Amazon VOD Now on Panasonic Blu-ray Players

Panasonic's Viera Cast Blu-ray players stream Amazon Video on Demand thanks to a new software update.

Panasonic is finally bringing Amazon Video On Demand (VOD) to its 2009 Viera Cast Blu-ray Players.

The service said to originally be coming out in May 2009 is now available via a free software update.

Amazon VOD will be available on the full line of 2009 Viera Cast Blu-ray players, including the DMP-BD60, DMP-BD70V, DMP-BD80 and DMP-B15, which is a portable Blu-ray player.

Amazon VOD on Viera Cast offers:

• A library of more than 45,000 titles
• More than 1,000 HD titles
• Instant playback
• Access of your virtual library on any Viera Cast Blu-ray player, PC, MAC or other compatible device
• Access to YouTube, Picasa Web Albums, Bloomberg News and weather info

Panasonic says the service will start immediately after registering your Viera Cast Blu-ray player. The Amazon VOD service, which just went HD in April of 2009, was also added to Viera Cast plasmas in April.