The Verge

Panasonic's DMP-BDT500 is the company's top-of-the-line Blu-ray player for 2012. The player features a 192kHz / 32bit audio DACalong with "high-grade audio parts (gold plated terminals, high grade electric capacitor and insulator)" which Panasonic claims leads to faithful audio reproduction. Also new this year is FLAC audio support, while hardware features include two HDMI outputs and integrated Wi-Fi.

Description

• Width: 16.93 inches
• Depth: 9.41 inches
• Height: 2.32 inches
• Weight: 5.73 g
• Color: Black
• 3D decoding: Yes

Hardware

• Audio codecs supported: FLAC, WMA, MP3, PCM
• Video codecs supported: DivX, Xvid, WMV, MPEG2 / H.262, MP4, MKV, M-JPEG, AVCHD
• Media streaming: DLNA
• Notable app support: Netflix, Vudu, Blockbuster, YouTube, Amazon Instant Video, Twitter, Pandora, Picasa

Software

• External storage support: Yes
• Supported external memory: SD, SDHC, SDXC

Storage / Data

• Ethernet: 1
• Wi-Fi: Yes

Connectivity