Unlike other Blu-ray players, when you hit the eject button, the entire front panel flips down, exposing the disc tray and a few front-panel buttons. There's not much to the exterior design of the DMP-BDT210, which sports a typical glossy black front panel. But altogether, the Panasonic DMP-BDT210 feels like the most polished Blu-ray player overall, making it our Editors' Choice in the category. If you want more streaming services than the DMP-BDT210 offers, the LG BD670 is the next best choice. And while it doesn't have the most comprehensive suite of streaming-media services (it's missing Hulu Plus and MLB.TV), it does have Amazon Instant, which isn't available on competitors like the Samsung BD-D6500, Insignia NS-WBRDVD2, or the PS3 Slim. Its user interface is very simple to use and we love that the remote includes a button for directly accessing Netflix. It has the fastest disc-loading speeds we've seen on a player so far, coming in a good deal faster than its competitors. Though the Panasonic DMP-BDT210 doesn't have any single killer feature that puts it head and shoulders above the competition, it does just about all the little things right.
It's tough to stand out in the Blu-ray player market, with all the midrange models having the main features we think are important: built-in Wi-Fi, Netflix streaming, and excellent image quality.
