Panasonic's 2009 VIERA Cast Blu-ray players priced, shipping in April

We first got a peek at Panasonic's DMP-BD60, DMP-BD80 and VHS-packing DMP-BD70V at CES, and now they've got official pricetags ahead of their April release. Beyond the VIERA Cast support for Amazon VOD, YouTube and other Internet content, this year's decks also include improvements in power consumption, with the BD60 drawing 16% less juice than last year's DMP-BD35. The DMP-BD60 can be had for a suggested $299, while the BD80 and BD70V are both priced at $399, depending on whether you prefer VHS or 7.1 analog outputs. Check out the CES 2009 hands on for a better look before these show up at a retailer near you.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 11th 2009 10:29PM]

VHS....seriously?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 12th 2009 2:06AM]

wtf? i can't have 7.1 analog out with my vhs's.... they suck!... down with bluray! hooray for less than vhs quality downloads!!!.... or atleast that's my unbiased opinion :-)

[glennS Posted Mar 12th 2009 12:41PM]

So it can stream internet content, but Netflix is noticeably missing.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 12th 2009 5:34PM]

I would jump all over this if it had NetFlix, but I am now leaning towards the Samsung 1600 that is available now with Pandora.

[(Unverified) Posted May 7th 2009 5:07AM]

"We first got a peek at Panasonic's DMP-BD60, DMP-BD80 and VHS-packing DMP-BD70V at CES, and now they've got official pricetags ahead of their April release." http://www.vxcb.com i can't have 7.1 analog out with my vhs's.... they suck!... down with bluray! hooray for less than vhs quality downloads!!!....