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«New» Panasonic 4K Ultra HD Blu‑Ray Player, What Kind of Product Is It?
This fall, Panasonic will be revamping its Blu‑Ray and 4K Ultra HD player catalog. While audio and video processing performance remains the same as before, the removal of streaming VOD functionality results in a name change for most models.
With Smart TVs and multimedia boxes (Apple TV, Nvidia Shield, Chromecast…) taking the lead in SVOD platform access, it no longer makes sense for physical players to maintain and update streaming applications.
Streaming functionality is discontinued, but playback performance remains
Panasonic understands this well and has announced changes to its product lineup. The only technical change made in this new series is the complete removal of streaming on-demand video (VOD) functionality.
This technical change does not disadvantage consumers at all. The applications that were built into the players were already redundant features, and home theater users who preferred TV or set-top box interfaces rarely used them.
Above all, Panasonic is sending a strong message to movie fans through this revamp. Panasonic still strongly believes in the physical media market and plans to keep these players in its catalog. The decoding performance, including the renowned HCX processor on high-end models, will of course remain unchanged.
New Model Name Details
To reflect these hardware changes, Panasonic is changing the commercial model names of its products (model names previously ending in « EF » or « EG » are now changed to « AF » or « AG »). The entry-level and mid-range 4K Ultra HD players DP‑UB150 and DP‑UB450 remain unchanged.
Here is a list of changes to the Panasonic lineup:
• Blu-Ray player Panasonic DMP‑BDT167EF replaced with Panasonic DMP‑BDT167AF
• Blu-Ray player Panasonic DMP‑BDT168EG replaced with Panasonic DMP‑BDT168AG
• 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray player Panasonic DP‑UB820EFK replaced with Panasonic DP‑UB820AFK
• 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray player Panasonic DP‑UB824EGK replaced with Panasonic DP‑UB824AGK
• 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray player Panasonic DP‑UB9000EG1 replaced with Panasonic DP‑UB9000AG1
• 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray player Panasonic DP‑UB9004EG1 replaced with Panasonic DP‑UB9004AG1
Note: The 4K Ultra HD players DP‑UB150EF‑K and DP‑UB450EG‑K remain unchanged.
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