Panasonic UB820/UB9000 4K UHD Blu-ray player

[sa5150]

Originally Posted by Telemachus

I am on the newest Panny firmware and just did the remote hack last night

That's pretty cool that the Toshiba makes the dvds look best of what you tried .

I watcha a lot of tv shows on DVD that have no HD stream or Blu-ray set so I'm always looking for the best it can look with the limited source .

I'm sure this has been disgusted 1,000 of times but what is the best dvd upscaler dvd player ,bluray player ,4k player or TV own upscaling ?

No computer software in the mix . Don't have a laptop and would be a huge PIA to try and run a dvd through software and then to tv .

I nominate for myself the Oppo 103D , The Sony x800m2 is a very close second . I have not tried the TV's doing the upscale on there own yet. Have an LG C9 , A Sony 80J , and a old 2012 Panny Plasma not hooked up .

[jess1581]

Originally Posted by Telemachus

I am on the newest Panny firmware and just did the remote hack last night

How is the remote hack done, again??

[RalphoR]

Originally Posted by sa5150

That's pretty cool that the Toshiba makes the dvds look best of what you tried .

I watcha a lot of tv shows on DVD that have no HD stream or Blu-ray set so I'm always looking for the best it can look with the limited source .

I'm sure this has been disgusted 1,000 of times but what is the best dvd upscaler dvd player ,bluray player ,4k player or TV own upscaling ?

No computer software in the mix . Don't have a laptop and would be a huge PIA to try and run a dvd through software and then to tv .

I nominate for myself the Oppo 103D , The Sony x800m2 is a very close second . I have not tried the TV's doing the upscale on there own yet. Have an LG C9 , A Sony 80J , and a old 2012 Panny Plasma not hooked up .

For a blu-ray player I've had good luck with the Sony S6700. For 4k players I own two high end players that aren't in production anymore but of the two my Pioneer Elite LX500 is amazing.

[Telemachus]

Originally Posted by jess1581

How is the remote hack done, again??

lol I don't even know for sure, I followed someone's directions, and it took me like 5 tries to do it. Supposed to hit stop after the region lock screen, if the screen changes you can do the trick and it's like spam top menu, but that's not the exact order I did it when it happened, I think I spammed stop and then a menu button, I can't recall the exact steps but eventually pressing top menu and or the pop-up menu button got it to load. Supposed to not work on stuff from Shout, Kino, Second Sight or 88 Films from what I read but it worked on my Studio Canal disc

[jess1581]

Originally Posted by Telemachus

lol I don't even know for sure, I followed someone's directions, and it took me like 5 tries to do it. Supposed to hit stop after the region lock screen, if the screen changes you can do the trick and it's like spam top menu, but that's not the exact order I did it when it happened, I think I spammed stop and then a menu button, I can't recall the exact steps but eventually pressing top menu and or the pop-up menu button got it to load. Supposed to not work on stuff from Shout, Kino, Second Sight or 88 Films from what I read but it worked on my Studio Canal disc

Well shit. I was trying to jailbreak the special features BD disc of my Second Sight Dawn of the Dead 4k. That's why I still held onto my anchor bay BD.

[Telemachus]

Originally Posted by jess1581

Well shit. I was trying to jailbreak the special features BD disc of my Second Sight Dawn of the Dead 4k. That's why I still held onto my anchor bay BD.

Yep no dice on that I have the same set, maybe it could work on a fluke who knows

[Yearbook]

I legit tried the Panny hack on DotD just yesterday with no luck. I may get a region free one day, but I already have too much electronic shit hooked up as is.

[jurid]

Originally Posted by sa5150

That's pretty cool that the Toshiba makes the dvds look best of what you tried .

I watcha a lot of tv shows on DVD that have no HD stream or Blu-ray set so I'm always looking for the best it can look with the limited source .

I'm sure this has been disgusted 1,000 of times but what is the best dvd upscaler dvd player ,bluray player ,4k player or TV own upscaling ?

I nominate for myself the Oppo 103D , The Sony x800m2 is a very close second . I have not tried the TV's doing the upscale on there own yet. Have an LG C9 , A Sony 80J , and a old 2012 Panny Plasma not hooked up .

Well, you already have one of the best players/upscalers/processors - Oppo 103D. That should do it.

[George.P]

Originally Posted by jess1581

Well shit. I was trying to jailbreak the special features BD disc of my Second Sight Dawn of the Dead 4k. That's why I still held onto my anchor bay BD.

Originally Posted by Telemachus

Yep no dice on that I have the same set, maybe it could work on a fluke who knows

Some region locked discs will not play even with the "remote trick", that is one of them, along with a bunch of Studio Canal discs

[chip75]

Brought the 820 upstairs to do the update, I replaced the power cord and the HDMI from my other player, update went okay, but when I plugged the 420 back in i got a "No signal" message, tried my other HDMI inputs and the same thing.

Going to try a factory reset, but I'm a bit confused as I won't be able to see the FIN 08 on the display.

