All i want for xmas is my Panasonic BD30

[stevee1966]

At least, that's how long it seems i'm going to have to wait for my blu ray player to be delivered. Come on Panasonic - sort out your manufacture and distribution problems. Really frustrating having placed an order but having to wait and wait, not just for a delivery, but just for a glimmer of news as to when it may arrive.

 

[Anonymous]

Import one from the states and you will probably have it next week.🙂

 

[Andrew Everard]

[quote user="Bullseye"]Import one from the states and you will probably have it next week.🙂[/quote]

Not, of course, that it'll play any of the BD or DVD titles you can buy in the shops here...

 

[FuzzyinLondon]

Well at least your player shouldn't be out of date by the time you do receive it, finger crossed.

I was the lucky sod who won the Sony Blu-Ray competition run on these forums back in December. It's been four months now and I'm still waiting for my Sony BDP-S300. Apparently it's all Sony's fault.

 

[Andrew Everard]

Fuzzy

Really? So sorry - I don't think we on the editorial team were aware of this. Was this the 'Win a BDP-S300' competition or the Pirates one? Can you drop us a mail with your contact details and I'll make sure the relevant person is aware of it.

I'm not in the office next week - press event in Dresden then the Munich High End Show - but I'll pass it on to Mr Web Supremo Clough to look into.

Again, serious apologies for this delay...

 

[Anonymous]

Import them from amazon. They are way cheaper anyway.

 

[Andrew Everard]

[quote user="Bullseye"]Import them from amazon. They are way cheaper anyway.[/quote]

But as I already said, won't play UK BD or DVD titles.

 

[FuzzyinLondon]

[quote user="Andrew Everard"]
Fuzzy

Really? So sorry - I don't think we on the editorial team were aware of this. Was this the 'Win a BDP-S300' competition or the Pirates one? Can you drop us a mail with your contact details and I'll make sure the relevant person is aware of it.

I'm not in the office next week - press event in Dresden then the Munich High End Show - but I'll pass it on to Mr Web Supremo Clough to look into.

Again, serious apologies for this delay...
[/quote]

I have e-mailed you Andrew. Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Anonymous]

Of course but thats why I have two PS3s lol.

 

[Anonymous]

Panasonic know they have a monopoly at the moment, but this doesn't help their cause, if customers are left in the lurch. The next profile 1.1 player out is the Samsung BD-P1500 and that's not until May! Then it's two months until the next batch of 'affordable' machines. I say affordable (£349) compared to machines by Pioneer, Denon and Marantz etc.! We got our DMP-BD30 from Panasonic Shop in Staines. After they had sold out, a new batch arrived, almost by surprise to everyone, so fingers crossed for a pleasant surprise! They notified us. I know it isn't much comfort, but it's worth the wait! Picture and sound quality is outstanding! We haven't got an HDMI capable amplifier, so it's Dolby Digital / DTS Surround via optical bitsream and PCM 5.1 via phonos for us. Both sound glorious. Also it's a pretty decent upscaler of standard DVDs (contrary to some reviews) and an even better CD player! Shame it's not multi region for standard DVD, but you can't have everything!

 

[Anonymous]

...and it helps that it plays .avi files too, something that I have just started to use a lot 😉