Panasonic Unveils Slick Blu-ray Player

Panasonic's latest Blu-ray player, the DMP-BD10A, comes with big sound and bang-up movies

Panasonic plans to feed HDTVs' ever-growing need for hi-def content with its new consumer Blu-ray player. Launched today and available immediately, the DMP-BD10A lists for $599.95 and will play high-definition Blu-ray discs as well as standard-definition DVD media, which it will automatically upscale to 1080p video through its HDMI port. The device also accepts old-school audio CDs.

Perhaps the best feature of this brand-new player is its support of dts-HD High Resolution Audio along with Dolby True HD for 7.1-channel surround sound. Hopefully you'll have extra room in your living room for all those speakers.

Also nice is that the player comes with five Blu-ray movie titles promising to jump-start your hi-def DVD collection. Bundled movies include the first two Pirates of the Caribbean titles, along with Transporter, Fantastic 4, and Crash.

Copyright 2007 by Ziff Davis Media, Distributed by United Press International

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