Panasonic UB820/UB9000 4K UHD Blu-ray player

[WKoA13]

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Originally Posted by WKoA13

One more benefit?
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No tax is a benefit. Not sure if there's anything else. Thinking of ordering myself.

Aaaaah. Yeah didn't even think of that. Well, I shouldn't quite yet....but, we'll see if I can hold out through the day in that case.

[WKoA13]

If (when) I do finally cave and snag this....

Any tips/advice for player settings for an LG B6 OLED? Looks like there is already a preset for OLED screens, but anything beyond/in the other options I should stick to?

[JoeDeM]

Originally Posted by WKoA13

If (when) I do finally cave and snag this....

Any tips/advice for player settings for an LG B6 OLED? Looks like there is already a preset for OLED screens, but anything beyond/in the other options I should stick to?

I have mine just set to OLED, and I've been really happy with the output running on a E6.

[SunShines]

Is there any difference between the UB820 and the UB824? I see the 824 listed a little cheaper than the 820 here now. Panasonic has an informative page about the 820, but I can't find anything about the 824. Searching this forum provided me with a few mentions of the 824, and similar questions as mine, but not much answer to it, unfortunately.

[sapiendut]

Wait, what? There is an 824? Perhaps that’s just a derivative model to be sold through big boxes?

[elwaylite]

Yes, its been an 824 for awhile.

[SunShines]

The few webshops that offer the 824 doesn't even write anything about it. No mention of DV/HDR10+... I guess the player should have both DV/HDR10+, but I can't tell from the shops' descriptions and "specs"... No info from Panasonic.

Guess I'll probably just go for the 820 as the safe bet.

[Bigbro]

Originally Posted by WKoA13

If (when) I do finally cave and snag this....

Any tips/advice for player settings for an LG B6 OLED? Looks like there is already a preset for OLED screens, but anything beyond/in the other options I should stick to?

I Started Oled buying a 65ef950. This was as far as I know the fist Oled capable of doing almost anything. The TV was great except for 1 thing, luminance. Especialy with HDR movies and series. Far too dark. Every dark part of the image became a black blur and bright scenes were not bright. In the beginning I was ridiculed when I mentioned this on several fora/sites. So I thought it must be me or the ef950. Therefore again I took out a lot of money and bought the 65C6. Although better it still lacked enough luminance(nits). Again I was ridiculed. The only way to get enough brightness was to turn up all known slides(brightnes, Oled light and contrast) to the top. Consequence was that my nice oled looked like a washed out cheap LCD/LED screen. I just went on every evening trying to adjust. I did this for over 3 months. The C6 was just bright enough for not HDR content.

Again I took out my purse and bought the 77c8. Ahhhhh finally enough brigthness(nits). Not long after suddenly the Panasonic UB9004 with HDR Optmizer appeared on the market. Ahh it was suddenly discovered that indeed HDR looked far too dark on displays that do about 750 nits.

In your case the 9004/820 will do a very good job because you can set the optimizer to a brighter level without losing a lot of image quality. Maybe if the 9004/820 had appeared sooner I would not have bought the 77c8 although the size is off course great. Nowadays at the danger of being ridiculed again I have disabled Dolby Vision and HDR10+ in the menu of the player and just use the optimizer with HDR. Because you own a 6 series I suggest that instead of using ' Oled' within the optimizer set up menu try to use ' basic projector'. That way instead of 1000nits tone mapping it will drop to 500nits leaving you probably with a better picture and retain the BT.2020 color.

Even better you can also use the optimizer with Netflix and Amazon Prime. Enjoy.

[LordoftheRings]

• https://www.stereo.net.au/reviews/re...blu-ray-player

[WKoA13]

Originally Posted by SunShines

The few webshops that offer the 824 doesn't even write anything about it. No mention of DV/HDR10+... I guess the player should have both DV/HDR10+, but I can't tell from the shops' descriptions and "specs"... No info from Panasonic.

Guess I'll probably just go for the 820 as the safe bet.

From what I can tell it's just an EU numbering of the 820? Tried looking it up and every video and review that popped up appeared to be in German (or similar language)

[DJR662]

The 824 is the 820.

It's just the European model's name.

[MEB]

The UB9000's mandatory automatic shut-off after 20 minutes on pause is KILLING ME!

Why oh why did Panasonic make the auto shut-off something that we can't control? Why not offer the CHOICE of multiple options in the settings menu? Those choices could be (for auto shut-off): NEVER, 20 minutes, 30 minutes and 60 minutes.

I've written to Panasonic customer service to request just such a firmware change. But, Robert, PLEASE reach out to your sources/contacts and put the bug in their ear too!

I realize saving energy is important but a measly 20 minutes is RIDICULOUS!

Mark

[DJR662]

Originally Posted by MEB

The UB9000's mandatory automatic shut-off after 20 minutes on pause is KILLING ME!

Why oh why did Panasonic make the auto shut-off something that we can't control? Why not offer the CHOICE of multiple options in the settings menu? Those choices could be (for auto shut-off): NEVER, 20 minutes, 30 minutes and 60 minutes.

I've written to Panasonic customer service to request just such a firmware change. But, Robert, PLEASE reach out to your sources/contacts and put the bug in their ear too!

I realize saving energy is important but a measly 20 minutes is RIDICULOUS!

Mark

I've been complaining about this like forever. I honestly don't understand why there's no option to turn it off. Nothing a firmware update can't fix.



Look, Panasonic. The competition has got it right, so why can't you?

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by SunShines

The few webshops that offer the 824 doesn't even write anything about it. No mention of DV/HDR10+... I guess the player should have both DV/HDR10+, but I can't tell from the shops' descriptions and "specs"... No info from Panasonic.

Guess I'll probably just go for the 820 as the safe bet.

The Panasonic models ending xx4 are usually from continental Europe, mostly Germany e.g.

https://www.panasonic.com/de/consume.../dp-ub824.html

Basically it's the exact same thing with a 4 on the end

[edit] Sorry DJR, didn't see your post above

[evoll]

Love the player and PQ but wish it had the screen saver like the oppo 203.

[tama]

So this will show an improvement on disc master at 4000 nits on my OLED B7 (2017 Model) using the players tone mapping over the TVs? How does it fair with disc mastered at 1000 nits?

[sapiendut]

These players will make any TV look better. Even on my Panasonic 65FZ1000 OLED the picture is improved rather dramatically.

[tama]

Think I'm going to have to put in order then.

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by sapiendut

These players will make any TV look better. Even on my Panasonic 65FZ1000 OLED the picture is improved rather dramatically.

Yep, even high end lcds such as samsungs Q9 and Sony's Z9D benefit from it.

[Clark Burk]

Not only is the HDR optimizer a great feature but the upscaling of Blurays and DVDs is probably the best I’ve seen outside of MadVR or Lumagen but these involve a bit more complexity or money.