Panasonic UB820/UB9000 4K UHD Blu-ray player

[GlacierTuba]

Originally Posted by ronand

Unfortunately not. But some is better than none...

Thanks for quelling my overly suspicious mind. It was driving me mad think my mod was bodged!

[ronand]

Neither the regionfreedom or rattlebyte mods completely remove PUO's. Maybe someday.

[Vokon]

Hi, I hope y'all are doing well and hope you guys can help me out!

So I basically have the Panasonic UB820. But I bought it from a site in the UK called tps. Where they make the Player Multi-region so any disc would work on it. This is the site. TPS - The Perfect Signal Ltd

Please let me know if they are like considered the best Company to buy from If i want to get a Multi-Region player or not! And if i like made the right choice buying from them. Or if i was dumb to do that lol.

Anyways so I have a few discs. And I wanted to try out John Wick 3 and La La Land. And in this one scene in John Wick 3. The Movie would basically freeze and there would be artifacts all over the screen. And I had the same exact thing with La La Land aswell.

So I decided to try both on the PS5 aswell. Just to know if this is a Player Problem Or a Disc Problem. With La La Land the disc worked just fine on the PS5. No Freezing. No Artifacts. Its just normal.

However with John Wick 3 on the PS5. It has the exact same problem where it freezes/artifacts. So with John Wick 3 sure. Im 100% its a Disc issue now. But like what about La La Land? Could this be a Disc issue? Or is it actually a Player issue? Please let me know!

These aren't my photos. They are from Google. But these are basically the problems im having. Heck im even getting worse than this where its multiple colors. Red, yellow, blue, white, pink and others.

https://imgur.com/a/ezUC34S

[Hedrox]

Originally Posted by ronand

Neither the regionfreedom or rattlebyte mods completely remove PUO's. Maybe someday.

I believe that is intentional, as some POU's are tied to copy protection measures and they do not want to touch those functions.

[bl4ck]

Cinavia not is protection of the copy ?

There is very good news first bug in kernel fixed.
https://www.avforums.com/threads/let.../post-31757080

https://www.avforums.com/threads/let.../post-31757431

There are two errors that will affect ~50% of total the CPU's all the time.

[idlebrain]

Originally Posted by bl4ck

Cinavia not is protection of the copy ?

There is very good news first bug in kernel fixed.
https://www.avforums.com/threads/let.../post-31757080

https://www.avforums.com/threads/let.../post-31757431

There are two errors that will affect ~50% of total the CPU's all the time.

By the way in the above mentioned threads, someone figured out to crack the regionfreedom FW. If your player is on 1.69 FW, you can install the custom FW following the steps and make the player region free. I have done myself and its working wonderfully.

[GlacierTuba]

Any pros/cons to going with hacked regionfree fw if I'm on 1.76 RB modchip?

[ronand]

Originally Posted by GlacierTuba

Any pros/cons to going with hacked regionfree fw if I'm on 1.76 RB modchip?

You can't downgrade to 1.69 atm

[idlebrain]

Originally Posted by GlacierTuba

Any pros/cons to going with hacked regionfree fw if I'm on 1.76 RB modchip?

If you are on RB modchip, No reason to install this custom FW. As of now this FW only workks with 1.69.

[Filmy4K]

Originally Posted by J Nada

Sure - it isn't obvious at all! You need to create a folder on your usb drive called 'sub', rename the srt file to 'sub.srt' and put it in that folder. Then if you play the disc, hit the option button and go to subtitles, there are additional menu options including external subs.

Please note both folder and srt file need to be all lower case - 'sub' not 'Sub'.

Today I received new RattleByte Firmware from TPS with new external subtitles design. Now we have Arial white color font on smooth transparent black background. It looks really great! Thanks @ Eriks for the work!

[ronand]

Originally Posted by Filmy4K

Today I received new RattleByte Firmware from TPS with new external subtitles design. Now we have Arial white color font on smooth transparent black background. It looks really great! Thanks @ Eriks for the work!

Thanks for the heads up. Indeed the external subs are a massive improvement.

A note to those already on RB 1.76 - online update will not work as the versions are the same so the update must be done by USB. Also I found that I needed to re-enable the special features by doing a region change.

