I have a Panasonic DMP-BD605 Blu-Ray player, which fits my Panasonic TC-42X1 TV perfectly: they share the same remote control codes, so I can use only one remote control for both TV and Blu-ray player. With the Viera Link control mechanism, TV and player can communicate with each other: if I turn on the player, it will automatically turn on the TV via the HDMI interface, etc.
The player has YouTube player, Amazon Video player, Google Picasa, but NO Netflix! That’s the biggest issue. I hope sometime later, they will add the functionality through a software update, but it all depends on the business deals between Panasonic and Netflix. In the time being, I just use my computer to watch Netflix, with HDMI and wireless keyboard and trackpad.
Previously, I never paid much attentions to the YouTube account details: Subscriptions, Channels, Playlists, and Favorites. All I need is to use YouTube to find videos and watch right there.
Now after I played with the Panasonic DMP-BD605’s YouTube player, I realized that the best way to enjoy this feature is to populate my favorites and playlists on my computer, then watch the video content on my Blu-ray player. When I log on to my YouTube account with the Blu-ray player, I can directly jump into my playlists, favorites, and subscriptions; it beats searching YouTube video content with the remote control numeric keypad pants off.
