Panasonic Blu Ray Player €50 in Dunnes Stores

LiamKK1982

Dunnes are currently selling the Panasonic DMP BD75EB-K Blu Ray player at half price €50. I bought one today and its a really fantastic player, it's really thin and keep in mind it retails for 65 pounds on Amazon UK. I don't know how long the offer is on for but you would be a fool to pass this up

dowtchaboy

LiamKK1982 wrote: »

Dunnes are currently selling the Panasonic DMP BD75EB-K Blu Ray player at half price €50. I bought one today and its a really fantastic player, it's really thin and keep in mind it retails for 65 pounds on Amazon UK. I don't know how long the offer is on for but you would be a fool to pass this up

Do people stlll buy or rent DVDs? We had kids here the other day and had to go find the remote for the DVD player - hadn't used it for a year or so. We seem to always stream or download movies or TV series. We are both over 60 so it's not like we are cool and trendy or anything.

Bullseye1

Is this across a cross the country promotion? Great value.

LiamKK1982

Well I bought mine in Dunnes Kilkenny so I assume its countrywide, i don't really know to be honest.

Tipsy McSwagger

dowtchaboy wrote: »

Do people stlll buy or rent DVDs? We had kids here the other day and had to go find the remote for the DVD player - hadn't used it for a year or so. We seem to always stream or download movies or TV series. We are both over 60 so it's not like we are cool and trendy or anything.

It's a blu ray player not a DVD player.

Doodah7

dowtchaboy wrote: »

Do people stlll buy or rent DVDs? We had kids here the other day and had to go find the remote for the DVD player - hadn't used it for a year or so. We seem to always stream or download movies or TV series. We are both over 60 so it's not like we are cool and trendy or anything.

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

It's a blu ray player not a DVD player.

And yes, amazingly, people still do...

donnacha

Cheers OP - Picked one up in Cornelscourt earlier. I got an additional surprise in that it also includes 2 blu-rays - 2012 and Battle Los Angeles. 2 left on the shelves after I got mine.

PaulieBoy

tallpaul wrote: »

And yes, amazingly, people still do...

The Blu ray section in HMV in Dundrum went from zero to small to medium to small and now approaching zero again. It's tiny! The Blu ray section in Tower is gone. They gave up on the format a long time ago.

LiamKK1982

I forgot to mention the 2 free blu rays inside!! Thanks for that Donnacha

LiamKK1982

Come down to HMV in Kilkenny. The Blu ray section is fantastic

Nedved85

I think it plays MKVs too, well according to soundstore http://www.soundstore.ie/Product/Panasonic-DMPBD75EBK-Blu-Ray-Player/2050/2220.1.1

donnacha

Nedved85 wrote: »

I think it plays MKVs too, well according to soundstore http://www.soundstore.ie/Product/Panasonic-DMPBD75EBK-Blu-Ray-Player/2050/2220.1.1

Sure does - haven't updated firmware yet - tested with 2 different MKVs and both played flawlessly- Sons of Anarchy(Pilot) and Games of Thrones(Battle for Blackwater)

neonitrix

anyone know does this player have a usb connection for playing avi etc off usb key?

tks

neonitrix

LiamKK1982

Yes it has a USB slot in the front

donnacha

neonitrix wrote: »

anyone know does this player have a usb connection for playing avi etc off usb key?

Check Nedved85 link:

Nedved85 wrote: »

I think it plays MKVs too, well according to soundstore http://www.soundstore.ie/Product/Panasonic-DMPBD75EBK-Blu-Ray-Player/2050/2220.1.1

It plays: JPEG, MP3, DivX/DivX HD2/MKV
I've tested DivX AVI files and MKVs - both fine. If you want me to test out and other file formats then let me know.

Oat23

Anyone know if this BD player can be made region free with a code? I'm still looking for a reasonably priced BD player that can be unlocked.

donnacha

AFAIK you can't multi-region blu-rays just the DVD part of it. I think you need a chip to make a blu-ray region free.

Oat23

donnacha wrote: »

AFAIK you can't multi-region blu-rays just the DVD part of it. I think you need a chip to make a blu-ray region free.

Well that is disappointing! Oh well.

donnacha

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Anyone know if this BD player can be made region free with a code? I'm still looking for a reasonably priced BD player that can be unlocked.

donnacha wrote: »

AFAIK you can't multi-region blu-rays just the DVD part of it. I think you need a chip to make a blu-ray region free.

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Well that is disappointing! Oh well.

Google tells me that even multi region of DVDs on this model is tricky as there is no standard code available that can be entered via the remote - it would appear ebay is your friend for some special use once/twice remotes that will unlock dvd to multi-region.

Nedved85

None in stock in Tralee - disastrous electrical line up in there!!

TriStar6

Bought one earlier in Ashleaf and haven't had time to hook it up yet, there was only one left at the time.
Can't fault this price for a BD player with 2 free discs, apparently its a fast loading one as well.
Outputs are a bit sparse, hdmi/network/usb/rca, No digital audio also no HDMI cable included.

