BD-80 Installed and working!

[MrBoylan]

I don't know, either it slipped my attention and I never requested it from Eagle Rock, or I did request it and it never actually showed up?
It's been out a while, so I can't even remember what the deal was with that.

Maybe they still have some? I don't mind publishing the review late if you can get one, particularly if we can help clear up the confusion over just what audio it has on it!

-CB

[BADuHamel]

Maybe they still have some? I don't mind publishing the review late if you can get one, particularly if we can help clear up the confusion over just what audio it has on it!

-CB

I'll contact them and find out.

[Daylightdon]

I didn't know I was going to stir this up!!!
If you can't get one I'd be willing to loan mine for a review.
Let me know.

[MrBoylan]

I didn't know I was going to stir this up!!!
If you can't get one I'd be willing to loan mine for a review.
Let me know.

Thanks for your generous offer but If Eagle Rock won't send a review sample or don't have any left, then it's no biggie. We cover enough of their stuff as it is (we being Brandon).

-CB

[BADuHamel]

I didn't know I was going to stir this up!!!
If you can't get one I'd be willing to loan mine for a review.
Let me know.

Thanks for your generous offer but If Eagle Rock won't send a review sample or don't have any left, then it's no biggie. We cover enough of their stuff as it is (we being Brandon).

-CB

Yeah, thanks Don, but it won't be necessary, the PR firm's going to send me out a copy ASAP. I guess you dodged a bullet. j/k

[Daylightdon]

Note that you'll be able to see individual scratches in the horns!

[Daylightdon]

The screen saver does work, just not like one might expect it to work. It does not engage for Blu-ray Discs or DVDs that are set to "pause." But it does engage when the Direct Navigator or Functions menu is displayed, or MP3 or CDs are being played, or still photos are being displayed. In these cases, if the screen does not change for 10 minutes, it kicks into the animated screensaver mode. Also, having it on changes the side bars (pillar box area) from black to gray for 4:3 material. This might not be what you would expect, but it is what's documented in the manual. Been this way since at least the 35/55, possibly longer.

It would seem to me to have the "Screen Saver" active for the playing of movies where one is more apt to hit pause for any number of reasons.
It would be nice if Panasonic would upgrade for this!

[MrBoylan]

It would seem to me to have the "Screen Saver" active for the playing of movies where one is more apt to hit pause for any number of reasons.
It would be nice if Panasonic would upgrade for this!

You're welcome to submit a new feature request. Good luck with that! I've seen a few BD titles (particularly Universal) that have their own screensaver that kicks in if you pause a title for too long. But DVDs don't have that option.

-CB

[BADuHamel]

BTW, the copy of Ray Charles: Live at Montreux 1997 showed up from the PR firm today and I can confirm that there is in fact NO TrueHD mix on there, only Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0. Where the confusion lies is in the fact that the packaging is mislabelled as having both DTS-HD Amster Audio and Dolby TrueHD 5.1 options, but, clearly, the disc menu stated Dolby Digital 5.1, my Onkyo 805 AVR reads DD 5.1 when this option is selected, and my Panasonic DMP-BD80 shows that is outputting Dolby Digital 5.1, so all of those sites that have this listed as containing Dolby TrueHD clearly have not done their homework or were too lazy to actually put the disc in the player.

[Daylightdon]

You're welcome to submit a new feature request.

Thanks Chris, How do I do that?