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Panasonic DMP-BDT167 compact 3D Blu-ray player review

A compact Blu-ray player that plays MKV files from USB — which makes it a disc player and a local media player at once.

The bottom line A Full HD player that also handles local files and 3D — the right choice for an existing collection, and not for a 4K one.

What it plays

3D Blu-ray, Blu-ray and DVD, with Full HD upscaling for the last of those. Plus MKV files from USB, which is unusual and which turns the player into a local media device.

What it does not play

UHD discs. This is a Full HD player, and 4K Blu-ray is a separate format with its own licence and its own hardware. If the collection includes or will include 4K, this player is the wrong choice regardless of everything else.

Why 3D is worth noting

It has quietly disappeared from most current players. If a household has 3D discs and a display that supports them, the number of players that will play them is now small.

The internet apps

They age faster than the mechanism. A disc player bought today will still play discs in ten years; its apps will have been abandoned long before. Treat them as a bonus rather than a feature.

Where it belongs

Behind a Full HD television or projector, with a collection of discs and a USB drive of files. In that role it does two jobs and does them for a long time.

Availability

On sale from 115 € to 149 € on the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores at the time of checking.

Listed but with no offer on the American and British Amazon stores — the reference exists there and nobody is currently selling it.

Prices and availability are what Keepa reported on the date this page was updated; both move.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 4 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

What we like, and what we don't

Strengths

  • MKV playback from USB, so a local media collection plays without another device
  • DVD upscaling, which matters for a collection that predates Blu-ray
  • 3D support, which has quietly disappeared from most current players

Compromises

  • Full HD rather than 4K UHD — it will not play UHD discs
  • Internet apps on a player of this generation age faster than the disc mechanism does
  • No Dolby Vision or HDR support, which follows from it being a Full HD player

Specifications

Disc formats3D Blu-ray, Blu-ray, DVD — stated
UpscalingFull HD upscaling for DVD — stated
NetworkLAN and internet apps — stated
Local mediaUSB with MKV playback — stated
ResolutionFull HD — this is not a 4K UHD player
Amazon referenceB01BH4H03M (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN5025232837724

Questions people actually ask

Will it play 4K discs?

No. It is a Full HD player: Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray and DVD. UHD discs need a UHD player, and that is a different product with a different licence. If the collection is or will be 4K, this is the wrong shelf position.

Is MKV playback useful?

If you have files on a drive, yes — MKV is the common container for them, and a player that reads it removes a separate media box. It is an unusual feature on a disc player and a genuinely practical one.