new panasonic 55 blu ray vs new sony 550 player

[Anonymous]

I m about to switch my s550 preorder to Panasonics BD55.

Does anyone know, if the S 550 uses the same NEC Chipset as S350? Or is it a different one?

Thx

 

[Anonymous]

Clare Newsome:One does have the edge - and you'll be able to find out which one in our Awards issue, out October 16th.....

Hi!

The BD55 has won the award, so the Panasonic BD55 does have the edge? Sorry for asking, but people living outside the UK have no opportunity to read your outstanding magazine.

 

[Clare Newsome]

our magazine is widely available around the world, but admittedly not on the same day as the UK release!

Yes, the Panasonic DMP-BD55 pips the Sony BDP-550 (sorry, Gerrardasnails!) - both sonically and picture-wise it's worth the slight extra cost over the Sony. The Sony's still a great player, though.

 

[Anonymous]

Clare Newsome:

our magazine is widely available around the world, but admittedly not on the same day as the UK release!

Yes, the Panasonic DMP-BD55 pips the Sony BDP-550 (sorry, Gerrardasnails!) - both sonically and picture-wise it's worth the slight extra cost over the Sony. The Sony's still a great player, though.

Thx!

Widely available? Great! I have to talk to my newsagent.

 

[Gerrardasnails]

Clare Newsome:
our magazine is widely available around the world, but admittedly not on the same day as the UK release!

Yes, the Panasonic DMP-BD55 pips the Sony BDP-550 (sorry, Gerrardasnails!) - both sonically and picture-wise it's worth the slight extra cost over the Sony. The Sony's still a great player, though.

No need. I like the fact that my receiver, screen and BD player "talk" to each other as soon as a disc is put in. I'm sure that my eyes would struggle to notice a difference as well.

I'm now going off to sulk!

 

[Rorschach]

The Sony S550 wasn't even in the awards issue.

 

[Clare Newsome]

Nope- we ran out of room! But we posted the review online at the same time as the Awards issue was being released....

 

[Anonymous]

Do any of the blu disk spinners allow the user to send SD DVD via hdmi at 576i and hi def stuff at its native 1080p! my tosh ep HD DVD didnt! id like my onkyo reon to do upscailing duty's or at least have the choice if i found the players scaling poor, like my spelling ;-)