Panasonic UB820/UB9000 4K UHD Blu-ray player

[Geoff D]

Nothing like that here chief

[IlCorvo]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Nothing like that here chief

Thank you! May I ask which TV you are using?

[bedlamfeuder94]

Originally Posted by IlCorvo

The blue sky at the beginning, it is pulsating

I know what you're talking about -- those overhead shots were shot in a helicopter and what you're seeing are several scenes where the rotors are caught in the frame. I noticed it watching the 4K too

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by bedlamfeuder94

I know what you're talking about -- those overhead shots were shot in a helicopter and what you're seeing are several scenes where the rotors are caught in the frame. I noticed it watching the 4K too

If it had been matted to Kubrick's 1.85:1 ratio as he wanted, you wouldn't see the rotors. But, Warner Bros doesn't like to release 1.85:1 ratio home videos.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by IlCorvo

Thank you! May I ask which TV you are using?

Sony ZD9. But wait, are you talking about the helicopter rotors as mentioned above? They’ve always been there which is why I didn’t understand what you meant by the shot looking wobbly or pulsating, I thought you were talking about an encoding/display artefact and not something that’s been baked into the film from day 1.

So yes, it is there and no it’s got nothing to do with 4K, HDR or Dolby Vision.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by FilmFreakosaurus

If it had been matted to Kubrick's 1.85:1 ratio as he wanted, you wouldn't see the rotors. But, Warner Bros doesn't like to release 1.85:1 ratio home videos.

Nope. Even with a tiny bit of extra matting (1.78 vs 1.85 is tiny) the rotors would still be visible. And even though the new transfer is in 1.78 it’s cropped a fair bit vs the previous 1.78 transfer…and it still shows the blades.

[IlCorvo]

I actually meant the blue sky at 00:51 - 01:08. To be honest the entire shot is a little bit shaky.

[Jonathan McLeod]

It was shot from a helicopter in the 1970s. It's surprising it is as smooth as it is. The alternative would be Lucas still revision and CGIing it all.

[RBBrittain]

Originally Posted by No Name

Best bet is to mod your player or purchase an all-region player. But you may also try your luck by using the top menu trick which works for some discs but not all.

Though there may be a mod chip for the UB820 somewhere, its more common region-free solution appears to be third-party modded firmware. (Specially coded service remotes may work for DVD regions on the UB820, but not for BD regions.) There's a site that offers modded firmware to those who make a financial or coding contribution to the project, but they don't make it clear how much they expect.

Even my 220-modded UB820 turned out to have a firmware mod; I finally got their modded 1.69 update via email the other day as my old firmware's update routine was stuck, even though it's modded to download from their source & not Panny.

Personally, I don't even try the "top menu" trick as it's too unreliable; it basically relies on software bugs present on some discs but not others.

[No Name]

Originally Posted by RBBrittain

Though there may be a mod chip for the UB820 somewhere, its more common region-free solution appears to be third-party modded firmware. (Specially coded service remotes may work for DVD regions on the UB820, but not for BD regions.) There's a site that offers modded firmware to those who make a financial or coding contribution to the project, but they don't make it clear how much they expect.

Even my 220-modded UB820 turned out to have a firmware mod; I finally got their modded 1.69 update via email the other day as my old firmware's update routine was stuck, even though it's modded to download from their source & not Panny.

Personally, I don't even try the "top menu" trick as it's too unreliable; it basically relies on software bugs present on some discs but not others.

Makes sense. But the top menu trick for me has been mainly reliable when I used my old Panasonic Blu-ray player as I rarely had any issues playing the discs along with the extras for the most part.

[samuelkhan999]

Originally Posted by sapiendut

Honestly I’m surprised with how many people have been using Panasonic UB420/820/9000 for a while and never realize that they never set up their players properly. This is a video I created so hopefully it can help users of Panasonic 420/820/9000 out there.

https://youtu.be/ab2h30eQ4bg

Hi what if I choose RGB enhanced for Colour mode? Got the LG OLED 55BX and UB820 here

[sapiendut]

Originally Posted by samuelkhan999

Hi what if I choose RGB enhanced for Colour mode? Got the LG OLED 55BX and UB820 here

Some displays go to PC mode, some displays can’t display the picture properly. As far as I know, nearly all display need 4:2:2, 4:2:0, or 4:4:4 signal. Even many displays can’t accept 4:4:4 signal natively.

[Nori]

I hope the 1.69 upgrade from 220 electronics gets put online soon.

