95% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

BD Live compatibility ; Full DTS-HD MA and Dolby TrueHD support

BD Live experience less than thrilling ; Average DVD playback

Despite a few niggles, this is a superb and well-specced Blu-ray player. Easy to recommend

A great player that proves the format is finally coming of age – at only £500, it's a no brainer

It may be expensive, but the DMP-BD50 keeps your Hi-Def needs better fed than a foie gras goose! The best Blu-ray player yet. Panasonic DMP-BD50 is tagged with Blu-Ray, DVD player and Panasonic. Select a tag (Blu-Ray, for example) to find everything on...

Top-notch HD video processing. 1080p24 upconversion with DVD video. DivX video support. Can decode all Blu-ray audio formats.

Expensive. Optional memory card required for BD-Live features. DVD upconversion quality lags behind the competition.

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First Profile 2.0-compliant standalone player; excellent image quality on Blu-ray Discs; onboard decoding for all high-resolution soundtrack formats, plus bit stream output; analog multichannel outputs; SDHC card slot can play high-definition AVCHD video.

Expensive compared with the superior PlayStation 3; standard DVD performance is lackluster; operational speed still sluggish compared with PS3.

Excellent soundtrack support and Profile 2.0-compliancy make the Panasonic DMP-BD50 the most recommendable standalone Blu-ray player to date, but the PS3 is still better and cheaper.

Crisp HDTV picture with 24p support and plenty of video settings., SD-card reader., Decodes analog and digital high-bitrate audio., Supports BD-Live.

DVD de-interlacing is not perfect.

Panasonic's DMP-BD50 is a tasty package, and stands above even its highly-praised predecessor, the BD30. This powerful Blu-ray player retrieves HDTV-quality trailers and bonus material from the Internet, and masters various multimedia applications.