Panasonic DMP-BDT380EB 3D Smart Blu-Ray Player, Black

I have had a few Panasonic Blu-ray players including ones with Freeview + HD over the years I even had a UHD Panasonic Blu-ray player [Wasn't too impressed with that model] I have to start by saying I much prefer this model DMP-BDT380EB 3D because for one thing it does not have HDR meaning you can alter the aspect ratio on your TV to fill the whole screen on DVD/Blu-ray if the dvd film /programme were made sometime ago then it will have black bars at each end 4.3, I find this a plus on this model, Now for the picture quality which is very good bright and sharper than other Panasonic Blu-ray models that is to be expected because of it's 4K Upscaling but and this isn't in the instuctions you get with the unit you can further enhance the picture a great feature of this model, When your playing a Blu-ray disc press the option button on the remote it will give you the option of picture settings select picture mode "user" press ok on the remote then scroll down to picture adjustment to set colour ,contrast etc each time press ok otherwise the player might not store the settings, The players default settings to start with are good but with further tweaking you get the best possible picture you want, So all in all I'm very happy with this player "Great Player And Very Good Value.

Great images but very noisy during playback. Not the best quality Panasonic product.

Good Blu-ray player, and very easy to set up.Smart features are very good.Only fault is the build quality feels a little low rent.However, I would recommend it.

I bought this in order to replace a DVD player that had worn out. It is a great improvement as it upscales DVDs to 4k standard and so produces a much better picture on an HD television. As it is a Blu ray device it has to have Internet access since subtitles etc are implemented on Blu ray devices using Java and so a player has to support that language. Therfore it is basically a computer. It also provides access to Netflix and various other Internet services (BBC News, iPLayer Youtube etc). It also replays TV recordings made by another device that are stored elsewhere on my home network. All in all, it is a very useful device. My only disappointment is that it will not play recordings made by Windows MCE. I find this odd since they can be replayed using a Raspberry Pi and Kodi and Openelec! Looking at the Panasonic documentetion, most of the software in this device is Open source software and so I am surpised that it has fewer facilities than the Kodi/Openelec.

Just dreadful in every way. Remote is packed with sharp corners to make it painful to have in the hand and needs to be just a couple of feet away to work, the machine endlessly reboots itself for no apparent reason, wireless connection forever dropping out.I can say one thing I really enjoyed with this - taking it into the garden and smashing it into a thousand tiny pieces with a sledge hammer.Now back on the old Sony, which is still Korean garbage made for a formerly respectable company, but not quite as awful.

If picture and sound quality is your first choice then buy this blu ray player, I had a Panasonic bd60 but after 7 years of use it failed to play some discs, being very pleased with the bd60 I bought this player, I paid about £200 for the bd60 but this player at half the price is superior, technology has clearly advanced over the years, the speed of loading discs is instant, and the picture and sound quality are clearly improved, pin sharp and the sound through the optical output is deep and spacious. Very pleased with the product

Rather than spending a lot more on a new Cinema system as it had developed an unrepairable (at a sensible price) fault, we opted for a more basic Blu-ray that had all the functionality and a separate Soundbase. The combination is not as good as our old 5.1 system, but this device (1/2 of the combo) is more than an equal for the non-sound functions of it's predecessor.It's smaller and more modern looking, although the 3D / 4K output might be lost on our older basic HD TV, than it's predecessor. But as it's in a room where we rarely watch TV, it's primary function is as a DLNA player linked to a recorder in the main TV room, for when we have a difference of opinion on what recorded content we have to watch. Sensible drama in one room, Sci-Fi and loud noises in another!It has Amazon TV and BBC iPlayer built-in (plus Netflix etc.), so we have moved our Amazon Fire TV to the other room for quicker / slicker access to Prime than via my son's Xbox One, so it feels like we've updated both rooms' TV set-ups!We've had a few moments with the remote where the On/Off seemed a little sticky, so we re-programmed the old Cinema system remote (also Panasonic) and it too didn't always switch it on or off, so the 'fault' must be the device - hence the one less star. But we'll keep an eye on that and if it becomes an issue (usually it goes after a few presses, using the button on the device itself or pressing 'Open') we'll report it as fault within the guarantee time.We buy Panasonic as everything is compatible, one remote does most functions on different devices and linked to a Soundbase switches it and the TV on gets everything ready to go when you open the tray and insert a disc.After that it's basically just a good Blu-ray player.