Panasonic DMP-UB900 Ultra HD Player - Page 47 - Blu-ray Forum

Cortiz · 03-17-2017, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Geoff D

Mine doesn't do that. Sounds like the HDMI handshake is a bit more squinky on your set-up.

My HDMI cables are old. I know people say it shouldn't matter, that it should still work, but I've had these cables for a long time and never had any issues on my previous Sony BD players. If I were to get new cables, what would you guys recommend? Does it matter which?

Cortiz · 03-17-2017, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by DJJez

do a factory reset . should fix it

How do you do a hard reset?

Geoff D · 03-17-2017, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Cortiz

How do you do a hard reset?

Put the unit into standby, make sure there's no disc inside. Press and hold the yellow, blue and OK buttons on the remote. A diagnostic code will come up on the display, keep pressing right until you see 08 FIN. Press OK and that'll do a hard reset.

03-24-2017, 08:12 AM

I love to listen song from home theater thanks for the suggestions.

mport5150 · 03-26-2017, 02:56 AM

Just got this to go with my 70 inch 4K tv.....not sure if I ever have to go to the movies again...lol!

Stocked up on 4K titles this week during the Best Buy 14.99 sale.

grodd · 03-27-2017, 07:20 PM

The UB400's are starting to show up. I wouldn't take anything at face value on this review site, but has some photos and a few interesting remarks.

http://www.whathifi.com/panasonic/dm...ampaign=buffer

danny24 · 03-27-2017, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by grodd

The UB400's are starting to show up. I wouldn't take anything at face value on this review site, but has some photos and a few interesting remarks.

http://www.whathifi.com/panasonic/dm...ampaign=buffer

What I got out of that is the UB400 is a weaker, cheaper model and the UB900 is still Panasonic's flagship model.

Geoff D · 03-27-2017, 09:13 PM

What I got out of that is that What Hifi are clowns, not that it really needs reiterating. The comment about it somehow being ready for 8K because it can use 2020 colour is so back-asswards I don't even know where to begin. That's also the same site which proclaimed there be noticeable PQ differences between the 700 and 900 even though my usual suite of torture tests, calibration patterns etc revealed no difference whatsover. Idiots.

DJJez · 03-27-2017, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Put the unit into standby, make sure there's no disc inside. Press and hold the yellow, blue and OK buttons on the remote. A diagnostic code will come up on the display, keep pressing right until you see 08 FIN. Press OK and that'll do a hard reset.

u gotta hold down OK for that last step :P

ive reset mine many times lol

DJJez · 03-27-2017, 11:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geoff D

What I got out of that is that What Hifi are clowns, not that it really needs reiterating. The comment about it somehow being ready for 8K because it can use 2020 colour is so back-asswards I don't even know where to begin. That's also the same site which proclaimed there be noticeable PQ differences between the 700 and 900 even though my usual suite of torture tests, calibration patterns etc revealed no difference whatsover. Idiots.

some of the words they use as well to describe things are just an absolute laugh. many years ago i thought they were pretty good but recently they are just garbage lol

Geoff D · 03-27-2017, 11:56 PM

Yeah, they might've been relevant once upon a time but now they're just putting out nonsense and people are still gobbling it up because of the name. Lot of that going around TBH.

Cortiz · 03-30-2017, 01:05 PM

Does this player play mkv files from an external Seagate 8T HD (NTFS) plugged directly into the USB port?

PS3_Kiwi · 03-31-2017, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Cortiz

Does this player play mkv files from an external Seagate 8T HD (NTFS) plugged directly into the USB port?

I tried to play some movie MKV files through the USB port, from my external Western Digital 2TB HDD (NTFS). The player displayed the full list of files, but when I tried to play any of them, I got the message "can't play this file" or something similar. If there is a work around, or setting that will enable me to play my MKV files, can someone help out.

EDIT: The manual says that the player is compatible with MKV files.

TGReaper · 04-01-2017, 05:35 PM

Really want to pick up this player but Amazon.com don't have any in stock and the only sellers that have them through Amazon don't ship to UK. Have to wait for a miracle as I need US version.

Geoff D · 04-01-2017, 06:23 PM

Mine can play 1080 or 720 mkv's but not 4K, it'll only play those in mp4 format. It's a very picky player when it comes to USB playback, but compared to where it was when I first got it (roughly this time last year) it's come on a lot.

PS3_Kiwi · 04-02-2017, 01:54 AM

Encoded my Fantastic Beasts Blu-ray which came with the 4K package to MP4 (H264 + AAC) and this codec played perfectly, so I will stick with that in future. It looked great upscaled on my TV.

