At the IFA 2008 Panasonic made their latest Blu-ray disc players, the DMP-BD35 & DMP-BD55, official. The DMP-BD50 was given an award at the EISA 2008. Both adopt a slim enclosure (49mm for the BD35 and 55mm for the BD55), and are BD-Live Profile 2.0 and VIERA Link compatible.
They also feature the UniPhier processor, SD-slots, HDMI output, 7.1 channel audio output (DMP-BD55 only), and PHL Reference Chroma Processor Plus image-processing.
No information about prices or release date.

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