Panasonic starts production on portable Blu-ray player

Panasonic has put the world’s first portable Blu-ray player into production. The player has an 8.9-inch screen, internet connectivity for BD Live, YouTube, and the like and can be connected to your television set so you can watch your Blu-ray discs on the big screen. While the screen size on the device isn’t exactly huge, it will be great to take on the plane and when you’re traveling. With the DVD market switching to Blu-ray it was only a matter of time before we started seeing these hit the market. No word on when we’ll actually see this baby hit store shelves on how much the player will cost. [via BoingBoing]