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LordoftheRings · 10-01-2021, 01:11 AM

I just tuned in to the good news ... about time.

NeilZ · 10-01-2021, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Geoff D

Yep, I've been eyeing up other players (and then laughing at the Reavon) because of how spotty the 820 is - was - with DV but this update has indeed put that to bed.

I even got an email this morning from Panny customer service telling me that the update was now live and that they hope it fixes the DV problems I was having. I first raised this issue with them in April 2020 and a few emails went back and forth before they said they would pass it on to their technical department and get back to me, that was the 28th April and was the last I heard from them...until now. I gotta say, that's pretty damned classy.

Sure, it's taken an absolute fookin age to get this fixed (ye olde pandemic didn't help) which I've bemoaned many, many times on here, but to take the time to go back through their correspondence and let people know it's been sorted is that extra touch of quality customer service on their behalf.

Panasonic: THANK YOU!

Completely agree. There's literally no reason not to stick with Panasonic at this point.

Riggins1 · 10-01-2021, 08:58 AM

Guys I updated my 820 last night and it did NOT fix the flickering issue I have on my Zombie 4K disc from Blue Underground. I'm starting to think the disc is faulty? I tested the Criterions release of "To sleep with anger" which also had some flickering issues. It seems to be better now. Anyone else that has experinced flickering on regular blu-ray discs? I have to try more titles to see if the update has fixed it completely.

thebarnman · 10-01-2021, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by hansolo

Re: these Panny problems. I wasn't aware of them before purchasing the 820 unit and almost immediately went to 1.69A firmware so haven't really had any issues so far

. I guess some times you just dodge the issues and have problem free experience.

I've had my Panasonic 820 for a few years now and never had a problem. However, I've never bought any of the discs that people said were having problems.

medikoo · 10-01-2021, 09:26 AM

It's great to hear that 1.69 fixes many issues.

Does it come with support for external subtitles? and if, does the font support extended character set (one in 1.66C, didn't support characters as "ążźć", and as those are common in my native language, feature feels useless)

Geoff D · 10-01-2021, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Riggins1

Guys I updated my 820 last night and it did NOT fix the flickering issue I have on my Zombie 4K disc from Blue Underground. I'm starting to think the disc is faulty? I tested the Criterions release of "To sleep with anger" which also had some flickering issues. It seems to be better now. Anyone else that has experinced flickering on regular blu-ray discs? I have to try more titles to see if the update has fixed it completely.

I never got any flickering on Zombie on my 820. But with that one I wondered whether it was something in people's TVs rather than the DV encode itself, like on Deer Hunter where quite a few people (usually with OLEDs) complained of a flicker in the darker scenes.

NeilZ · 10-01-2021, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Riggins1

Guys I updated my 820 last night and it did NOT fix the flickering issue I have on my Zombie 4K disc from Blue Underground. I'm starting to think the disc is faulty? I tested the Criterions release of "To sleep with anger" which also had some flickering issues. It seems to be better now. Anyone else that has experinced flickering on regular blu-ray discs? I have to try more titles to see if the update has fixed it completely.

Yeah I'm not getting flickering on Zombie on my 820 either. A90J user here.

sapiendut · 10-01-2021, 02:45 PM

Weird. I never had flickering on Zombie on both 820 (connected to Panasonic GZ2000 OLED) and 9000 (connected to JVC NX7)

MR THX · 10-01-2021, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by CompleteCount

I just updated via direct download, and all went OK.

Buggered if I can't work out how to disconnect the bloody thing from the wifi.

Just Turn Wired on with no ethernet connected. 👍

MR THX · 10-01-2021, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by sapiendut

Weird. I never had flickering on Zombie on both 820 (connected to Panasonic GZ2000 OLED) and 9000 (connected to JVC NX7)

Me neither on Zombie!, Updated anyway over Wifi. About 10 mins in total.
Still cant get over that Sevenoaks where selling these for £199 Brand new plus a free 4K Film from Zoom.co.uk (A Couple of years back now, Saving Private Ryan for me),

Overall its been an amazing Player, 1080p Bluray also is Superb upscaled to 4K

Gold Ranger · 10-01-2021, 03:38 PM

Just updated.
22 minutes over WiFi.
I'm gonna test out Black Panther: Infinity Saga disk to see if it did anything.

BijouMan · 10-01-2021, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Gold Ranger

Just updated.
22 minutes over WiFi.
I'm gonna test out Black Panther: Infinity Saga disk to see if it did anything.

