Panasonic DMP-UB900 Ultra HD Player

[zAndy1]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Hello Andy.

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[Mr. Cinema]

I ordered this from Value Electronics and it's arriving tomorrow. Can't wait to check it out based on all the positive feedback. I've tried the Xbox One S, which had stuttering issues on a few discs, and the Samsung which I was never a fan of. I think this player will put both to shame.

Based on the appearance, it looks like Panasonic took plenty of time designing this machine. It looks solid.

[elwaylite]

There are some disc manufacturing issues going on too, and I think some drives are more lenient than others (I saw stutters on the Samsung, the Xbox S and now the Oppo). The Panny seems to be more reliable.

I am not sure if Pannys relationship with PHL helps them here or not. Hopefully disc manufacturing will tighten up in the future. For the $$$ spent as an early adopter, this is ridiculous.

[Mr. Cinema]

Originally Posted by elwaylite

There are some disc manufacturing issues going on too, and I think some drives are more lenient than others (I saw stutters on the Samsung, the Xbox S and now the Oppo). The Panny seems to be more reliable.

I am not sure if Pannys relationship with PHL helps them here or not. Hopefully disc manufacturing will tighten up in the future. For the $$$ spent as an early adopter, this is ridiculous.

I've read a few people have lip sync issues with the latest firmware? Did you experience this? I may hold off on that update.

does this have Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and Vudu apps?

[elwaylite]

Also been several that have not had issue. Bourne has been a problem in many ways for several players, I wonder if that disc didn't have manufacturing issues.

I'm just getting mine set back up, I am sending the Oppo back so I have not done any real evals on discs since early Nov. I've been keeping up with the threads though, and like I said I saw the lip sync complaints, but then others did not have any issue.

Ive only used Amazon with my Prime stuff and Netflix UHD, and both worked fine. Good PQ too.

[DJJez]

Originally Posted by elwaylite

There are some disc manufacturing issues going on too, and I think some drives are more lenient than others (I saw stutters on the Samsung, the Xbox S and now the Oppo). The Panny seems to be more reliable.

I am not sure if Pannys relationship with PHL helps them here or not. Hopefully disc manufacturing will tighten up in the future. For the $$$ spent as an early adopter, this is ridiculous.

yes panasonic plays flawlessly. oppo need to release a few updates i think before everything gets ironed out

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by DJJez

yes panasonic plays flawlessly. oppo need to release a few updates i think before everything gets ironed out

DJJ, is Dolby Vision a big deal for people, or not?
♠ https://www.dolby.com/us/en/brands/dolby-vision.html

Are there some Panasonic UHD BR player models supporting Dolby Vision?

Are we allowed to talk prices here @ blu-ray.com? USA, Canada, EU, Germany, France, GB, Russia, India, China, Italy, etc.

THX

[DJJez]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

DJJ, is Dolby Vision a big deal for people, or not?
♠ https://www.dolby.com/us/en/brands/dolby-vision.html

Are there some Panasonic UHD BR player models supporting Dolby Vision?

Are we allowed to talk prices here @ blu-ray.com? USA, Canada, EU, Germany, France, GB, Russia, India, China, Italy, etc.

THX

i think dolby vision will be a big deal yes.

the only 3 players to support it are the oppo 203, the new LG and philips new model

this is why i have both the UB900 and the oppo 203 in my setup! im pretty sure the oppo will destroy those other 2 players in picture quality plus the build on the oppo 203 is incredible.

Panasonic and samsung for the time being and most likely till next CES next year WILL NOT support dolby vision.

yes we can talk prices here.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by DJJez

i think dolby vision will be a big deal yes.

the only 3 players to support it are the oppo 203, the new LG and philips new model

this is why i have both the UB900 and the oppo 203 in my setup! im pretty sure the oppo will destroy those other 2 players in picture quality plus the build on the oppo 203 is incredible.

Panasonic and samsung for the time being and most likely till next CES next year WILL NOT support dolby vision.

yes we can talk prices here.

Yes, Dolby Vision...all eyes are on it, supposedly bettering HDR10.
You sure have the best of both worlds in your setup, the sharpest picture quality today with your 900, and excellent audio too, and a vision towards tomorrow with the 203.

* The new LG 4K OLED TVs are very cool, thin cool.
Panasonic 4K HDR OLED ...

Panasonic EZ1000 4K HDR OLED TV: CES 2017 Interview - YouTube

[elwaylite]

Watching Sully tonight in the 900. Im having banding or audio sync issues and blips in the Oppo with UHD and HDR to SDR. 900 puts Sully off without a hitch Im done with the 203 and will re-eval DV players when I get a DV OLED.

[kristoffer]

If the Disney UHDs have DV then surely everybody will have to support it fairly quickly and that would mean a new version of the UB900 from Panny. Right?

[elwaylite]

Not so sure. Only LG and Vizio seem to be ALL IN on DV. Sony has it on their displays, but no mention for their UHD player coming. Panny does not have it, and it is assumed the Oppo will get it first qtr. So manufacturer support is not ALL IN yet.

[pbz06]

Originally Posted by elwaylite

Not so sure. Only LG and Vizio seem to be ALL IN on DV. Sony has it on their displays, but no mention for their UHD player coming. Panny does not have it, and it is assumed the Oppo will get it first qtr. So manufacturer support is not ALL IN yet.

Agreed. We still have to wait and see. Keep in mind Dynamic HDR10 might also be upgradeable via firmware, so the people going all in on DV might be premature. From a practical perspective, most people won't be able to tell a difference between dynamic HDR10 and DV (the ones that tell you otherwise, ask them how much of each content they have seen....exactly). It will be like DTS vs Dolby, we can argue all day how one is better but in reality they're both excellent and almost impossible to tell a difference.

Also, Sony wasn't advertising that the Z9D had DV chip equipped, probably due to some agreement that until their contract is finalized or something. We don't know for certain if the Panny is the same way.

[Geoff D]

But there is also the fact that Dolby Vision UHD blu-ray discs will have an HDR10 base layer, so even if there's only a single Dolby Vision UHD SKU for x movie then Panasonic players and TVs will still be able to play it back in HDR.

[elwaylite]

Yep!

My new display arriving Friday will likely not be able to be cal'd for DV, but will have a pretty good HDR10 calibration, so I may find I only want to use the HDR10 version anyways. Accuracy matters a lot to me.

[DJJez]

Originally Posted by elwaylite

Yep!

My new display arriving Friday will likely not be able to be cal'd for DV, but will have a pretty good HDR10 calibration, so I may find I only want to use the HDR10 version anyways. Accuracy matters a lot to me.

what tv?

[elwaylite]

65" E6 from Value Electronics. Had them cal it for SDR Day and Night, and HDR.

[DJJez]

Originally Posted by elwaylite

65" E6 from Value Electronics. Had them cal it for SDR Day and Night, and HDR.

congrats. 2016 LG OLED's are amazing. love mine to death

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by elwaylite

Yep!

My new display arriving Friday will likely not be able to be cal'd for DV

No worries....https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...3#post13138933

[StoogeFan1118]

Originally Posted by kristoffer

If the Disney UHDs have DV then surely everybody will have to support it fairly quickly and that would mean a new version of the UB900 from Panny. Right?

Disney said they were going to be releasing 4K UHDs?? sorry i havent been on here in a while