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JimJasper · 03-14-2008, 03:18 PM

I'm comparing these competitive Blu-Ray players to be release in 2008 based on info at blu-ray.com:

Panasonic DMP-BD50 (release date: "spring" of 2008 $700)
Sony BDP-S350 (release date: "summer" of 2008 $400)
Sony BDP-S550 (release date: "fall" of 2008 $500)

After talking to an audio engineer buddy who has built his own home theater, he mentioned,

"And keep in mind that the Sony 550 comes with 1 GB of local RAM storage; the Panasonic BD50 and the Sony 350 may require purchasing extra storage. The RAM is used for dynamic memory and storage or buffer for Web-based supplements (and possibly disc-based Java supplements)."

Question 1) I'm wondering how much local RAM storage the Sony S350 and the Panny BD50 will have to accommodate Web-based supplements. Anyone know?

Question 2) If anyone hears of a report or review of the Panasonic BD50's upconversion quality of Standard DVDs (for which the prior 2007 Panasonic DMP-BD30 Blu-ray Player was notably deficient), can you post your thoughts or links to reviews?

cool beans,

Jim

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JimJasper Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Local Time: 10:17 AM Local Date: 10-12-2008 Posts: 13	Panasonic DMP-BD50 RAM storage for Internet? + I'm comparing these competitive Blu-Ray players to be release in 2008 based on info at blu-ray.com: Panasonic DMP-BD50 (release date: "spring" of 2008 $700) Sony BDP-S350 (release date: "summer" of 2008 $400) Sony BDP-S550 (release date: "fall" of 2008 $500) After talking to an audio engineer buddy who has built his own home theater, he mentioned, "And keep in mind that the Sony 550 comes with 1 GB of local RAM storage; the Panasonic BD50 and the Sony 350 may require purchasing extra storage. The RAM is used for dynamic memory and storage or buffer for Web-based supplements (and possibly disc-based Java supplements)." Question 1) I'm wondering how much local RAM storage the Sony S350 and the Panny BD50 will have to accommodate Web-based supplements. Anyone know? Question 2) If anyone hears of a report or review of the Panasonic BD50's upconversion quality of Standard DVDs (for which the prior 2007 Panasonic DMP-BD30 Blu-ray Player was notably deficient), can you post your thoughts or links to reviews? cool beans, Jim dvdfile.com Last edited by JimJasper : 05-07-2008 at 03:51 PM.