Panasonic UB820/UB9000 4K UHD Blu-ray player

[chriscreep23]

Originally Posted by Scorxpion

Have you extract the file after you download it. Once you unzip the file then you can measure its size.

Yes I have extract it and after that I looked at the properties as per instructions. I have 2 Panasonic UB820/824 players. One European and one from United states. The European download size is exactly the same as the size on the download page. The American download differs. It is 184,184,880 bytes where as on the download page it says that the size should be 184,241,187 bytes. I have downloaded the same file many times but the difference remains.

[Troy74]

turned on my 820 , saw message update available via wifi. What does update correct? I installed & view movies with JVC 2000 4k projector. Projector doesn't do DV but has firmware HDR frame adapt tone mapping. Movies look the same,great.

[Matthew.H]

Originally Posted by Troy74

turned on my 820 , saw message update available via wifi. What does update correct? I installed & view movies with JVC 2000 4k projector. Projector doesn't do DV but has firmware HDR frame adapt tone mapping. Movies look the same,great.

From what people have found so far it mainly fixes issues with DV discs freezing at layer changes.

[Scorxpion]

Originally Posted by chriscreep23

Yes I have extract it and after that I looked at the properties as per instructions. I have 2 Panasonic UB820/824 players. One European and one from United states. The European download size is exactly the same as the size on the download page. The American download differs. It is 184,184,880 bytes where as on the download page it says that the size should be 184,241,187 bytes. I have downloaded the same file many times but the difference remains.

Let me check and will be back to you already have the US VERSION LIKE YOU but UB900 for European countries.after checking u should '' Check the file size of the downloaded file and decompress it. (Supported for Windows only.)

Checking the file size
Right click on the downloaded firmware, and select "Properties". Make sure that the size of the file is the same as the size listed on the download page.
If the file size differs, please download it again. After checking the size, click [OK] and the "Properties" window will close.
Decompressing the file
Double click the downloaded firmware and decompress it.
The decompressed file will be named "PANAEUSB.FRM".
As u notice we should check the downloaded file and not the compressed one. Anyway wait my feedback

[gnicks]

Originally Posted by chriscreep23

Yes I have extract it and after that I looked at the properties as per instructions. I have 2 Panasonic UB820/824 players. One European and one from United states. The European download size is exactly the same as the size on the download page. The American download differs. It is 184,184,880 bytes where as on the download page it says that the size should be 184,241,187 bytes. I have downloaded the same file many times but the difference remains.

The number they are referencing is prior to extraction. The zipped file download is 184,241,187 bytes. After extraction the file will be 184,184,880. Your download is fine.

[chriscreep23]

Originally Posted by gnicks

The number they are referencing is prior to extraction. The zipped file download is 184,241,187 bytes. After extraction the file will be 184,184,880. Your download is fine.

Ok thanks

[JAWS]

Just found out about the update tonight. Huge win… I had gotten Scream Factories Halloween and the flickering on DV made it unwatchable. I’ve never had any of the other issues I have read about but had the flickering issue with a few films. Halloween and Raiders of the Lost Ark being the most notable… I was almost ready to buy a more expensive player.

[nitin]

Dumb question re HDR Optimiser, is it just a matter of setting your TV setting in the advanced menu (eg High Luminance LED) an it's automatically applied every time or do you have to manually activate it when you watch a disc via the remote?

[PUsokrJosh305]

Originally Posted by nitin

Dumb question re HDR Optimiser, is it just a matter of setting your TV setting in the advanced menu (eg High Luminance LED) an it's automatically applied every time or do you have to manually activate it when you watch a disc via the remote?

Adjusting the setting in the "Settings Menu" isn't how the Optimizer is activated or at least turned "on". You will need to plug in an HDR10 movie and let it play. Once the movie part is actually playing, you will need to hold down the HDR setting button on your remote until the "Option" menu pops up. At the top of the sub menu, it should say HDR Optimizer "On" or "Off." If it's off, turn it "On" and if it's "On," you are good to go.

To add, make sure you play around with each of the HDR Optimizer TV settings in the "Settings" menu. Those options were made in 2018 and some of the labels are a bit dated. Like the OLED setting is for the player to tone map anything that is 1,000 nit HDR Content or more. After testing all the settings out on my LG C9 OLED, I figured out the TV does a great job tone mapping things higher than 1,000. This is why I have it set at the highest setting, Super High Luminance (1,500 nits). So, you need to play around with those settings till you find the perfect one for your TV.