[Hedrox]

Originally Posted by Filmy4K

Today I received new RattleByte Firmware from TPS with new external subtitles design. Now we have Arial white color font on smooth transparent black background. It looks really great! Thanks @ Eriks for the work!

They must be following the avforums thread, because those guys figured out how to change subtitle font and color over a month ago. This is how it looks for their mod:

[medikoo]

Originally Posted by Hedrox

They must be following the avforums thread, because those guys figured out how to change subtitle font and color over a month ago.

Is there a firmware for UB9000, that allows this? Where can I find it? Will it support also italics?

[ronand]

Originally Posted by medikoo

Is there a firmware for UB9000, that allows this? Where can I find it? Will it support also italics?

The 420/820/9000 players all use the same firmware. There is a free version available on the avforums site. However its not a simple upload by USB and requires patching the firmware on the player. Only firmware 1.69 is supported at the moment. If you are on version 1.76 then rattlebyte is the only option.

[Banner23]

Hi, I have the Panasonic UB820 player and I am having a problem with it. Every 4k and blu ray disc works fine except for a animated 4k disc I just bought, it always freezes. I went to the store and they had no problem playing the disc.
If my player is starting to go, is this normal for it to start having a problem with one disc or should all of my discs be having problems ?

[sapiendut]

It should be problematic on all discs, not just one.

[Cherokee Jack]

Originally Posted by Banner23

Hi, I have the Panasonic UB820 player and I am having a problem with it. Every 4k and blu ray disc works fine except for a animated 4k disc I just bought, it always freezes. I went to the store and they had no problem playing the disc.
If my player is starting to go, is this normal for it to start having a problem with one disc or should all of my discs be having problems ?

There will always be a first disc to have playback problems of course and it’s impossible to judge based on that one disc alone. But in my experience, the UB820’s freezing/pixelation did become more common over time after initially being a pretty rare occurrence. It did not affect all my discs however; even at it’s worst I’d still have several nights every week where the player would work flawlessly.

I’d advise you to keep throwing discs at it, especially ones from the shitty Mexican plant (Criterion, Shout, etc), and see if the problem presents itself again. Make sure to expedite this testing if the player is covered by a warranty that’s ending soon.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Banner23

If my player is starting to go, is this normal for it to start having a problem with one disc or should all of my discs be having problems ?

My first 820 did the same.

It worked fine for over a year, playing hundreds of discs.

First it had trouble with The Last Duel. (3 copies tried, 3rd had no issues)

It worked fine on many discs after that.

A bit later, it had problems with Casino Royale. (4 copies tried, 4th had no issues because it was a different pressing from a different studio)

It worked fine on many discs after that.

A bit later, it had problems with West Side Story. (4 copies tried, never got one to work properly on it)

Finally, it made Singin' in the Rain look like an explosion of colored pixels, and I gave up and bought a new one.

It's important to note that at this point, as I replaced my machine, it still played most discs fine. It was only ever certain discs, it just got to be enough that I decided to replace it.

SHORT ANSWER: Yep, that's a fairly normal first sign your player is going. Certain discs seem to cause more trouble than others.

[Banner23]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

My first 820 did the same.

It worked fine for over a year, playing hundreds of discs.

First it had trouble with The Last Duel. (3 copies tried, 3rd had no issues)

It worked fine on many discs after that.

A bit later, it had problems with Casino Royale. (4 copies tried, 4th had no issues because it was a different pressing from a different studio)

It worked fine on many discs after that.

A bit later, it had problems with West Side Story. (4 copies tried, never got one to work properly on it)

Finally, it made Singin' in the Rain look like an explosion of colored pixels, and I gave up and bought a new one.

It's important to note that at this point, as I replaced my machine, it still played most discs fine. It was only ever certain discs, it just got to be enough that I decided to replace it.

SHORT ANSWER: Yep, that's a fairly normal first sign your player is going. Certain discs seem to cause more trouble than others.

thanks, how old was your player when this started to happen ? Mine is 4 years old and I use it a lot.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Banner23

thanks, how old was your player when this started to happen ? Mine is 4 years old and I use it a lot.

It was just over a year old when it had to be replaced.

I've had my replacement for about 18 months and it still works fine, knock on wood.