Panasonic UB820/UB9000 4K UHD Blu-ray player

[critterdvd]

Can anyone who has done the latest firmware update confirm that you can still hear sound when playing at 1.5x speed for Blu-ray’s and DVDs? I’ve been scared to update…

[Morfevzi]

Originally Posted by critterdvd

Can anyone who has done the latest firmware update confirm that you can still hear sound when playing at 1.5x speed for Blu-ray’s and DVDs? I’ve been scared to update…

There still is sound but due to my setup, my player decodes the audio to PCM and then sends it that way so I don't know if bitstreaming also has audio.

[rubystone356]

Originally Posted by saltburn

someone requested that I share this here from a post I made in another thread.

I had problems with my UB9000 being inconsistent in reading UHDs (but not blu-rays/dvds). I would get cannot read disc error that would usually be fixed with opening/closing tray multiple times or turning off/unplugging unit for a minute.

I talked to a technician by phone who said most all players have this problem with double/triple layer discs that may be due to the lack of storage in the players. His recommendation to me was to erase the bd data frequently and/or buy a usb expansion flash drive to put in the front of the player that was 8gb or higher. He said that he encounters this problem with all players, some worse than others. except the ps5 and xbox he said because they have adequate ram/storage.

This solution he gave me has seemed to work so far. maybe this could help others.

I just wanted to say thanks. I was able to try the USB on my Panasonic 420.. It seems much smoother loading up and playing the UHD titles with the USB.

Jacob

[saltburn]

Originally Posted by rubystone356

I just wanted to say thanks. I was able to try the USB on my Panasonic 420.. It seems much smoother loading up and playing the UHD titles with the USB.

Jacob

Of course! I'm not sure about the 420, but my usb is on the front so I got this one.

It's tiny and doesn't stick out far like most flash drives would. the 64gb is under $15.

[IlCorvo]

Originally Posted by saltburn

Of course! I'm not sure about the 420, but my usb is on the front so I got this one.

It's tiny and doesn't stick out far like most flash drives would. the 64gb is under $15.

Would this work for the ubp-x800m2, too?

[saltburn]

Originally Posted by IlCorvo

Would this work for the ubp-x800m2, too?

I was told by the tech I talked to that any player having issues readying double/triple layered discs that storage could be the issue because players don't come with much of it. So I imagine it could help/it's worth a try if you've encountered issues with UHD discs loading.

[rubystone356]

Originally Posted by saltburn

Of course! I'm not sure about the 420, but my usb is on the front so I got this one.

It's tiny and doesn't stick out far like most flash drives would. the 64gb is under $15.

mine is in the back. my Panasonic 150 had one in the front.

Jacob

[wormraper]

the UB820 and 420 have a usb slot in front and in back.

[IlCorvo]

Originally Posted by saltburn

I was told by the tech I talked to that any player having issues readying double/triple layered discs that storage could be the issue because players don't come with much of it. So I imagine it could help/it's worth a try if you've encountered issues with UHD discs loading.

So it would be enough to just stick the USB-Drive into the front? That's it?

[ronand]

Some people will believe anything. The usb slot is not needed or used for "storage" for disc playback. Panasonic should cull some of these "techs" if that's all they can come up with.

[pr0darek]

Usb drive can be used to storage BUDA/APDA data and this data can be helpfully to faster playing/loading disc (but the word faster is a bit of an exaggeration), some rare discs storage data inside BUDA and use to resume from last watched place. But I have never heard of any USB drive solving any problem with loading discs.

https://www.avforums.com/threads/pan.../post-32180997

Generally it is always a good idea to have usb drive connected.

[barrett75]

how should it be eventually formatted this usb stick if i'd like to try? FAT32 or NTFS?

[pr0darek]

Fat32

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by barrett75

how should it be eventually formatted this usb stick if i'd like to try? FAT32 or NTFS?

either or... they can read NTFS or Fat32

[pr0darek]

"Write" is needed to save data to usb drive, there is a big chance that NTFS is not supported in write mode.

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by pr0darek

"Write" is needed to save data to usb drive, there is a big chance that NTFS is not supported in write mode.

true, player will definitely read in NTFS, but I've never tried to write to it in that mode.

[barrett75]

my pc allows me to format my USB stick only in exFAT (or NTFS). is exFAT same as FAT32 for the purpose?

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by barrett75

my pc allows me to format my USB stick only in exFAT (or NTFS). is exFAT same as FAT32 for the purpose?

You're probably trying to format a drive or partition over 32 gigs. Fat 32 can't be more than 32 gigs large on the drive. So you'd have to either only format 32 gigs of it and leave the rest is unallocated space, or you have to use exfat or in NTFS

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by pr0darek

Usb drive can be used to storage BUDA/APDA data and this data can be helpfully to faster playing/loading disc (but the word faster is a bit of an exaggeration), some rare discs storage data inside BUDA and use to resume from last watched place. But I have never heard of any USB drive solving any problem with loading discs.

https://www.avforums.com/threads/pan.../post-32180997

Generally it is always a good idea to have usb drive connected.

Yeah it's purely a gazebo effect

[sojrner]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Yeah it's purely a gazebo effect