[mdhaus]

So here is a new quirk I'm having with my UB-9000....Tonight on a regular Blu-ray disc, I noticed that the status box that pops up in the top right corner did not disappear after a few seconds like it's supposed to (The box that says "BD-Video, then Play on the next line and then 4K on the last line below, as that is my outputted resolution).

I think it was on for a minute or two when it started playing the content and I just didn't notice it for some reason due to everything going on. But the only way to take it off was to hit the Status button on the remote and cycle through it. It was a disc with TV show episodes...So after I watched the first one, I re-started the disc playback for the heck of it and loaded up another episode. There was no problem this time...but when I went back to the main menu afterward, the status message popped up and again refused to go away until I hit the Status button a couple of times.

Any ideas why this is happening? I watched a 4K disc on Friday night and another last night, plus a DVD before the Blu-ray tonight and there was no problem up until that Blu-ray disc.

[thestrangestick]

Going to ask this again and I’m hoping one of you fine people can help with this -

Does anyone know if the external subtitles feature on the region freedom/custom firmware also works for loading an SRT while watching a 3D Blu-ray?

You’d be doing the people over at the 3D sub forum a massive favour by answering this. Right now, Disney have been releasing the latest Marvel movies in 3D only in Japan, with the downside that they don’t have forced subs, so either you leave English subs on for the whole movie just for the foreign parts, or you turn them on and off.

External subs in 3D works with my Oppo, but I don’t have the custom firmware for the 820 to check. If anyone knows the answer to this or could quickly pop in a 3D disc to check it would be greatly appreciated!

[hansolo]

Quick test I did with the Pana srt feature revealed that that external subs look like crap. Color is weird (not white), font resolution poor and there is transparent black box behind the subs. Complete disaster compared to what Oppo did their similar feature in 20x players.

Moreover, you need to consider depth of subtitles in 3D picture. Usually, depth changes per scene in question. If subtitles are at constant plane they can and will immerse inside the imagery or they have to placed to "nearest to viewer" plane. It will look very weird. I'm not sure if srt subtitles even support information for depth of plane.

I could test this but my modded 820 is hooked up to LG CX upstairs and my 3D cabable LG E6 is downstairs in livingroom. Sorry.

Correction: Sorry, I remembered it quite wrong. Font is actually good quality but font style is bit weird. And it’s white but there is bluish transparent box behind them, which I do not like. That would also be quite bad for 3D image. Only options you can set is three step size, coding and maybe sync. Style cannot be set even though it is there. Middle size can be seen in picture below.



To clarify, this is how ext subs look in 2D. Not 3D!

[ALPEG92002]

Good morning, I want to buy the DP-UB420K and I do not know if it supports Dolby Vision with the firmware, the reviews I have seen are very old and they say that it does not support Dolby Vision

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by ALPEG92002

Good morning, I want to buy the DP-UB420K and I do not know if it supports Dolby Vision with the firmware, the reviews I have seen are very old and they say that it does not support Dolby Vision

The 420 does not support Dolby Vision. The 820 and 9000 players do.

[ALPEG92002]

Y por que dicen que con la actualizacion si es

[thestrangestick]

Originally Posted by hansolo

Quick test I did with the Pana srt feature revealed that that external subs look like crap. Color is weird (not white), font resolution poor and there is transparent black box behind the subs. Complete disaster compared to what Oppo did their similar feature in 20x players.

Moreover, you need to consider depth of subtitles in 3D picture. Usually, depth changes per scene in question. If subtitles are at constant plane they can and will immerse inside the imagery or they have to placed to "nearest to viewer" plane. It will look very weird. I'm not sure if srt subtitles even support information for depth of plane.

I could test this but my modded 820 is hooked up to LG CX upstairs and my 3D cabable LG E6 is downstairs in livingroom. Sorry.

Correction: Sorry, I remembered it quite wrong. Font is actually good quality but font style is bit weird. And it’s white but there is bluish transparent box behind them, which I do not like. That would also be quite bad for 3D image. Only options you can set is three step size, coding and maybe sync. Style cannot be set even though it is there. Middle size can be seen in picture below.



To clarify, this is how ext subs look in 2D. Not 3D!

Appreciate your feedback. I’d hope it would work in 3D but I’d feel bad telling someone to get €50 firmware if it didn’t work.

On the Oppo, the external subs support isn’t amazing or something. I’m not sure if even has depth, but you can at least reposition it into the black bar for wider aspect ratio movies. It’s a little less than perfect, but it makes all the difference being able to understand what is being said in those scenes.

Hopefully if anyone has some 3D discs here to test with they could!