Panasonic DMP-UB900 Ultra HD Player

[Mezzanine]

New firmware as of today. Version 1.69

http://av.jpn.support.panasonic.com/...b900_euro.html


• FLAC file compatibility
• Playability of Ultra HD Blu-ray

[elwaylite]

Crazy thing was, some guy on AVS had it for a week, and NO ONE else did LOL. Even posted pics.

[Tru-way]

Originally Posted by elwaylite

Crazy thing was, some guy on AVS had it for a week, and NO ONE else did LOL. Even posted pics.

Saw that, poor guy received alot of flack for it but now it's settled and the pitch forks are down.

[DJJez]

just downloaded it

[LordoftheRings]

Question for Panasonic 900's owners:

'Deepwater Horizon', the 4K Blu-ray version; for the ones who have that disc, how was it? ...The entire experience, opperation.

[pbz06]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Question for Panasonic 900's owners:

'Deepwater Horizon', the 4K Blu-ray version; for the ones who have that disc, how was it? ...The entire experience, opperation.

The movie itself was solid. They did a good job keeping the suspense and intensity up. The BP characters were a little cartoonish (like "har har we are corporate greed bullies"). Inhale 5.1.2 Atmos setup and the sound mix is very sturdy and impressive. Nice film grain on the video and cinematography was top notch. I have Sony z9d and love hdr.

[DJJez]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Question for Panasonic 900's owners:

'Deepwater Horizon', the 4K Blu-ray version; for the ones who have that disc, how was it? ...The entire experience, opperation.

flawless. the movie looks incredible and not one problem on the UB900. i have had zero problems with the UB900 overall!

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by pbz06

The movie itself was solid. They did a good job keeping the suspense and intensity up. The BP characters were a little cartoonish (like "har har we are corporate greed bullies"). Inhale 5.1.2 Atmos setup and the sound mix is very sturdy and impressive. Nice film grain on the video and cinematography was top notch. I have Sony z9d and love hdr.

Originally Posted by DJJez

flawless. the movie looks incredible and not one problem on the UB900. i have had zero problems with the UB900 overall!

Thank you very much both.

DJJez; you said you had zero problems playing that 4K disc with your 900.
Then some UHD players can play it without interruptions, like your Pana UB900. That's good to know...very good.

* I liked that flick; I watched it on regular Blu-ray. The filmmaker and his crew and the actors all did a great job. ...Sound and picture are terrific, and of course no interruptions from the regular Blu-ray.

[pbz06]

Originally Posted by DJJez

flawless. the movie looks incredible and not one problem on the UB900. i have had zero problems with the UB900 overall!

Ditto

[Scottie]

How is the 900 in terms of playing standard BDs?

I know there is a lot of debate about whether the 900 or the 203 is the better product in terms of playing 4K BDs. I think the general consensus, however, is that the 900 takes the edge.

However, being that I only see myself having Mad Max: Fury Road as my only UHD for quite some time, I'm mainly interested in playback of regular BDs.

[DJJez]

Originally Posted by iScottie

How is the 900 in terms of playing standard BDs?

I know there is a lot of debate about whether the 900 or the 203 is the better product in terms of playing 4K BDs. I think the general consensus, however, is that the 900 takes the edge.

However, being that I only see myself having Mad Max: Fury Road as my only UHD for quite some time, I'm mainly interested in playback of regular BDs.

the upcsaling is incredible on the UB900. makes blu rays look amazing.

[elwaylite]

I think they look great. I think the 203 may do DVD better, but I might watch 1-2 of those a year.

The 900 produces a stellar image.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by iScottie

How is the 900 in terms of playing standard BDs?

I know there is a lot of debate about whether the 900 or the 203 is the better product in terms of playing 4K BDs. I think the general consensus, however, is that the 900 takes the edge.

However, being that I only see myself having Mad Max: Fury Road as my only UHD for quite some time, I'm mainly interested in playback of regular BDs.

I think it's an excellent upscaler but it needs a little bit of adjustment to tone down the sharpening added by the scaling, Edge Correction to +1 is what I recommend using (having viewed the various patterns on Spears & Munsil 2nd Ed as reference).

[Scottie]

Thanks for the responses, folks. One more question for you all.

I'm thinking of either purchasing the LG 55" OLED or the Sony 55" X930D. How's the player's compatibility with either of these TVs?

[elwaylite]

I went from a VT50 to a 65" 930C, to a 65" LG OLED. OLED all the way.

[DJJez]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I think it's an excellent upscaler but it needs a little bit of adjustment to tone down the sharpening added by the scaling, Edge Correction to +1 is what I recommend using (having viewed the various patterns on Spears & Munsil 2nd Ed as reference).

i used that setting from the beginning since seeing you talk about it

[DJJez]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Thanks for the responses, folks. One more question for you all.

I'm thinking of either purchasing the LG 55" OLED or the Sony 55" X930D. How's the player's compatibility with either of these TVs?

excellent on both tvs i imagine

i went from a panasonic ST plasma to LG 930 V oled to a 65 4k B OLED. couldnt be happier. im a firm believer OLED is the future of tvs. i just love them

go demo in a store and see for urself!

[Tru-way]

Originally Posted by DJJez

the upcsaling is incredible on the UB900. makes blu rays look amazing.

I've read on avs some people reporting the latest 1.69 update has improved Blu-ray scaling, what's your feedback on that DJJez?

I ask because I may well become a UB900 owner soon.

[Caesu]

I wanted to jump the gun on the UB900 but with such a high price point, no support for Dolby Vision is killer since we all know Disney will be supporting that format come late 2017 when they finally adopt the 4k standard.

I think I'll wait for the new LG player coming out which supports both HDR and Dolby Vision and has a much better price point then this.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Tru-way

I've read on avs some people reporting the latest 1.69 update has improved Blu-ray scaling, what's your feedback on that DJJez?

I ask because I may well become a UB900 owner soon.

On a purely objective level the test patterns on Spears & Munsil look exactly the same as they did before, +1 is still needed on Edge Correction to remove luma ringing.