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Panasonic, one of the leading electronics company in Feb 2008 released a new digital media player. The blu-ray disk player is known as the DMP-BD50. It uses the latest next generation technology based on blue lasers rather than standard red ones to allow for a higher density of information to be stored and read from the disks.

Great picture and sound quality sets this blu-ray player apart from other digital players. Below are some of the high-end features of the Panasonic’s DMP-BD50

• It has a gateway for broadband internet connection to the BD-Live service by Panasonic, this allows for downloading of additional content from the web.
• Picture-In-Picture: With Picture-in-Picture, a small sub-window is displayed over the main image.
• The Audio Mixing function lets you choose which soundtrack to listen to: the one from the content playing in the main window, the one from the sub-window, or both at the same time. The sub-window soundtrack can also be reproduced in 5.1-channel surround sound.
• It is equipped with PHL Reference Chroma Processor with advanced P4HD imaging technology and the Precise Digital Video processor that gives you much-improved picture and sound quality.
• The DMP-BD50 provides 1080/24p output (via HDMI) for Blu-ray titles and DVD titles. It reproduces movie images from a Blu-ray Disc in their original 24p form, with no need for conversion.
• The DMP-BD50 is equipped with decoders such as TrueHD and DDTS-HD Master Audio audio formats that provide with high quality sound.

All in all, the compact design of this blu-ray player makes it a leader in the market of home entertainment players.