Panasonic UB820/UB9000 4K UHD Blu-ray player

[chip75]

Originally Posted by Wormicide

That’s used. Brand new it’s never been $299.99 from an actual retailer

I think BestBuy have had it a few times, but that was years back.

[shrex]

Originally Posted by Wormicide

I pretty sure the lowest this player ever sold was $349.99. Never heard or read of a $299.99 deal.

I just checked, ordered from Amazon on November 23, 2020 for $349.

[fredreed]

Bestbuy has this for $499.98 and I highly doubt that you will find this model any cheaper than that anywhere else. Pretty much everyone is selling this model at about $499.98 right now and I wouldn't get your hopes too high for this to be on sale during those black Friday deals because even if it does it probably won't be much lower then $329.99 but I'm guessing at a black Friday price.

[sfmarine]

Originally Posted by Wormicide

That’s used. Brand new it’s never been $299.99 from an actual retailer

[maperez1987]

Originally Posted by PissedOffPeoN

Update it! it will fix alot of the problems some 4ks have with the player.

Tried updating the firmware and it already looks like it has the latest firmware.

[sephirothkefka]

Originally Posted by maperez1987

Tried updating the firmware and it already looks like it has the latest firmware.

The latest should be 1.69. If it isn't update via USB.

[cminer72]

Originally Posted by fredreed

Bestbuy has this for $499.98 and I highly doubt that you will find this model any cheaper than that anywhere else. Pretty much everyone is selling this model at about $499.98 right now and I wouldn't get your hopes too high for this to be on sale during those black Friday deals because even if it does it probably won't be much lower then $329.99 but I'm guessing at a black Friday price.

I got it at Best Buy on price match last month for $399.99. I like it, but the disc tray sounds cheap and flimsy as hell. Not a lot of confidence it it’s durability.

[PUsokrJosh305]

Originally Posted by cminer72

I got it at Best Buy on price match last month for $399.99. I like it, but the disc tray sounds cheap and flimsy as hell. Not a lot of confidence it it’s durability.

The 820 is very durable. I've had mine since 2019 and it's been going strong this whole time. As long as you take care of it, it will last.

[cminer72]

Originally Posted by PUsokrJosh305

The 820 is very durable. I've had mine since 2019 and it's been going strong this whole time. As long as you take care of it, it will last.

Best build I’ve had was the Sony X800. I hate all the plastic they use in most players. And $500 for a largely plastic player is kinda ridiculous. But I wanted something that does everything before players start getting phased out. Plus I spent extra money from Hero Pay in MN. Otherwise, I don’t know if I could have justified it.

[maperez1987]

Has anyone had any issues with their UB820's? Picked one up not too long ago, my first 4k player and a Hisense U8H a few months ago, my first 4k tv. I noticed when I put in The Wizard of Oz 4k disc for my nieces that under HDR10+ the picture would dim and brighten to normal whenever the camera would change shots. Also when I'm playing a 4k disc and watching something in Dolby Vision that under tv settings it says Color Format: RGB and Color Depth: 8bit, is that normal or is it supposed to be different? I can't change settings on tv, but do the settings on my player need to be adjusted? Any help would appreciate it.

[PUsokrJosh305]

Originally Posted by maperez1987

Has anyone had any issues with their UB820's? Picked one up not too long ago, my first 4k player and a Hisense U8H a few months ago, my first 4k tv. I noticed when I put in The Wizard of Oz 4k disc for my nieces that under HDR10+ the picture would dim and brighten to normal whenever the camera would change shots. Also when I'm playing a 4k disc and watching something in Dolby Vision that under tv settings it says Color Format: RGB and Color Depth: 8bit, is that normal or is it supposed to be different? I can't change settings on tv, but do the settings on my player need to be adjusted? Any help would appreciate it.

I would say look into your 820's settings and make sure in the advanced settings that Color mode is set to YCbCr 4:4:4, not RGB.

Dolby Vision is actually sent differently to the TV. So the TV is going to say 8 bit, but in reality it's really Dolby Vision. As long as you get a notification saying you are playing in Dolby Vision mode, you should be good to go!

[chip75]

The 820 is £275 for folks in the UK from Panasonic's eBay store (with voucher).

[LordoftheRings]

$600 here up North (Canadian land) ... $670 with tax.
▪︎https://www.visions.ca/catalogue/cat...gaAtT5EALw_wcB

One thing is fo shure; it's not build like an Oppo 203.

* We don't see new 4K Blu-ray players anymore...the times they are a-changin'.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by maperez1987

Has anyone had any issues with their UB820's? Picked one up not too long ago, my first 4k player and a Hisense U8H a few months ago, my first 4k tv. I noticed when I put in The Wizard of Oz 4k disc for my nieces that under HDR10+ the picture would dim and brighten to normal whenever the camera would change shots. Also when I'm playing a 4k disc and watching something in Dolby Vision that under tv settings it says Color Format: RGB and Color Depth: 8bit, is that normal or is it supposed to be different? I can't change settings on tv, but do the settings on my player need to be adjusted? Any help would appreciate it.

Sounds like the HDR10+ is gimped, either the metadata is incorrectly timed or the TV is not processing it fast enough.

Full-fat Dolby Vision is 12-bit 4:2:2 but as said above is “tunnelled” through an 8-bit 4:4:4 signal (same bandwidth), the RGB 8-bit part is normal.

[BillyDuffyLove77]

On a non-Dolby Atmos AV system...

Is it still beneficial to have the 'BD-Secondary Audio' on AUTO or OFF altogether ??

Thank you.

[sapiendut]

No difference

[lesmor]

Originally Posted by sapiendut

No difference

Strange I thought it had to be Off for Dolby Atmos

[sapiendut]

Originally Posted by lesmor

Strange I thought it had to be Off for Dolby Atmos

He asked - FOR NON DOLBY ATMOS SYSTEM.

For Atmos you have to set it to OFF

[lesmor]

Originally Posted by sapiendut

He asked - FOR NON DOLBY ATMOS SYSTEM.

For Atmos you have to set it to OFF

my apologies, I misread the question

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by BillyDuffyLove77

On a non-Dolby Atmos AV system...

Is it still beneficial to have the 'BD-Secondary Audio' on AUTO or OFF altogether ??

Thank you.

Turn it off, otherwise - even for a NON-DOLBY ATMOS SYSTEM - the player might start downmixing lossless tracks into lossy.