By Danny Phillips
Reviewed 05 February 2010
Updated 02 May 2012

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Panasonic DMP-BD45 Blu-ray Player details

Design: 7/10
Features: 7/10
Performance: 9/10
Value: 7/10
Overall: 7/10

Pros & Cons

Pros

Very slim
Excellent picture quality
Crisp hi-def pictures

Cons

No Ethernet terminal
Slow to load discs
Lack of BD Live functionality

Price as reviewed

£85.10

Manufacturer

Panasonic

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10:00 AM on 5 February, 2010

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Where was it made? I bought a Panasonic 4 years ago that was made in Slovakia and it has turned out to be a reliability nightmare. Panasonic just isn't what it used to be in my view.

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My brother has the model 60 on a Samsung 5054 tv. We have looked at upconverted dvds. The video quality is nothing short of stunning. IMHO the video quality looks or beats the high def sattelite stations that I receive. He bought a BD disc, SWORDFISH. I was unimpressed with this disc's performance on this player. Hopefully in the near future he will purchase a more highly rated BD disc that rated very high on its video quality. As a upconverting machine however, you cannot beat it. I have no other comments to make about audio thru the optical output since his sub is on the fritz. Untested too by me is their virtual surround mode.

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10:47 AM on 5 February, 2010

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...or you could by the older DMP-DB60 ( I own one of these ) which is cheaper and by the looks of it is superior. Seen it on a few sites for £144.

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11:07 AM on 5 February, 2010

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Clarification on the BD Live issue from Panasonic: "Profile 2.0 is not mandatory, it is purely optional. Panasonic have always offered the highest specification on our players aimed at the film enthusiast. We were the 1st manufacturer to introduce Profile 2.0 players in the market, while many others were still selling Profile 1.1 models. The Blu-ray market has matured, and we feel the time is right to offer a product that will still offer high quality picture performance while achieving a price point that will be more attractive to the mass market. We would like to give even the casual movie viewer the opportunity to own a Panasonic Blu-ray Player."

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12:39 PM on 5 February, 2010

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Is anyone aware of any image processing differences bewtween the BD60 and BD65

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9:49 PM on 7 February, 2010

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No profile 2.0 and slow loading times? Sorry Panasonic but that just isn't good enough. For a similar price I picked up an LG390 with profile 2.0, faster loading times and superb picture quality.

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8:37 AM on 8 February, 2010

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bobsta , where did you get a BD390 for £170 ish ?

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12:35 PM on 8 February, 2010

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Hi Matthew. The LG390 was in stock at my local Tesco a couple of weeks ago for £169.99.

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