Vic Vinegar

TriStar6 wrote: »

Bought one earlier in Ashleaf and haven't had time to hook it up yet, there was only one left at the time.
Can't fault this price for a BD player with 2 free discs, apparently its a fast loading one as well.
Outputs are a bit sparse, hdmi/network/usb/rca, No digital audio also no HDMI cable included.

What are the 2 free discs?

Nevermind, i see it mentioned above now.

OldVickers

donnacha wrote: »

Cheers OP - Picked one up in Cornelscourt earlier. I got an additional surprise in that it also includes 2 blu-rays - 2012 and Battle Los Angeles. 2 left on the shelves after I got mine.

Thanks OP. One left in Cornelscourt.

fergiesfolly

Got one in Briarhill, Galway aroound 2pm. 3 or more left on the shelf.
thanks op

fergiesfolly

Tried playing avi file from USB but it plays in 4:3 only. Anyone got a fix for this

Stinicker

fergiesfolly wrote: »

Tried playing avi file from USB but it plays in 4:3 only. Anyone got a fix for this

I have a different Panasonic Blu-ray player myself and the aspect ratio control has been a disappointment on it. Blu-Ray is a dead format and it never took off. Physical media is dying off and is only popular in Ireland due to our 3rd world broadband infrastructure.

Incompl

tallpaul wrote: »

And yes, amazingly, people still do...

Cool story bro....

MrAbc

fergiesfolly wrote: »

Tried playing avi file from USB but it plays in 4:3 only. Anyone got a fix for this

Old Lidl DVD player I had, had poor aspect ratio controls.
It was stuck to using the DAR (Display Aspect Ratio) which was encoded in the file. It that was encoded wrongly, you got the wrong shape.

If you have a lot of errant files you might need a better solution, but... for one-off use, the quickest utility I found was "MPEG4 Modifier" from http://moitah.net/ (requires .NET ver2).
Open your .avi with that, set the DAR to correct value and save the file [maybe with new name for safety]. The process just takes a few seconds.

Hope that helps a little.

Lucious Sweet

Just picked up the last one in Dunnes Jetland, Limerick. Woman in front of me had two of them :-O
Thanks OP.

Nedved85

moz wrote: »

Just picked up the last one in Dunnes Jetland, Limerick. Woman in front of me had two of them :-O
Thanks OP.

Lol... One of them was mine, cheers OP!

Sapele

Stinicker wrote: »

I have a different Panasonic Blu-ray player myself and the aspect ratio control has been a disappointment on it. Blu-Ray is a dead format and it never took off. Physical media is dying off and is only popular in Ireland due to our 3rd world broadband infrastructure.

I have a receiver sound system and i LOVE BLU RAYS, much much better than DVD's and streamed

keno-daytrader

has anyone streamed Netflix with this model?? My bd60 wont stream it

tommycahir

Just letting people know that these are still in some stores as I picked one up in Carlow at the weekend but it wasn't there when my wife checked in middle of last week. So still worth keeping an eye out for.

feelgoodinc27

Ha anyone tried connecting an external hard drive to this through the USB port?

LiamKK1982

feelgoodinc27 wrote: »

Ha anyone tried connecting an external hard drive to this through the USB port?

I use a 32gb usb flash drive and a 320gb eternal hdd and both are recognised perfectly

Slipshaney

any in cork?

Johnny Johnson

dowtchaboy wrote: »

Do people stlll buy or rent DVDs?

I would buy yes.

Stinicker wrote: »

I have a different Panasonic Blu-ray player myself and the aspect ratio control has been a disappointment on it.

Aspect ratio control? Why would you want to change the aspect ratio on a Bluray?

Stinicker wrote: »

Blu-Ray is a dead format and it never took off. Physical media is dying off

Nonsense.

Plascebo

tommycahir wrote: »

Just letting people know that these are still in some stores as I picked one up in Carlow at the weekend but it wasn't there when my wife checked in middle of last week. So still worth keeping an eye out for.

Haven't been any in Donaghmede since BA was posted, will check in-store again today after seeing this, cheers.

Ms Happy

The free films would nearly put ya off :pac:

Fighting Irish

LiamKK1982 wrote: »

Dunnes are currently selling the Panasonic DMP BD75EB-K Blu Ray player at half price €50. I bought one today and its a really fantastic player, it's really thin and keep in mind it retails for 65 pounds on Amazon UK. I don't know how long the offer is on for but you would be a fool to pass this up

LiamKK1982

Fighting Irish wrote: »

:eek:

donnacha

in case anyone is around dun laoghaire /dublin that missed out on this - I'm trading up to a 2.1 surround sound system so going to put mine up for sale on adverts - before I do you can PM if your interested - the 2 free blu-rays are still unopened - the original box has been dumped but I have manual etc.

mods - hope this is okay - if not let me know.

gerryk

Stinicker wrote: »

I have a different Panasonic Blu-ray player myself and the aspect ratio control has been a disappointment on it. Blu-Ray is a dead format and it never took off. Physical media is dying off and is only popular in Ireland due to our 3rd world broadband infrastructure.

Eh? What? How does a poorly designed player firmware have anything to do with the worldwide acceptance of a physical distribution format?