LordoftheRings · 04-03-2017, 05:28 AM

Just a reminder → http://www.areadvd.de/tests/xxl-test...e-disc-medium/

Geoff D · 04-03-2017, 03:07 PM

I don't speaken ze German but "Area DVD Masterpiece" speaks for itself. Cracking player.

PS3_Kiwi · 04-04-2017, 12:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cortiz

Does this player play mkv files from an external Seagate 8T HD (NTFS) plugged directly into the USB port?

A bit late I know, but, I read the manual yesterday (if all else fails

), and it states that the USB port supports external HDD up to 2TB.

LordoftheRings · 04-04-2017, 02:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I don't speaken ze German but "Area DVD Masterpiece" speaks for itself. Cracking player.

Any browser you use you can get a free translator button feature (free download or a setting that needs to be activated, as shown above; Google Chrome).
And then you can read the entire world, in pretty much any language, say the 50 most spoken ones.

...Opera, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Vivaldi, Opera Neon, etc.

03-30-2017, 01:05 PM	#932
Cortiz Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Out there, past them trees Trading Score:489	Question Does this player play mkv files from an external Seagate 8T HD (NTFS) plugged directly into the USB port?

03-24-2017, 08:12 AM	#924
arpitkakkar1 Guest	I love to listen song from home theater thanks for the suggestions.

03-26-2017, 02:56 AM	#925
mport5150 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Jul 2010 Location:The Shire Home Theater Gallery:7 4K collection:1322 Blu-ray collection:5142 DVD collection:342 Digital collection:8 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:9	Just got this to go with my 70 inch 4K tv.....not sure if I ever have to go to the movies again...lol! Stocked up on 4K titles this week during the Best Buy 14.99 sale.

03-27-2017, 07:20 PM	#926
grodd Power Member Member since:Sep 2011 Location:Northern CA Trading Score:3	The UB400's are starting to show up. I wouldn't take anything at face value on this review site, but has some photos and a few interesting remarks. http://www.whathifi.com/panasonic/dm...ampaign=buffer

03-27-2017, 09:13 PM	#928
Geoff D Blu-ray Emperor Top contributor Member since:Feb 2009 Location:Swanage, Engerland 4K collection:1348 Blu-ray collection:2525 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:33	What I got out of that is that What Hifi are clowns, not that it really needs reiterating. The comment about it somehow being ready for 8K because it can use 2020 colour is so back-asswards I don't even know where to begin. That's also the same site which proclaimed there be noticeable PQ differences between the 700 and 900 even though my usual suite of torture tests, calibration patterns etc revealed no difference whatsover. Idiots.

03-27-2017, 11:56 PM	#931
Geoff D Blu-ray Emperor Top contributor Member since:Feb 2009 Location:Swanage, Engerland 4K collection:1348 Blu-ray collection:2525 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:33	Yeah, they might've been relevant once upon a time but now they're just putting out nonsense and people are still gobbling it up because of the name. Lot of that going around TBH.

04-01-2017, 05:35 PM	#934
TGReaper Active Member Member since:Feb 2008 Blu-ray collection:866	Really want to pick up this player but Amazon.com don't have any in stock and the only sellers that have them through Amazon don't ship to UK. Have to wait for a miracle as I need US version.

04-01-2017, 06:23 PM	#935
Geoff D Blu-ray Emperor Top contributor Member since:Feb 2009 Location:Swanage, Engerland 4K collection:1348 Blu-ray collection:2525 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:33	Mine can play 1080 or 720 mkv's but not 4K, it'll only play those in mp4 format. It's a very picky player when it comes to USB playback, but compared to where it was when I first got it (roughly this time last year) it's come on a lot.

04-02-2017, 01:54 AM	#936
PS3_Kiwi Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Christchurch, New Zealand 4K collection:173 Blu-ray collection:173 iTunes collection:570 Trading Score:5	Encoded my Fantastic Beasts Blu-ray which came with the 4K package to MP4 (H264 + AAC) and this codec played perfectly, so I will stick with that in future. It looked great upscaled on my TV.

04-03-2017, 05:28 AM	#937
LordoftheRings Special Member Top contributor Member since:Mar 2010 Location:Portishead ♫	Just a reminder → http://www.areadvd.de/tests/xxl-test...e-disc-medium/

04-03-2017, 03:07 PM	#938
Geoff D Blu-ray Emperor Top contributor Member since:Feb 2009 Location:Swanage, Engerland 4K collection:1348 Blu-ray collection:2525 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:33	I don't speaken ze German but "Area DVD Masterpiece" speaks for itself. Cracking player.

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