subject: Panasonic Dmp-bdt220 Reviews [print this page] Before I purchased this Panasonic DMP-BDT220 WiFi Blu-Ray DVD Player, I had researched nearly every player accessible available. There's a heap to pick from, but I wished to find the player that had the best all-around features, and a great price that would work my budget. And once wanting at a dozen or thus totally different players, I concluded that this Panasonic player was the best choose in its worth vary. Other players, have various alternative choices, a varied quantity of output connections, and may specify on-board memory configurations, etc. Whereas this player does not specify the memory quantity, it seems to be sufficient enough to load streaming media (like Netflix, Amazon Video or Hulu Plus and play it back while not any hesitation or pauses.
When receiving the player, I hooked it up, and it worked perfectly right from the beginning. Found my WiFi network while not any problems. I entered the safety password information and it had been connected to my WiFi network and my Internet connection in seconds. Even configured itself with connecting to my other devices and PCs on my network conjointly without any problems. I did not have to enter any network address configurations or anything except for the router/network access password. I was ready to instantly see the pictures and videos on my shared PCs on my home network.
I use this for my Netflix streaming and it works nice with no problems at all. And there's no lag time between the apps selection beneath the Internet portion of the player, however which may be as a result of I'm using this on a reasonably high-speed 10/2 broadband association.
I've conjointly used several of the other Internet apps on the player, and they all worked great still.
The Pros of this player is that it worked perfectly right out of the box, and it absolutely was a snap to setup, connect to the Internet through my WiFi network, and very straightforward to tell it to automatically download and update the firmware. This could additionally be done by downloading the firmware file from a laptop and putting it on a CD-ROM or a flash drive, and then inserting that into the player, and therefore the player will then see it, and automatically update the firmware.
The solely Cons of this player, if one at all, would be that it lacks a second HDMI or Component HD affiliation on the back of the player, however on behalf of me, that wasn't a downside, as I connected this player, using the HDMI affiliation, on to my HDTV. It does supply conjointly an optical digital audio out affiliation, that I actually have connected to my Sony seven.one Home Theater System, and it works perfectly. Blu-Ray movies look and sound GREAT!!
ALL IN ALL, I assume this is a terrific WiFi Player from Panasonic and that i suppose anyone would be terribly satisfied with this player. I apprehend I am. And doing a lot of analysis before I purchased this did facilitate in selecting a terribly good player. I assume it's the best WiFi Blu-Ray player in its price class.
One last suggestion though, is to buy a color calibration DVD, that is accessible on Amazon, to calibrate or re-calibrate your TV using the Blu-ray Player. This can assure you that your television is ready correctly, for not solely color, however additionally for hue, brightness and contrast further.