Panasonic UB820/UB9000 4K UHD Blu-ray player

[Gold Ranger]

Does the 9000 do Dolby Vision?

[JohnAV]

Originally Posted by Gold Ranger

Does the 9000 do Dolby Vision?

Both HDR10+ and DV, like the UB820.

[Gold Ranger]

Sexcellent! Thanks!

[Gold Ranger]

Where can it be bought?
I didn't see it on either Best Buy or amazon

[LordoftheRings]

New York, USA.
• https://www.valueelectronics.com/#gsc.tab=0
• https://www.valueelectronics.com/Panasonic_UB820.php

[JohnAV]

Originally Posted by Gold Ranger

Where can it be bought?
I didn't see it on either Best Buy or amazon

Magnolia Design sells it (inside some bestbuy). See here

Yes these players for the USA marketplace are not widely sold due to Panasonic exodus from stores a few years back. Value Electronics is a good source if you can’t locate them locally.

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by JohnAV

Magnolia Design sells it (inside some bestbuy). See here

Yes these players for the USA marketplace are not widely sold due to Panasonic exodus from stores a few years back. Value Electronics is a good source if you can’t locate them locally.

yeah, I was glancing at the Best Buy site and was shocked to actually see stock available near me. I had bought this player a few months ago online from Best Buy but the player had some issues and also came in a crushed box so I returned it. Just ordered it again and will be picking it up tonight after work!

[Geoff D]

Panasonic UK are selling refurb 820's for £220 on ebay UK, that won't be of much use to most of you but I mention it because it's the right price for me to take a punt. I don't need it, but I wants to take a look anyway.

[CM1014]

Got my 820 this morning after ordering on Best Buy’s website Thursday. Looking forward to setting it up and playing with it tonight.

[Robert Zohn]

@Geoff, I'd love for you to have Panasonic's UB820 just to see the HDR Optimizer.

Yes, a couple Panasonic dealers and our company just received our UB820 December allocations. More arriving in two weeks.

[Gold Ranger]

What exactly is the difference between the 820 and 9000?

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by Robert Zohn

@Geoff, I'd love for you to have Panasonic's UB820 just to see the HDR Optimizer.

Yes, a couple Panasonic dealers and our company just received our UB820 December allocations. More arriving in two weeks.

sorry Robert! I swear I was going to order this from you in the near future assuming that I couldn't physically pick it up anywhere but then Best Buy shocked me by getting a few in for some reason!

[IITravel01]

Originally Posted by Gold Ranger

Where can it be bought?
I didn't see it on either Best Buy or amazon

If I go to BestBuy.com and type in the search UB820, it comes up? Did you really try to search it on BestBuy.com?

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Robert Zohn

@Geoff, I'd love for you to have Panasonic's UB820 just to see the HDR Optimizer.

Yes, a couple Panasonic dealers and our company just received our UB820 December allocations. More arriving in two weeks.

I've got a TV that can resolve 2000 nits worth of information along the correct PQ brightness curve before it runs out of puff and needs the contrast adjusting downwards to preserve >2000 nit information (which I have a separate mode for on HDR10, and Dolby Vision takes care of it on suitably enabled software). So I suspect that the Optimiser won't be of much use for me with the majority of discs out there, what with the increasing usage of DV and the relative lack of content that goes higher than 2000 nits, but I'll grab some mega-nit monsters like BvS and The Meg and compare the Optimiser to my own 3000/4000 nit mapping modes in terms of how much luminance is being preserved in each method. I'll also give it the once over regarding 480i playback, the chroma/luma sharpening etc.

[Robert Zohn]

All sounds very interesting and I believe you will enjoy the full color and peak luminance volume that can be preserved on UHD BDs, especially as you stated the high nit graded titles.

I must however admit I had a different interest in having you own a Panasonic UB820 and you nailed it at the end when you referenced the chroma/luma processing that I believe you will agree most professional and enthusiasts users agree is the best reproduction of FHD/SDR and UHD/HDR discs. I was especially interested in your take (after careful review) of Panasonic's"HCX" chroma processing.

[Gold Ranger]

Originally Posted by IITravel01

If I go to BestBuy.com and type in the search UB820, it comes up? Did you really try to search it on BestBuy.com?

I tried for the 9000

[gkolb]

Originally Posted by Gold Ranger

I tried for the 9000

It’s an exclusive at Value Electronics until May/June.
Email the store to see when 2nd or 3rd wave is available. Believe the 1st wave already sold out.

[Robert Zohn]

Thank you gkolb, we're taking reservations for the early February allocation of UB9000s. Less than 100 left as of today.

After mid Feb the allocations are monthly so once we sell out of the Feb. allotment it will be mid March for the next shipment. My purchases are committed until end of May, hope I forecasted (guessed on how many to buy) well.

[Gold Ranger]

Someone told me about this player that it can be made to be region free

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Robert Zohn

All sounds very interesting and I believe you will enjoy the full color and peak luminance volume that can be preserved on UHD BDs, especially as you stated the high nit graded titles.

I must however admit I had a different interest in having you own a Panasonic UB820 and you nailed it at the end when you referenced the chroma/luma processing that I believe you will agree most professional and enthusiasts users agree is the best reproduction of FHD/SDR and UHD/HDR discs. I was especially interested in your take (after careful review) of Panasonic's"HCX" chroma processing.

I already enjoy such things. I agree that they agree but I certainly don't agree with them, not with how I've experienced Panasonic's chroma handling over this past two years where I've owned several of their UHD decks starting in April 2016 (900, 700, 390). And I've got a sneaking suspicion that nothing much under the hood has changed, aside from the HDR Optimiser which itself builds upon the previous HDR conversion ability of the player and makes it a touch more user friendly.

BTW Vincent Teoh still rocks an OPPO in his TV review videos...