Panasonic DMP-BD35 Blu-Ray Player

So it was my husbands birthday when I found this great priced Panasonic DMP-BD35 Blu-Ray. He's been asking for one for the longest so I figured this was going to be the perfect gift for him. Well, his sister came by and bought him a Playstation 3 so it's obvious which on he kept. I called "We do better deals" to see about getting a return label and such and they were like "We have a no excuse policy" I was like "HuH???" They were assuming that I had purchased this used it and then decided to return it. I had advised them that I had purchased this only a week ago and the reason. The customer service rep "FRED" started arguing with me. He told me flat out "NO!" I reported them to the Better Business Beurue and guess what they got rated on there site? an "F"! This was my mistake because next time, I'm not going to go by the reviews on Ebay. I'm actually going to furthur investigate before I purchase anything. Please don't buy anything from there. I don't know how they stay in buisness.

Incredible sound. Play's all Blurays with out a hitch. One of the best picture quality I have seen to date. And for upconverting Reg DVD'S, You would be shocked as to how good they look. This is a must have Bluray Player.

item was said to have been refurbished to new condition: not true at all.
the item was dirty, and it has a defect that I am sure the 3 months warrantee will miss all the time: the player after 5 to 15 minutes has a few instances of the screen going blank for a second, then the player has no issue for the rest of the movies. It is not critical but annoying.
Sending the item for repair is not worth the money since in the end the item will be as costly as a new one (shipping cost) and yet it will not be like a new one. In conclusion, stay away from panasonic refurbished

Purchased this remanufactured product. The picture quality is POOR compared to my digital cable box. I receive as good a picture on regular DVD's. Having to return unit to Panasonic for warranty work. What an expensive price to pay.

I researched BluRay players for a while, and almost bought a PS3 based on rave reviews. Since BluRay players have come down in price significantly, the PS3 isn't the value it once was unless you definately play PS3 games.. I just don't have that kind of time anymore..

This Panasonic BD35 has received consistently high reviews from all sites. I have to say, those reviews are right.

I hooked up my standard progressive scan Panasonic DVD player and this BluRay player to my Panasonic AX200u projector and threw Kung fu Panda into the regular DVD player and displayed it on my 106" projection screen. It just looked OK comming from the standard DVD player via component cables and stretched to 106". It looked much better on my 42" plasma on standard DVD.

Next I put the same standard DVD into the BD35 BluRay player connected to the same projector over HDMI and the upconversion is really amazing. Honestly I was expecting to really have to look hard to tell if there was a difference between the two since I have a decent standard DVD player, since many forums say that upconversion is just a sales tactic or doens't do much for video quality at all, but I knew at first glance the BD35 had significantly better video quality. The colors were significantly better and brighter, but most importantly, the jaggy edges and other artifacts had almost disappeared. The picutre was much smother and more detailed from the BD35.

I did the same test with a few other standard DVD's like Twilight, Tombstone, Lord of the Rings, and same result.. I easily noticed a better, crisper, and more detailed image through the BD35.

To my suprise, there is a very large difference between playing standard DVD's on a regular player and this upconverting BD35. It's still not the quality of a BluRay image I've seen at a few of my friends houses, but it's way better than standard DVD player playback, especially on a large 106" display. Knowing how good the upconverted DVD's look, I can't wait to see what a BluRay looks like.

I would say the upconverted video quality is so good, that I don't feel the need to replace any of my standard DVD's with BluRay discs (of course I might change my mind after I rent a BluRay disc this weekend). I will likely consider purchasing BluRay's for select movies that are my favorites as the BluRay disc prices continue to drop, but seriously... the upconverted standard DVD's look really great. Unless you are very knit-picky about your video quality, you won't mind the difference between upconverted DVD and a BluRay disc, especially on smaller displays (42" or less) or on TV's that don't have 1080p native output.

Great player... and at the refurb prices on Ebay this thing is a steal. Got my refurb for $157.00 shipped.. about what I would pay for a non BluRay upconverting DVD player... now I have both.. BluRay capability and DVD upconversion.. :)

The item arrived promptly, in the box new, exactly as advertised. I am very happy with the pruchase and the service.

After much research and reading reviews this unit seemed to be the one for me. The unit has a crystal clear picture and is very easy to set up and use. It has a load of functions not found on many others at this price. Would highly recommend to anyone looking for a high quality Blu-Ray Player at a very reasonable price.

Fantastic picture, and ease of set-up and use. Quick start up. This unit is much better and less expensive than many of the Denon or Sony units and I like it better than Pioneer Elite as well for less money.

