Panasonic UB820/UB9000 4K UHD Blu-ray player

[Robert Zohn]

I'll ask the HQ engineer for more detail on what version 1.60 changed and also report your findings and request for the UB820 and UB9000 to keep the pause mode for one hour or give us settings on how long we want the disc to stay in the pause mode.

[HDTV1080P]

Players like the OPPO UDP-203 will pause a optical disc for several days. After a certain amount of hours when left in pause the firmware can be designed to turn off the BD-ROM drive and to just keep the frozen image in digital memory. Then the BD-ROM drive is turned back on after the pause button is pressed again.

Over several decades every CD player, Laserdisc player, DVD player, and Blu-ray player that I have owned would let one pause the optical disc and then one could come back in a few days to un pause the optical disc. Works great for people that are not retired and need to go to work and who are watching a long TV series that is over 1,000 hours.

[dml1988]

What would be the best option to purchase the UB820 from the UK? Amazon.co.uk doesn't seem to be an option.

[vincentric]

Originally Posted by Robert Zohn

[Show spoiler]Thanks and I understand and apreciate yoru position. All I am doing in my post above and this one is to bring to the attention of all UB820 and UB9000 owners the best way to operate these advanced technology BD players.

The answer I provided is helpful to all UB820 and UB9000 owners and that's what user forums are all about, solutions to delievr the best possible performance from our love for premium a/v experences.

Two things to consider:

1. It seems to be an issue for Dolby to work out. Clipping highlights when playing Dolby Vision HDR is a common problem with BD players.

2. Sorry to repea, but why would anyone want to use Dolby Vision HDR when the Panasonic's superior HDR Optomizer would deliver a better picture.

Try answering item #2 above without bring into the reply with DV should work if it's also included in the BD player.

[Show spoiler]

Panasonic and Sony both know about the Dolby Vision HDR clipping and they are working with Dolby for a fix.

Just want to make it clear I respect Robert a lot and am answering this sans any sarcasm/malice. Objectively speaking, at least on my end, I have seen the DV layer in some titles that have improved compression over HDR10. Namely in Star Wars TLJ during chapter 29 (and in other chapters as well) there are some noticeable compression issues when watching in HDR10 that are largely absent in DV. Having said that I am no fanboy of DV or any other format and pretty much just try to call it how I see it.

[Robert Zohn]

Thanks for the very kind words! High performance a/v is my lifetime passion.

Do you also have the UB9000 or UB820?

[rech750452]

Originally Posted by dml1988

What would be the best option to purchase the UB820 from the UK? Amazon.co.uk doesn't seem to be an option.

Have you tried Panasonic's web page. Usually has retailers carrying the item and possibly direct purchase from the Panasonic store

[dml1988]

Originally Posted by rech750452

Have you tried Panasonic's web page. Usually has retailers carrying the item and possibly direct purchase from the Panasonic store

I was going to do that but their website has the UB820EBK listed as "coming soon".

[chip75]

Originally Posted by dml1988

What would be the best option to purchase the UB820 from the UK? Amazon.co.uk doesn't seem to be an option.

https://www.richersounds.com/pana-dpub820.html
https://petertyson.co.uk/panasonic-d...blu-ray-player

Both are excellent reliable retailers.

[dml1988]

Originally Posted by chip75

https://www.richersounds.com/pana-dpub820.html
https://petertyson.co.uk/panasonic-d...blu-ray-player

Both are excellent reliable retailers.

Thanks, I don't see any info but do those websites ship to the US?

[MEB]

Originally Posted by Robert Zohn

I'll ask the HQ engineer for more detail on what version 1.60 changed and also report your findings and request for the UB820 and UB9000 to keep the pause mode for one hour or give us settings on how long we want the disc to stay in the pause mode.

Thank you, Robert. I'm particularly interested in whether 1.60 changed anything at all with regard to pause/automatic shutdown. The Trading Places disc I grabbed to use was a new arrival to my collection and I grabbed it because it was sitting on a convenient stack of new discs (to watch).

