Official Panasonic DMP-BDT110/210/310 Owners Thread - Page 54

Originally Posted by Snickering Hound

Amazon has shipped my 310 preorder. Should be here tomorrow.

Charged me $249.99 for my pre-order instead of their current price of $223 though. Sent them an email to correct it.

**Amazon has emailed me back and they are giving me a refund for the price difference.**

Originally Posted by JR01

Thanks for posting that. I did a web chat and got the $26 refund as well. Amazon's main 310 page still showed it at noon at $249.99, but under "new and used" the Amazon Prime price was indeed $223. Again, thanks for posting this.

Originally Posted by Dan Hitchman

thinking about the 110.

Not overly familiar with SD memory cards... any recommendations for the Panny? SD or SDHC? Size and read/transfer speeds needed or accepted by the Panny?

I was looking at the Sandisk Extreme III class 10 (30 MB/s) at 4 GB. Somebody on the Blu-ray Forum recommended going with Class 10 memory for faster BD-Live performance.

Anyone have another opinion?

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Celluloid Hero

If you look at the page for the 310 it now shows being sold for "224.99 by Onecall" if you look below that where it says "3 new from 223" and click it it will show the amazon link for $223 and the other 2. Still doesn't have a direct link to the amazon page...weird.

Originally Posted by Dan Hitchman

thinking about the 110.

Not overly familiar with SD memory cards... any recommendations for the Panny? SD or SDHC? Size and read/transfer speeds needed or accepted by the Panny?

I was looking at the Sandisk Extreme III class 10 (30 MB/s) at 4 GB. Somebody on the Blu-ray Forum recommended going with Class 10 memory for faster BD-Live performance.

Anyone have another opinion?

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Foxbat121

I wish they just remove all analog outputs, both audio and video,

Originally Posted by hifters1

I found a 310 at Best Buy today. I will be hooking it up tonight.

Originally Posted by aod

...the newer Viera Connect features seem to work much smoother than the old Viera Cast and I like it much better.

Viera Connect start up screen:

Originally Posted by michaeltscott

I believe that the 310 has the new 2011 version of Viera Cast, like the 110 and 210. Viera Connect looks like it at the top, but is endlessly upgradeable through an app store. AFAIK, Viera Connect is only available on televisions this year (you can see some info and video clips of Viera Connect here in an article at pcworld.com).
That the top level menu--you have to drill in a couple to get to Viera Cast, or just hit the "Viera Cast" button on the remote.

Originally Posted by hifters1

Here are some bad cellphone pix




I am still using my trusty sp4805 until I finish the basement. I paid $250 for it. I wonder if this was suppose to be a demo unit because there was a display tent inside the box and it was the only 310.

Originally Posted by aod

Interesting on the DMP-BDT310 instruction manual. I'm not at home at the moment, but was trying to look up the 310 manual in PDF format. Panasonic USA site lists the 110 and 210 as using the same manual, but Panasonic UK lists the 110, 210 and 310 as using the same manual. I can't find a US 310 manual online with a quick search. Here's the link to the two.

Originally Posted by michaeltscott

Yes--I noticed that yesterday. What does it say on the cover of the paper manual that came with your 310?

Originally Posted by mdavej

Anybody else notice a change in the netflix app lately? My recently played list is nowhere to be found, and the blank flashes during speed/resolution changes seem to have subsided (may still be too early to tell).

Originally Posted by aod


I actually found one tonight at Best Buy as well. They only got 3 and I picked one up. The manager said it was a Magnolia only item (saw the 110 and 210 out on the regular floor) and he had to go back to the secret squirrel room to get it. He had a demo hooked up to the Panasonic flagship TC-P65VT30 and it looked beautiful. I was beginning to think this thing was gonna end up being vaporware. It's really a smaller unit than the 350 I had and my HD-XA2 towers over it. It's about the same size as my LG BD670. It is super fast; probably the fastest blu-ray player I've ever seen. The picture is absolutely beautiful. The dual HDMI's appear to run flawlessly and work great with my Onkyo 805. I am very pleased with this purchase and has to be my favorite BD player to date. Hopefully I'll get to dig a little deeper into the player soon. There are a ton of options in the sub menus and the newer Viera Connect features seem to work much smoother than the old Viera Cast and I like it much better. Here's a couple of pics for those interested in the player:

The brand new box:

Just opened:

Just taken out of the box:

The back panel and connections:

Size comparison with my LG BD670:

Dwarfed by my awesome Toshiba HD-XA2 :

Viera Connect start up screen:

Shipped with firmware version 1.56. Quickly upgraded to 1.59:

Originally Posted by Bugs

I've done some searching on this thread and didn't spot anyone else who's had this problem.

I went through the wireless network setup on the 210 and it quickly found my network and connected. All the tests were a 'pass'. When I tried to do a firmware update, I got a 'Cannot connect. Please confirm network connection and settings.' message.

I have a Motorola SBG900 cabel modem/wireless router, and I have 4-5 other devices connected to it wirelessly without any problem. I talked to Pany tech support and they said I needed to call Comcast and have them open ports 48705, 443 and 80. I called Comcast, and they said I needed to call Motorola. Called Motorola and they gave me a link that explained how to do port forwarding. I looked at the network info on the 210 and it said the IP address was xxx.xxx.x.16, so I set up the 3 ports to be forwarded to that address. I'm still getting the 'Cannot connect' message.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

bugs

Originally Posted by aod

I actually found one tonight at Best Buy as well. They only got 3 and I picked one up. The manager said it was a Magnolia only item (saw the 110 and 210 out on the regular floor) and he had to go back to the secret squirrel room to get it. He had a demo hooked up to the Panasonic flagship TC-P65VT30 and it looked beautiful. I was beginning to think this thing was gonna end up being vaporware. It's really a smaller unit than the 350 I had and my HD-XA2 towers over it. It's about the same size as my LG BD670. It is super fast; probably the fastest blu-ray player I've ever seen. The picture is absolutely beautiful. The dual HDMI's appear to run flawlessly and work great with my Onkyo 805. I am very pleased with this purchase and has to be my favorite BD player to date. Hopefully I'll get to dig a little deeper into the player soon. There are a ton of options in the sub menus and the newer Viera Connect features seem to work much smoother than the old Viera Cast and I like it much better. Here's a couple of pics for those interested in the player:

The brand new box:



Just opened:



Just taken out of the box:



The back panel and connections:



Size comparison with my LG BD670:



Dwarfed by my awesome Toshiba HD-XA2 :



Viera Connect start up screen:



Shipped with firmware version 1.56. Quickly upgraded to 1.59:

Originally Posted by BillP

So the Panny players clearly turn off analog audio outs (and analog video) when 24p is "on" with the player connected to the display through HDMI. The solution is to turn 24p off, but then you sacrifice PQ with BluRay discs. What about this, a digital to analog audio converter? Should be able to hook up digital audio out, and use the converter to connect to analog audio inputs on a stereo. But outputs PCM only (is that bad?).

http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

Originally Posted by GENTANI

Any comparos for the Panasonic DMP 310 vs Samsung BD 6700za? Can't decide which one, thanks