[rickardl]

Originally Posted by gnicks

The number they are referencing is prior to extraction. The zipped file download is 184,241,187 bytes. After extraction the file will be 184,184,880. Your download is fine.

As a side note, I downloaded all updates and they all had the same byte size.
(The China one had a different filename)
184241187 Sep 29 20:14 CH UPDATE_UB9000_V169.zip
184241187 Sep 29 18:54 OC UPDATE_UB420_UB820_UB9000_V169.zip
184241187 Sep 29 18:14 CA UPDATE_UB420_UB820_UB9000_V169.zip
184241187 Sep 29 17:21 EU UPDATE_UB420_UB820_UB9000_V169.zip
184241187 Sep 29 15:24 US UPDATE_UB420_UB820_UB9000_V169.zip

And they all had this file PANAEUSB.FRM which was 184184880 bytes and even the CRC-32 checksum was identical for the firmwares which was a bit(!) surprising.
US 86FE5D6F
EU 86FE5D6F
CA 86FE5D6F
OC 86FE5D6F
CH 86FE5D6F

[pbz06]

Originally Posted by PUsokrJosh305

Adjusting the setting in the "Settings Menu" isn't how the Optimizer is activated or at least turned "on". You will need to plug in an HDR10 movie and let it play. Once the movie part is actually playing, you will need to hold down the HDR setting button on your remote until the "Option" menu pops up. At the top of the sub menu, it should say HDR Optimizer "On" or "Off." If it's off, turn it "On" and if it's "On," you are good to go.

To add, make sure you play around with each of the HDR Optimizer TV settings in the "Settings" menu. Those options were made in 2018 and some of the labels are a bit dated. Like the OLED setting is for the player to tone map anything that is 1,000 nit HDR Content or more. After testing all the settings out on my LG C9 OLED, I figured out the TV does a great job tone mapping things higher than 1,000. This is why I have it set at the highest setting, Super High Luminance (1,500 nits). So, you need to play around with those settings till you find the perfect one for your TV.

Do you happen to recall the nit tonemap targets for each of the settings? I know OLED is 1,000 but what does it target for Medium and High Luminance?

[PUsokrJosh305]

Originally Posted by pbz06

Do you happen to recall the nit tonemap targets for each of the settings? I know OLED is 1,000 but what does it target for Medium and High Luminance?

If I remember correctly:

Basic or Low Luminance is the 500 nits tonemap target

OLED as well as Medium/High Luminance is the 1,000 nits tonemap target

Super High Luminance is the 1,500 nits tonemap target

I'm not familiar with the projector HDR Optimizer options on the 9000, especially since I only have the 820. But those are the nit tonemap targets. Again, these were made in 2018 or even before which is why I say play with each to see which one works with your TV.

[Jodi]

OK, so the most recent firmware upgrade that fixes DV issues and any other issues is

1.69

Correct?

[Jodi]

Originally Posted by Scottishguy

Unfortunately not.

So Skynet is not that artificially intelligent! HA!

[chip75]

Originally Posted by Jodi

OK, so the most recent firmware upgrade that fixes DV issues and any other issues is

1.69

Correct?

Yes, that's the newest one. Released about two weeks back.

[NKB2017]

Since upgrading to the new firmware (1.69) on my UB9000 I've had no issues. The quirks seem to have gone (touch wood), 'The Thing' UHD played through without issue, my lip-sync issues have gone (fingers crossed), and my multi-region and multi-zone has been maintained. All in all very happy with this update. Early days though

[Jodi]

Originally Posted by chip75

Yes, that's the newest one. Released about two weeks back.

OK.....thanks......

[thebarnman]

Originally Posted by pbz06

Do you happen to recall the nit tonemap targets for each of the settings? I know OLED is 1,000 but what does it target for Medium and High Luminance?

OLED 1000
Super High Luminance LCD 1500
Middle or High LuminanceLCD 1000
Basic Luminance LCD & Projector 500

[BijouMan]

Originally Posted by thebarnman

OLED 1000
Super High Luminance LCD 1500
Middle or High LuminanceLCD 1000
Basic Luminance LCD & Projector 500

Then why would Panasonic have separate settings for "OLED" and "Middle or High Luminance LCD?"

[gkolb]

Originally Posted by BijouMan

Then why would Panasonic have separate settings for "OLED" and "Middle or High Luminance LCD?"

Without doing any research for this, I’m betting the tone mapping differs for panel characteristics between OLED and LCD signal handling.