[Keoma]

I got the UB9000 about 2 weeks ago and finally got around to try more 4K discs. As of today it had bee working perfectly fine, but I only had the chance to play a few discs. Today, it refused to play 3 discs: Vinegar Syndrome's "WEREWOLF SHADOW", "STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT", and Cauldron's "CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD". They are all clean discs (they are spotless, in fact) and they all play fine in an Oppo 203.

Is the player really this finicky? I am considering returning it, sadly.

[HanBrolo77]

I’ve seen this mentioned a few times here but Kino Lorber discs with Dolby Vision are causing strobing effects or an outright blackout on my TV, which is a brand new LG B3 OLED.

I had frequent strobing/flicker issues during the DV encode of Monster Squad made me use the HDR version instead which played perfectly. The same issue did not appear on my Sony X700.


There’s also an issue with Kino discs specifically blacking out during Dolby Vision playback on this player. There’s some sort of problem where if the player is outputting at 24p, every few minutes the screen will black out for a few seconds and then come back on. This repeats throughout the rest of the film: I’ve seen this occur on In Bruges, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and one other (unfortunately can’t recall at this time). Fortunately the player continues to put out the required information with 24p disabled, I’m letting the TV doing the fold down to 24 via Real Cinema which seems to work fine.

Important to note that neither of these issues have happened with any other 4K Dolby Vision discs. I’ve tried all of the majors, and other boutiques like Criterion, Arrow, Scream/Shout, etc)

I’m not sure what’s causing these issues, but here’s hoping someone is aware of it and working on the problem.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by chip75

Brought the 820 upstairs to do the update, I replaced the power cord and the HDMI from my other player, update went okay, but when I plugged the 420 back in i got a "No signal" message, tried my other HDMI inputs and the same thing.

Going to try a factory reset, but I'm a bit confused as I won't be able to see the FIN 08 on the display.

Still no luck with my player, not sure if I've been able to do a factory reset. I just get the "No signal" message from the display.

[ronand]

Originally Posted by chip75

Still no luck with my player, not sure if I've been able to do a factory reset. I just get the "No signal" message from the display.

Sounds like a blown HDMI port. This can happen if HDMI cables are plugged/unplugged without powering off equipment

[chip75]

Originally Posted by ronand

Sounds like a blown HDMI port. This can happen if HDMI cables are plugged/unplugged without powering off equipment

Had a look inside there doesn't seem to be any signs of damage, not that it means much. I was hoping that the HDMI connections would be on they're own board, but they're on the mainboard. Replacing the port looks a bit of a faff as everything has to come out.

Will try to see if I can get video from the second HDMI output, I assume that both leads need to be plugged in and it's not a backup connection.

Spent the weekend fixing my sister's PC, which was stuck in a diagnostic loop boot-up. Ending up replacing both drives with that one.

[PUsokrJosh305]

Originally Posted by Keoma

I got the UB9000 about 2 weeks ago and finally got around to try more 4K discs. As of today it had bee working perfectly fine, but I only had the chance to play a few discs. Today, it refused to play 3 discs: Vinegar Syndrome's "WEREWOLF SHADOW", "STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT", and Cauldron's "CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD". They are all clean discs (they are spotless, in fact) and they all play fine in an Oppo 203.

Is the player really this finicky? I am considering returning it, sadly.

Try DVDs or Blu-rays. If they don't read, then it's likely a power issue. I noticed this back in 2019/2020. For some reason, my Panny 820 would not read any disc I would put in it. I figured out that it was my surge protector that was not giving enough power to the player. So, I replaced the protector and the issue went away.

These Pannys can be temperamental but when they aren't , they are amazing players!

[Telemachus]

I doubt Panny will ever fix the LG issues on current players with firmware, that's what the new models coming out this year will be for (wild guess). I also saw Sony may have a new UHD player out this year.

I also finally noticed how dusty the Panny gets inside, my tray literally has dust sitting in it way more than any of my other players, my Toshiba HD DVD is like a fortress not a speck of dust in the tray, I have gotten in the habit of gently wiping the Panny down with microfiber.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by Telemachus

I doubt Panny will ever fix the LG issues on current players with firmware, that's what the new models coming out this year will be for (wild guess). I also saw Sony may have a new UHD player out this year.

I doubt Panasonic will come out with a new player, so the issue will remain. Even the Sony rumor is vague at best.

[thebarnman]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I know, I checked the patterns years ago. They seem fine. But in actual playback of 480i - film based or otherwise - it's visibly 'off' to me. So I'll continue avoiding DVD playback on it like the proverbial plague.

I'll have to check to see if my Sony UHD Blu-ray player passes DVD natively.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by FilmFreakosaurus

I doubt Panasonic will come out with a new player, so the issue will remain. Even the Sony rumor is vague at best.

Everyone would be thrilled to see new players, especially mid-range ones.

But even then will we see new operating systems, or just the mess we have now, which is just layers of old and new.