Electronics giant Panasonic introduced a 3D Blu-ray disc player at the recent CES2010 at Las Vegas. The player in question is the Panasonic DMP-BDT350. It will need to be teamed up with a 3D HDTV and a set of active shutter 3D glasses.  The DMP-BDT350 has was given the esteemed CES Innovations Award. It plays 3D Bluray, upscale DVD and standard audio CD, and comes with the standard Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD decoding. It also includes an SD memory card slot for MP3s and still images and video playback, BD-Live and the VIERA Cast range of online streaming media.

Panasonic have also announced 3 other blu-ray disc players specifically the Panasonic DMP-BD45, then the network capable Panasonic DMP-BD65 and ending and the high end Panasonic DMP-BD85.  The BD45 is the entry level player, and does not have networking capabilities. Like previous Panasonic bluray players, the BD45 is a simple and elegant looking machine. Nevertheless,the unit feels well made, is improbably slim and the display panel is large and instructive, showing the elapsed time in large characters.

The DMP-BD65 and DMP-BD85 share many features, including HD audio decoding, VIERA Cast online streaming media, an USB connector, and Panasonic’s PHL Reference Chroma Processor Plus image processing technology.  What differentiates the BD85 is built-in Wi-Fi, DivX video support via the SD card slot, 7.1 analogue audio outputs, an HDMI Jitter Purifier, gold-plated terminals, a 192kHz-24 bit D/A converter and something called a Digital Tube Sound Simulator, which is said to emulate the sound of a tube amplifier. These new players measuring a mere 99mm tall, you get a plenty of innovative functions and features including BD Live, a USB port, SD card slot for data and Video On Demand services such as Netflix and YouTube. The DMP-BD65 is DLNA compliant, which means it will function properly with other similarly compliant devices over your home network.

In keeping with Panasonic’s pledge to make players that are more eco-friendly, all the new players will have a Power Save feature that promptly turns off the player when you switch to watching television. Panasonic’s most recently released blu-ray players are ready to hit the Japanese public soon but there are no release date promised for the USA and other parts of the world.

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