I'll repeat my test sometime today using a disc that I've had in the UB9000 in the past (and known to shutdown completely after 20 minutes on pause).

Mark

[chip75]

Originally Posted by dml1988

Thanks, I don't see any info but do those websites ship to the US?

I'm not sure, sorry, I thought you were in the UK. Why are you after a UK model instead of a US one?

[DJR662]

Originally Posted by Robert Zohn

I'll ask the HQ engineer for more detail on what version 1.60 changed and also report your findings and request for the UB820 and UB9000 to keep the pause mode for one hour or give us settings on how long we want the disc to stay in the pause mode.

Yes, please, if you would be so kind.

I would prefer an option to disable the auto shutoff function completely because I really have zero need for it.

[rech750452]

Originally Posted by dml1988

Thanks, I don't see any info but do those websites ship to the US?

If you are looking to purchase in the US, it is available from quite a few retailers. Value Electronics, Amazon, Best Buy, Crutchfield. Your pick.

[dml1988]

Originally Posted by chip75

I'm not sure, sorry, I thought you were in the UK. Why are you after a UK model instead of a US one?

I am looking for a UK model because of the region B blu ray's I own. I know all 4k disks are region free, and I could use my PS4 or my Xbox One X for region A blu ray's. This player seems to be about the best option out there for Dolby Vision disks, which I have a couple of.

[sapiendut]

I still don’t understand the logic behind causing a desk for hours or even days. How difficult is it to just continue in a couple of hours or days?

[MEB]

Originally Posted by Robert Zohn

I'll ask the HQ engineer for more detail on what version 1.60 changed and also report your findings and request for the UB820 and UB9000 to keep the pause mode for one hour or give us settings on how long we want the disc to stay in the pause mode.

Robert,

I think the HQ engineer is going to tell you that NOTHING has changed with regard to auto shutoff.

After I received the UB9000 the first two movies we showed in the Booth Bijou Garage Theater were 'Incredibles 2' and 'MI:Fallout'. With BOTH films (standard Blu-rays because Garage Theater is 1080p) the UB9000 went into shutdown after 20 minutes on pause.

I just tested it again (after 1.60 update) with 'MI:Fallout'. I'm disappointed to report that after 20 minutes the player shutdown. When I pressed the play button on the remote, the player came back on, "Off timer was activated (player)." was displayed on the screen (twice), and then the disc started over from the very beginning (menu). It did NOT start off from the paused position (as with my earlier test using 'Trading Places').

I guess 'Trading Places' has a disc-based resume feature and 'MI:Fallout' does not.

Regardless, when played in the UB9000 (firmware 1.60), neither disc displays the behavior many of us desire (namely, to hold pause indefinitely or for at least 1 hour). Frankly, I don't think anything regarding auto shutdown has changed at all with the 1.60 update.

I'm very disappointed with Panasonic. I believed they'd listen to their customers and fix this issue (a known issue for half a year already) in the next firmware update. No luck.

And beyond the disappointment, it is ridiculous that Panasonic's expensive UB9000 doesn't offer the ability to turn off auto shutdown when competitor's players (costing much less) have the feature. Grrr...

Mark

[sapiendut]

I know for sure 1000% that the auto shut down have not changed at all for sure. I have confirmation on this from Panasonic

[DJR662]

Originally Posted by sapiendut

I know for sure 1000% that the auto shut down have not changed at all for sure. I have confirmation on this from Panasonic

They need to change this.

It's a pain in the a** for me for sure.

[sapiendut]

Quite honestly, how many people actually need what you need I think the reason they do it is because they don’t want to overheat the processor. The processor runs hotter than any other players I’ve encountered thus far.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by dml1988

I am looking for a UK model because of the region B blu ray's I own. I know all 4k disks are region free, and I could use my PS4 or my Xbox One X for region A blu ray's. This player seems to be about the best option out there for Dolby Vision disks, which I have a couple of.

You could try contacting the retailers I mentioned, otherwise you'd have to use a mail forwarding service.