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3/18/09 at 9:28am
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I just read this story, about Panasonic coming out with a Blu-Ray / upconverting VHS player for $399.

Panasonic 'bullish' on Blu-ray - 3/17/2009 - Video Business

Does anyone know anything more about it?
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3/18/09 at 10:06am
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Re: Panasonic DMP-BD70 Blu-Ray / VHS

I saw this last week: VHS Tape Goes 1080p for HDTV: Panasonic's DMP-BD70V Blu-ray/VHS Deck: BigPictureBigSound

It doesn't really say too much about it but it does show a picture of it. Looks like a good idea to me if you still do VHS.
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3/23/09 at 2:16am
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Re: Panasonic DMP-BD70 Blu-Ray / VHS

Must be an early April Fool's Day joke.

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3/23/09 at 7:17am
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Re: Panasonic DMP-BD70 Blu-Ray / VHS

Upconverted VHS?
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3/23/09 at 2:48pm
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Re: Panasonic DMP-BD70 Blu-Ray / VHS

Can't look any worse than upconverted basic cable.

\"My opinion is that (a) anyone who actually works in a video store and does not understand letterboxing has given up on life, and (b) any customer who prefers to have the sides of a movie hacked off should not be licensed to operate a video player.\"-- Roger Ebert

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3/24/09 at 1:01pm
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Re: Panasonic DMP-BD70 Blu-Ray / VHS

You got me there!
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3/25/09 at 1:16pm
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Re: Panasonic DMP-BD70 Blu-Ray / VHS

What would have been an interesting possibility, although possibly cost-prohibitive, would have been a VHS/BD combo deck that was D-Theater compatible, so you could do comparisons between the old 1080i masters and the new discs. Of course the MPAA and software manufacturers would be all over that as a "piracy device", since it could potentially create near-perfect copies of BDs on D-Theater tapes. @ least, that's what their paranoiacs would claim.

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7/25/09 at 9:11am
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Here's a review of the BD70:

www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Panasonic_DMP-BD70V_VHS_Blu-ray_Player.shtml


Amazon has them for about $280.

I guess it's not a joke.
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