Panasonic DVD-RP62 Progressive-Scan DVD Player
One very surprising flaw!
Since the DVD-RP82s is not featured for write up, I will use it's cousin, which coincidently does have the exact same problem.<br />The unit itself is slim and sharp looking.  The picture and sound quality are exceptional, certainly better than anything I have ever seen from many other units.  <br />Panasonic seems to have one very serious flaw.  It's complete inability to function when confronted by interactivity laced DVD movies.  I can provide two solid examples of where this can be seen.  On any InfiniFilm film, such as Austin Powers Goldmember or Rush Hour 2.  Also, the Ken Burns Baseball series.  The common denominator of these offerings are their on-screen interactivity.  In the case of InfiniFilm, you are given two options.  To watch the film alone, or to watch the film with Infinifilm interactivity.  Regardless of whatever you select, the Panasonic units cripple themselves whenever a section of the movie, which is Infinifilm coded, appears.  Sure, you are watching just the film, but Infinifilm is overlayed on top.  The Panasonic units cannot pause, forward, reverse, just about anything except STOP does not function.  You are greeted with a wonderful rejection signal on the top right corner of your screen.<br />In the Ken Burns Baseball series, the appearance of the PBS logo at the bottom left corner, which indicates interactivity to a players baseball card profile.  Once again, the Panasonic unit crippled itself and simply could not get over the hurdle of interactivity laced in the feature itself.<br />Sure, there are ways around this...Stop or quick replay will usually eliminate the interactive internal signal that the unit seemingly cannot remove or get around.  But why should you have to?<br />I have tried these very films/features on other comparable units and have not experienced this problem.  I tried many other identical Panasonic units at the Best Buy, which endeared me to them, I'm certain.  All 6 units failed in this most basic premise of DVD's...Interactivity.<br />I have contacted Panasonic and they deny all such claims and state that their units do function as others do.  When I explained to them that I tried 6 different units and my own, all with the identical flaw...They denied it to even be a flaw and that it was a problem with the media.  When I explained that I tried over a dozen other units with said media and all experienced no such problems, I was told that it was still a media problem.<br />I am writing this review to warn you all about a flaw and problem with the Panasonic units.  It may not seem like an awful lot, but trust me, when you have to take a bio-break in the middle of one of these movies/features and you cannot pause your unit...You will understand that this is not a normal function.<br />The picture and sound are exceptional, but the flaw is a show-stopper.  The future indicates more interactivity in DVD's.  If Panasonic cannot handle the most basic, you can only imagine how frustrated you will be in future when all DVD's are programmed this way.