Panasonic UB820/UB9000 4K UHD Blu-ray player

[JohnAV]

Originally Posted by pathfinder2810

A friend who is starting to know 820 told me this:As video quality .... really good with high quality starting material .... while with less "valuable" titles, the image looks very compact and clean, but loses detail .... as if there was a kind of "noise reduction" always active. Has anyone noticed this?

That would not be unheard of, the earlier 4Kx2K Marvel Qdeo had undefeatable DNR, it was very modest but annoyed people.

[Robert Zohn]

Just wanted to share a chart I just received from Japan.



Also working on escalating our 1st allocation, stand by for more info.

[evan201]

Originally Posted by Robert Zohn

Just wanted to share a chart I just received from Japan.



Also working on escalating our 1st allocation, stand by for more info.

Very cool Robert. Thanks for the update. I hope I was early enough on the list to be included in the first allocation. Very pumped to add this player to my projector setup.

[Robert Zohn]

Also not sure I said this before but the UB820 and UB9000 will support Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant voice control.

[clevice]

Hello

arrived today in Portugal the 824EGK

I'm going to lift the DHL tomorrow.

[Robert Zohn]

@evan201, I placed a very large opening order and expect it to be completely allocated to us.

[evan201]

Originally Posted by Robert Zohn

@evan201, I placed a very large opening order and expect it to be completely allocated to us.

Fantastic. Can't wait. $500 introductory price from you guys right?

[Robert Zohn]

Actually $1 less. $499.00 and double boxed shipping is included.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by JohnAV

That would not be unheard of, the earlier 4Kx2K Marvel Qdeo had undefeatable DNR, it was very modest but annoyed people.

One of the video chips in the Oppo 103 and 105 (HDMI 1 Output).

"The BDP-103 and BDP-105 employ a two-step video processing approach that utilizes video processing algorithms implemented on the main dual-core SoC and the latest generation of Marvell’s Qdeo video processor. The HDMI 1 output is driven by the Qdeo video processor while the HDMI 2 output is direct from the main SoC. The main SoC performs video decoding, de-interlacing, scaling and 2D-to-3D conversion, and the Qdeo video processor can perform further enhancements such as noise reduction, contrast and color enhancements."

[JohnAV]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

One of the video chips in the Oppo 103 and 105 (HDMI 1 Output).

"The BDP-103 and BDP-105 employ a two-step video processing approach that utilizes video processing algorithms implemented on the main dual-core SoC and the latest generation of Marvell’s Qdeo video processor. The HDMI 1 output is driven by the Qdeo video processor while the HDMI 2 output is direct from the main SoC. The main SoC performs video decoding, de-interlacing, scaling and 2D-to-3D conversion, and the Qdeo video processor can perform further enhancements such as noise reduction, contrast and color enhancements."

Panasonic players have always offered NR of more then one type. You could either find it and disable it or sometimes it was not possible similar to the Qdeo example I mentioned in the 93/95/103/105 Oppo players not in the later 103D/105D which went back to SI VRS variety. BTW Qdeo was used in lots of products, example AVR's.

In the UB820 example it has several noise reduction settings under picture setting.
Robert took pictures of his 820 showing this.



Whether it can be totally defeated is up to one of the owners here or Robert to determine.

[LordoftheRings]

Oppo is the grand master Jedi, with a light saber, Panasonic is just a Star Wars story from the Hollywood pro video laboratory.

[Neo4K]

Originally Posted by Robert Zohn

I'll find out the nit range for each listed category and get back here.

Robert any news on that?

[wesslan]

Read something about 500, 1000, 1500 nits but hope that is wrong. If 500 is "OLED" in settings I can't imagine a 2018 c8 with over 800 nits map pretty good or?

[alien2010]

Pre-ordered my UB820 today which I'm planning to hook up to a QLED I am thinking of purchasing next week. Already have the UB700 which I hooked up to my Samsung 4K LCD, however one stupid question, I'm planning to update the UB820's firmware so the player becomes multi-region for BD & DVD playback, will this update affect HDR10+/DV update when its released?

[alien2010]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

The remote don't bother me, I've still got a spare backlit one that I bought to go with my previous Panny UHD player

Same here. I purchased a UB900 remote for my UB700 earlier this year (not only for backlighting, but also for fastfowarding 60 seconds, studios logos are annoying) from two vendors, and they both arrived at the same time. Glad I never returned it, it'll be great for my new UB820

[alien2010]

Originally Posted by Adrian Wright

And avoid using the bandits regionfreedom.com at the links like the plague, whom I suspect have also suggested the above as this is their website.

What's wrong with regionfreedom.com? Mate of mine used them for his player and it all worked out fine. Think he paid £10 for his firmware file.

[Adrian Wright]

Originally Posted by alien2010

What's wrong with regionfreedom.com? Mate of mine used them for his player and it all worked out fine. Think he paid £10 for his firmware file.

Try the following thread for some 'glowing' examples of their Customer Service

https://www.avforums.com/threads/reg...ience.2084490/

[alien2010]

Originally Posted by Adrian Wright

Try the following thread for some 'glowing' examples of their Customer Service

https://www.avforums.com/threads/reg...ience.2084490/

That is the most weirdest thread I've ever read. Wow some people really are a nifty bunch? My friend wrote out his application on a Sunday, and he got the file the same night.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by alien2010

Pre-ordered my UB820 today which I'm planning to hook up to a QLED I am thinking of purchasing next week. Already have the UB700 which I hooked up to my Samsung 4K LCD, however one stupid question, I'm planning to update the UB820's firmware so the player becomes multi-region for BD & DVD playback, will this update affect HDR10+/DV update when its released?

If you load the official new firmware over the hacked multiregion firmware then you will lose all the advanced MR features. You will need to apply a hacked version of the DV firmware update to keep the MR, and this will of course apply to any future firmware updates after that. I suggest you contact those lovely people at the aforementioned site to clarify this for you.

[alien2010]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

If you load the official new firmware over the hacked multiregion firmware then you will lose all the advanced MR features. You will need to apply a hacked version of the DV firmware update to keep the MR, and this will of course apply to any future firmware updates after that. I suggest you contact those lovely people at the aforementioned site to clarify this for you.

Cheers. Cancelling my pre-order. Going for the UB420, since I am buying a QLED and already have a Samsung TV at home, I doubt DV will be something I will be partaking in.