After scrapping my old dvd player i decided to go with a blu ray player, there are so many out there ranging from £100 to £600 and i hit the internet hard to check the reviews, finally i came across the Panasonic DMP-BD30EG-K which was priced at the lower end i think i paid £130 from ARGOS. It is a good player for your money it upscales your standard DVD's to almost same quality as some Blu Ray discs (I didnt realise blu ray players did this) Plays Divx, but due to High Speed, quality processor they can appear jerky when film scenes 'Pan or Zoom' on some discs (shows up any defects on your downloads) but I got a high speed cable that didnt cost allot but improved the ...  Read the complete review

I purchased this in may of last year, along with a panasonic pz81 plasma tv, and there are not enough superlatives to do this machine justice! Watching aninated ffilms, such as cars, ratatouille and ice age really does bring out the sharpness and detail that you would not see in a normal SD DVD player. The balcks really are black and , coupled with a good HDMI cable really does give the player a three-dimensional image. Used with a panasonic tv, there is another bonus: the tv remote will operate the blu ray player as well, so there is no need to have remotes stuffed down the sofa! curiosity made me see what the upscaling was like on my old SD ...  Read the complete review