My Black Panther UHD has always made my display show the Dolby Vision logo upon loading. I only got that disc a few months ago. The Black Panther disc in the set may not have Dolby Vision encoding similar to The Last Jedi in the Star Wars UHD set.

BijouMan · 10-01-2021, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by CompleteCount

I just updated via direct download, and all went OK.

Buggered if I can't work out how to disconnect the bloody thing from the wifi.

Why would you want to disconnect it? It allows you to use BD-LIVE features, stream your personal content from your network storage and ask Alexa or Google Assistant to operate the player for you.

chip75 · 10-01-2021, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by BijouMan

Why would you want to disconnect it? It allows you to use BD-LIVE features, stream your personal content from your network storage and ask Alexa or Google Assistant to operate the player for you.

And if you don't want to use those features (or any on-line ones) it's preferable to leave it off.

Not everyone likes or uses smart features and there have been cases where updates have bricked the machine. So some folks like to be off the grid.

Gold Ranger · 10-01-2021, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by BijouMan

My Black Panther UHD has always made my display show the Dolby Vision logo upon loading. I only got that disc a few months ago. The Black Panther disc in the set may not have Dolby Vision encoding similar to The Last Jedi in the Star Wars UHD set.

Black Panther from Infinity Saga and the Individual are different disks.
The colors on the Infinity Saga one are horrible when the player has the DV/HDR settings on.

Gold Ranger · 10-01-2021, 07:06 PM

I wish they made DV/HDR10+ 120ghz tvs without smart features!

djgcue · 10-01-2021, 07:31 PM

Awesome time to check Midway and Ready Player One in DV

CompleteCount · 10-01-2021, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by chip75

Not everyone likes or uses smart features and there have been cases where updates have bricked the machine. So some folks like to be off the grid.

Well said, that man.

PUsokrJosh305 · 10-01-2021, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Gold Ranger

Black Panther from Infinity Saga and the Individual are different disks.
The colors on the Infinity Saga one are horrible when the player has the DV/HDR settings on.

But you also said that Spider-Man: Far From Home Also looked bad without Dolby Vision, and that’s a Sony Movie. That leads me to believe your HDR Settings are a little off.

roar · 10-01-2021, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by ksc2303

It's a rug that mondo and middle of beyond did (only mondo collectable I managed to get) here's a wider shot

Awesome! Love it. I gave up on Mondo years ago, wasn't worth trying to beat bots. I've got enough of their stuff to make me happy though.

10-01-2021, 01:11 AM	#8921
LordoftheRings Special Member Top contributor Member since:Mar 2010 Location:Portishead ♫	I just tuned in to the good news ... about time.

10-01-2021, 08:58 AM	#8923
Riggins1 Member Member since:Sep 2015 Location:Sweden Trading Score:4	Guys I updated my 820 last night and it did NOT fix the flickering issue I have on my Zombie 4K disc from Blue Underground. I'm starting to think the disc is faulty? I tested the Criterions release of "To sleep with anger" which also had some flickering issues. It seems to be better now. Anyone else that has experinced flickering on regular blu-ray discs? I have to try more titles to see if the update has fixed it completely.

10-01-2021, 09:26 AM	#8925
medikoo Junior Member Member since:Apr 2021 Blu-ray reviews:3	It's great to hear that 1.69 fixes many issues. Does it come with support for external subtitles? and if, does the font support extended character set (one in 1.66C, didn't support characters as "ążźć", and as those are common in my native language, feature feels useless)

10-01-2021, 02:45 PM	#8928
sapiendut Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2009 Location:Canada 4K collection:2 Blu-ray collection:3	Weird. I never had flickering on Zombie on both 820 (connected to Panasonic GZ2000 OLED) and 9000 (connected to JVC NX7)

10-01-2021, 03:38 PM	#8931
Gold Ranger Banned Member since:Jan 2011 Location:NY, TX, CA, IL, HI, NC, PA, WV, MO 4K collection:23 Blu-ray collection:65 DVD collection:2 Trading Score:133	Just updated. 22 minutes over WiFi. I'm gonna test out Black Panther: Infinity Saga disk to see if it did anything.

10-01-2021, 07:06 PM	#8936
Gold Ranger Banned Member since:Jan 2011 Location:NY, TX, CA, IL, HI, NC, PA, WV, MO 4K collection:23 Blu-ray collection:65 DVD collection:2 Trading Score:133	I wish they made DV/HDR10+ 120ghz tvs without smart features!

10-01-2021, 07:31 PM	#8937
djgcue Senior Member Member since:Dec 2007	Awesome time to check Midway and Ready Player One in DV

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