I had recently returned my Magnavox (Walmart special) and purchaed the Panasonic DMP-BD35 and have not been disappointed at all. Besides a very fast load time (much faster than my PS3), the quality is just as good as my PS3 and the LG I had tried. My biggest reason for choosing this one is I can play my AVCHD videos directly from the SD card of my Panasonic camera.

This Bd-Live blu ray player is second to none in its terrific price range. Near flawless results in the two months since I've owned it. No worries really to think of. I liked it so much I bought an extra one for my bedroom. NICE!!

I was Impressed by the quality of the picture the price is very affordable and even though it is refurbish works and looks like a brand new player

Simple to use, just like a dvd player. The initial scanning of the disk takes on average about 1 to 3 minutes. Which from what I understand is normal since there is alot of information stored on each disk. The picture is amazing and the sound is top knotch. The firmware updates, speed wise, depend on the speed of your internet connection. The initial set up took every bit of 30 minutes. It would have been faster if I would have known the remote had to be programmed with a code before you could proceed any further. You can play your normal dvd's in the player. Do they look HD? No. But they do look MUCH better then while in a dvd player. I would definately tell my friends to take a look at this machine if they were in the market for a Blu Ray player.

Good Blu-Ray Player to watch movies, very good HD picture, a little slow to read the disc at first but after that works fine. I wish it had a USB port.

this dvd player is being used with a panasoinic pt-ae900u projecter 16:9 screen 8.5 feet diag and produces a great picture the dvd player up converts standard dvd to near high def the point there is no diference in picture quality blue ray or standard dvd yea I know it sounds hard to beleve dmp bd 35 is one of the best upconverting dvd players out there. got this great dvd player for under $250 factory refurbished by panasonic. yes it is a profile 2 player I have not yeat updated my firmware. player works great

This is an amazing Blu Ray player! After doing a ton of product research, this player had all of the features I was looking for (not too much, but not too little!) at the right price. The picture quality is spectacular on my LG 42LH55 TV and the HD audio really sings on my Sony STR-DG1200 receiver. This player has every possible HD audio encoding format built in, as well as support for 12 bit Deep Color and x.v.color which make a noticeable difference in the picture and sound quality. The Ethernet port is great for updating the firmware as well as using the BD Live enhanced content. The loading time on both Blu Rays and DVDs is quick, and the setup menus are very user friendly and don't require pouring into the manual to figure out. On a cosmetic note, the player has a small, sleek form factor and is surprisingly light weight. I have always purchased and trusted Panasonic products, and they really have a winner here.

The only point worth noting where improvements could have been made is the fact that this player does not support 5.1 or 7.1 analog audio for the HD. Some older receivers do not have HDMI, but rather the hookup for SACD at 5.1 or 7.1. But, this is not a problem provided your receiver is capable of decoding the HD formats or can pass them through directly or the player will decode to whatever can be handled by the receiver or TV. Other than that, there is nothing about this player I don't absolutely love. I'd buy a second if I had space or a need for it. Thank you Panasonic!

This purchase was my third Panasonic DV product and I have always had outstand-
ing results with their electronics. Although I don't have a big flat screen TV
as of yet, I plan to snag one within the next few months after a thorough re-
view of what's out there in the market. My standard dvds play excellent, via
the blu-ray player, on my analog TV with the help of high end component cables,
and that is all I could hope for at this time. I bought the player to get
ready for the purchase of the LCD television, and the price was nice; seller
very helpful during/after the auction. What more can I say!

I wanted a high quality machine that was reasonably priced and didn't have loads of features I wouldn't be interested in and therefore have to pay for. This machine was it!

I like the unit very much but for my I have a diffcult time with the internet portion because of dail-up. A co-work I respect has one and I decide to do some research on it and I was please with what I found. I with the system could workwith dail-up, but you can't have everything, now can you.

Fast shipping, good follow-thru, item in brand new condition as stated, no surprises, what a pleasure to deal with!

great seller very fast great experience can't wait to buy again......................................................................................................................

This player does well, but if the disc has any scratches on it, it will skip or may not play. honestly save your money on any blu-ray player. On most movies the picture is unscaled and not true hd anyway. you will not notice a lot of difference between most blu-ray movies and standard up converted movies on a good DVD player. Don't get me wrong their is some very good HD content out there, but not quite enough. The sound effects on the other hand is a substantially better on blu-ray of you have a nack for true digital sound, but I had to manually increase the dialog volume on my player because the sound effects were much louder than the person talking. I found myself turning up the tv to here them talk, then turning it down during a high action scene. I hope this review was helpful on your purchase on a blu-ray player. Panasonic is one of the best to me though.