Panasonic previewed the DMP-BD50 Blu-ray player at the CES 2008 early this year. The release of the DMP-BD50 draws nearer as Panasonic organizes road shows for the new Blu-ray player in May for the press.

The DMP-BD50 will support BD-Live like the Sony PS3 does today.

For optimum image quality the DMP-BD50 features the PHL Reference Chroma processor and P4HD i/p conversion processor, which combine to create Uniphier, a precise digital video processor that produces sharp, crisp, natural colors that are extremely faithful to the original movie. Uniphier reflects the advance encoding and authoring technologies developed by Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory.
The Panasonic DMP-BD50 can be combined with a 7.1 channel amplifier and speakers for full 7.1 channel surround sound.

There is no pricing information yet on the DMP-BD50.
Via the Panasonic site.