Panasonic DMP-BD55 Blu-ray Disc Player with 1080P Resolution, Built-In Dolby TrueHD & DTS-HD Technology

The Panasonic DMP-BD55 Blu-ray Disc Player features technology that reproduces movies with colors that are exceptionally faithful to the original. With PHL Reference Chroma Processor Plus, users viewing content on Blu-ray Discs enjoy crisp, vivid colors that are extremely close to the original.

It features an HD Audio Decoder (Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus and DTSTM-HD Master Audio Essential), which supports the 7.1-channel surround sound newly adopted in Blu-ray Discs. Users can enjoy 7.1-channel surround even with systems that do not support HD Audio - as long as the BD55 is connected to a 7.1-channel receiver equipped with an HDMI terminal.

The Panasonic BD55 goes a step further with a high-end audio design and components. Thanks to a 192kHz 24bit audio digital-analog converter and high quality insulators, electrolytic capacitors, copper-foil film capacitors and ultra-low-impedance electrolytic capacitors, the DMP-BD55 delivers the same kind of exciting surround effect and lifelike ambience as today's finest cinemas. The DMP-BD55 can also output analog signals for 7.1-channel sound, so even receivers that are not compatible with HDMI can produce the newest 7.1-channel surround sound by simply connecting to the DMP-BD55. The high-quality image and sound technologies found in the BD55 are incorporated in the UniPhier chip.

UniPhier is a Panasonic-created system LSI developed by applying 45-nanometer processing to a consumer product - a world's first. It features BD-Live compatibility which enables users to connect to the Internet to download images, subtitles and other data and take part in interactive activities and multi-player games linked to bonus cinema content found on Blu-ray Discs.

It is equipped with an SD Memory Card slot that makes it easy to transfer images from an HD camcorder or digital still camera that uses SD Memory Cards. Simply insert the SD card into the DMP-BD55 and it plays AVCHD-format video images or JPEG stills in full 1920 x 1080 resolution on your flat panel HDTV. It can also play slide shows, complete with background music. It is also compatible with Panasonic's VIERA Link function so they can be operated by the VIERA HDTV remote control.