Comments on: Panasonic DMP BD60 Blu Ray Player Review

By: Brett

Brett — Wed, 05 May 2010 12:10:12 +0000

I bought the DMP-BD60 because I like Panasonic’s reknowned reliability and quality. I’ve owned Panasonic equipment all my life and everything’s worked for 20 years + just like the day I bought it (before upgrading of course). I’ve always given my old Panasonic gadgets away to others because I’ve upgraded and the existing stuff worked too perfectly to just throw it away. I’ve had Panasonic CD players, DVD players, TV’s, head units for cars and do not have one complaint. Their equipment is user friendly, high quality and it’s made to last a life time. When I first hooked the blu-ray player up to my 42 inch 720p Panasonic Viera Plasma TV, I was blown away by the picture and sound quality. I’ve got a pair of Sony $60 (Australian) headphones and the BD sound quality through those is very clear.

When it comes to TV’s and players don’t buy other brands of crap, such as LG or Samsung as they’re generic rubbish. The quality is less than Panasonic and the picture quality is not up to scratch as well.

By: Turner12

Turner12 — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:18:47 +0000

Stay Away!

This Blu Ray player wasn’t even worth the cheap price we paid for it! We wanted a back up Blu Ray player for the kids so we bought this one for $140 or so. It worked for 2 weeks before it began freezing up. Then, the TV wouldn’t recognize the connection and we determined the HDMI port on the player was faulty.

I returned the player to Panasonic. One week later, I called to get a status update and was told they never received it. One call to FedEx proved that wasn’t the case so I called again. This time, the rep told me they had received it but hadn’t assigned a technician to work on it yet. I was furious they had it for a week and hadn’t done a thing yet. My doorbell rang so I hung up and went to the door. The UPS man handed me a box from Panasonic. Imagine my surprise when I opened it to find my Blu Ray player. I was actually happy the idiots in customer service were wrong and I immediately hooked up the player for the kids.

Now, it wouldn’t even turn on. This has been a great learning experience for me. Not only will I never again buy from Panasonic, but I will stick to real electronic companies who care about customer service.

By: alstein

alstein — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:55:53 +0000

I had an issue with the player sometimes “freezing up” in the middle of a movie. Once I upgraded the firmware the problem disappeared. The latest firmware version is 2.2 release 11/30/09.

By: dave Loftus

dave Loftus — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:58:46 +0000

I also have the same problem that the unit frezzes up sometimes in the middle of a movie. Only way to get it to work is do a hard shut down and then restart the movie again.
Anyobe have a answer??

By: Jim Durkin

Jim Durkin — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:18:47 +0000

My player freezes up on occasion, it’s not the disc’s, ran a quality scan on all disc’s and they were fine, also they all played in other players, some people on Amazon board had this problem, and is supposed to be linked to the firmware. the latest is 2.2 I believe.Has anyone else had this problem?

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:02:51 +0000

I bought this when my 37″ Olevia LCD went out on me after 2 years. Thought I would go with a name brand TV this time. I too was looking for LCD’s but noticed how much better the picture was on the Panasonic Plasma’s. The price wasn’t much different either. I settled on the TC-P42S1 and absolutely love it. It was an easy setup and it has many features you can tweak to make the picture perfect for your room.

By: David

David — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:41:10 +0000

I have been shopping for a Blu-ray for a while. read so many things about the manufactures,firmware updates, you have to do out of the box,I was so confussed! Ordered my Pany BD60 on line, read the book and it is easy as plug+play!! 1st. two BD’s were Australia + Black Knight.No problems!! Of course a little bit getting used to than DVD. But getting the hang of it. This has been a great 1st experience!!

I also get great 6.1 thru optical,Older Techics AV reciever,And Definitve speakers. I’m Happy..

By: TiagoCT

TiagoCT — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:44:02 +0000

Hey everyone,

I’m thinking of buying this blu-ray player, I only have one problem
with it…
I’m well aware that it doesn’t have Analog 5.1 or 7.1 Audio Outputs,
but can it Output 5.1 anyway using the Optical Audio Out?

That’s my only concern, because I think the BD80 is not worth it
only because it has 7.1 Analog Output. I would rather buy BD60
and then buy a Set of 5.1 Speakers with Optical Audio Input.

Thanks in Advance.

By: blu-ray player reviews

blu-ray player reviews — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:42:31 +0000

Great sound and picture quality. Super features at low price.Thats blu-ray.

By: Richard Reynolds

Richard Reynolds — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:29:49 +0000

Consider the BD80 if you have an ONKYO Receiver.
I have an ONKYO TX_SR806 Receiver. It would not pass the HDMI video signal from the Panasonic DMP-BD60 Blu-Ray Player to my Sony TV. However, the HDMI video worked directly with the TV. I tried many combinations (pass through, direct mode, different on/off sequencing). Panasonic said it was Onkyo’s fault; Onkyo said it was Panasonic. I upgraded to the Panasonic DMP-BD80 so I could pass the Dolby-HD sound to my receiver via the analog 7-channel audio and the 1080p directly to my TV via HDMI.