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Quick free shipping from Amazon - I received the player in two days after ordering with Amazon Prime.

I purchased the BD60 because of prior great experience with other Panasonic Blu Ray players which I own - the BD30 and BD55. I also didn't want to learn new setup menus with a new brand and could go to single site for firmware downloads.

The player I received was mfg in Feb 2009 and shipped with firmware version 1.1. Using a CD-R, I manually updated the firmware to version 1.7 (as of 6/5/09). (Note the player is capable of updating the firmware using an Ethernet connection to your Internet.)

As I have with my other Panasonic players, I use freeware Express Burn (nch.com.au) to create an ISO compliant CD-R data disk to update the firmware. However, after I put the CD-R in the BD60, I got a flashing message L DRV. About a few minutes later it ejected the disc and displayed a message UPD NG. In short the firmware update had failed due to the player not correctly reading the update disk and I was essentially stuck with a non-operable player in the firmware update mode. This error has been reported by others... Google BD60 UPD NG.

I was ultimately able to resolve the problem with creating a new firmware update data disk on a different PC using Roxio Creator DE. Roxio has been suggested by others. My Roxio CD write settings were TAO Open, Mode 1, ISO+Juliet, and Use Disc for Only One Recording.

Once I got past the firmware update snafu, the player operated flawlessly. Like my BD55 it plays standard DVDs with very good picture quality. The player appears to have good DVD up conversion to 1080p. It has all the capabilities of a good Blu Ray player for HDMI, 24p output, Dolby/DTS HD decoding, etc.

The player has some differences from the BD55. The BD60 has a quick start feature which provides power to the internal unit even when it's turned off (standby mode). Using this feature I noticed a startup time of about 8 seconds compared to 15 seconds. Note the player draws about 5W of power (so much for being Green) in standby mode with the quick start feature enabled, compared to 0.5W when you disable the quick start feature and 22W when it is operating.

The BD60 also has a USB port in addition to the SD card slot. The BD60 lacks the analog 5.1ch analog audio out connectors. I doubt if many people used the 5.1ch analog connectors and Panasonic eliminated them to reduce COGS. The BD60 also has some features (Viera Cast) to access content on the Internet, which I have not used.Get more detail about Panasonic DMP-BD60 Blu-ray Disc Player, Black.