Panasonic drops the axe on DMP-BD35 Blu-ray player

Not that the act of discontinuing Blu-ray players rather early on in their life is unheard of, but Panasonic's DMP-BD35 still had a few months left in it by our estimations. Shortly after Panny unveiled a new trio of BD decks at CES, the company has reportedly killed production of its BD35, and we're left to assume the BD55 ain't far behind. Of course, this means that those on the prowl for a Panasonic Blu-ray player will either have to wait until April (for the DMP-BD60) or try and procure one of the remaining BD35 / BD55 models from a local retailer. If you've waited this long, however, we'd suggest holding off -- the connected nature (YouTube, Amazon Video on Demand) of the forthcoming models makes 'em way more attractive. Just sayin'.

[Xyzzy Posted Feb 9th 2009 8:34PM]

The BD55 has been discontinued for awhile - I had a friend wanting to buy one a month or so ago, and couldn't find one anywhere.

Surprised that they're killing the BD35 so soon.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 10th 2009 12:09AM]

Connected nature??? Please. Anything the BD35 replacement has to offer will be useful to maybe 1 in 25 buyers. Most of the extra crap is just a bunch of useless fluff that nobody cares about. The BD35 offers the best value deal of the year.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 10th 2009 2:00PM]

The Pansonic BD35 & BD55 were excellent Blu-ray players. It really is too bad they have been discontinued. They BD35's sold like popcorn at several of the Auio/Video big box dealers near me.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 11th 2009 5:43PM]

I love my DMP-DB35! I picked it up for $224 in December.

[demon Posted Feb 12th 2009 1:04PM]

It's a damn shame they're being killed so soon. I picked one up from Amazon at full price as soon as they became available, and I haven't had a single problem with it. It's been great. All the media playback stuff they're adding in the BD60 I can already do with my TiVo, anyway.