This post is a continuation of the HDTV purchase post. Also related is the post: HDTV 3D: EyeWear.
HDTV 3D Bundles:
HDTV 3D Bundles:
Generally, the 3D blu-ray player that comes with the 3D bundle is low-end 3D blu-ray player of the brand. But generally, though the player is the low-end, but it will be fairly high picture quality (as good as the best non-3D blu ray player of the same brand).
The 2 brands of TVs that I considered: Panasonic, Samsung. Panasonic the TV that I ended up purchasing sweetened the deal by somehow obtaining the exclusive rights for the one 3D movie (Avatar) that I wanted to shell money out. The bundle comes with a Avatar 3D movie with 2 latest USB chargeable 3D glasses.
The BluRay player that BestBuy and VideoOnly are giving for free with the 3D TV of Panasonic 3D TVs is: BDT100:
About the player:
Info from this AVSForum link:
One item I wish this player had is a USB port in the rear to plug the optional wireless adapter into - the only way to use the wireless adapter is putting it into the USB port in the front panel which means leaving the font panal open all the time - to me this looks sloppy and requires the owner to remove the wireless adapter when the owner wants to use a USB stick to play content (BDT350/BDT300 does have 2 USB ports).
Info from techradar link:
Perhaps the first thing you need to know is that this player has been designed to work in an HDMI 1.4 environment. There's no secondary HDMI output or analogue audio bank to deliver lossless audio into legacy equipment.
It's been positioned at those who simply want to connect the player direct to a 3DTV; if buyers also hanker for lossless DTS-HD MA or Dolby TrueHD they'll need to spring for a new AV receiver with HDMI v1.4, or take advantage of an all-in-one system with ARC (Audio Return Channel).
Spec comparison of the 3 Panasonic BluRay players: Panasonic link
Snippets from above link: BDT350 has 2 HDMIs: one HDMI is v1.14 that works with 3D and other HDMI is v1.13 for legacy.
BDT300/BDT350 has HDMI JitterPurifier, DigitalTubeSound, HighClaritySound, PlaybackInformationWindow as per the above link. Also, they come with wireless built-in
Read this for nice review:
From the above review:
With its DLNA branding you might expect the BDT100 to smugly play all media across your network – but you'd be wrong. If you have one of this season's Panasonic Blu-ray recorders on your network, the BDT100 can access and play content from that machine. However it cannot play media across a network (even though it lets you browse to UPnP devices).
File playback only extends as far as an attached USB device. My standard assortment of AVIs and MKVs could all be played once moved to a USB flash drive.
Although supportive of BD-Live, the player has no internal memory onboard (so you'll have to provide your own).
Performance-wise the BDT100 dazzles like Christine Brinkley's dental work. It may not deliver the same video performance as the BDT300 (measurable characteristics are quite different) but I would still regard video quality as excellent.
Note1: 3D BluRay players can play regular BluRay discs and DVD discs, but regular BluRay players (like Panasonic BD65 can not play 3D discs).
Note2: Though the eyewear technology is proprietary, Samsung's 3D BluRay player will work just fine on Panasonic TV and vice versa.
Note1: 3D BluRay players can play regular BluRay discs and DVD discs, but regular BluRay players (like Panasonic BD65 can not play 3D discs).
Note2: Though the eyewear technology is proprietary, Samsung's 3D BluRay player will work just fine on Panasonic TV and vice versa.
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