Panasonic UB820/UB9000 4K UHD Blu-ray player

[JohnAV]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

It took eighteen months. From December 16, 2016 to June 29, 2018 (official).
¤ http://www.panasonic.eu/downloads/en_GB/popup.html

That’s only against Sony low latency profile support. With the Sony x700 being one week sooner. Are we now denying the fact you could watch Despicable 1/2 in June 2017 in DV?

[LordoftheRings]

In June 2016 there was no Oppo 4K BR player.
You are on a different page.
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Anyway, those are very sad times...for Oppo Digital.

But these are great times...for Panasonic.

[JohnAV]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

In June 2016 there was no Oppo 4K BR player.
You are on a different page.

Just a typo, corrected thanks.

[LordoftheRings]

No problemo, I knew it.

[E6AtmosVuduDV]

Quote:

Originally Posted by*E6AtmosVuduDV*

JohnAV.

Which Panasonic are you buying?

UB820 or UB9000. What TV model do you plan to connect it to?

Well it won't be my ks8000 as Samsung dropped plans to support that with HDR10+ Yeah very future proof.**

Most of the industry is just waiting to see how this plays out for Panasonic. But you should try a UB820 if you need another player.*

I don't really understand your reply JohnAV.
My two questions were very simple.

When will you be getting your 820 or 9000?

[Clark Burk]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

It took eighteen months. From December 16, 2016 to June 29, 2018 (official).
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¤ http://www.panasonic.eu/downloads/en_GB/popup.html
▪ https://dlc.panasonic-europe-service...odel=DPUB820EB

True if you include the mess with Sony, and Dolby trying to get a version that could work with their processing deficient TVs. OPPO had it working with the other manufacturers that had adhered to Dolby’s guidelines already.
No knock against Panasonic. Dolby seems to take a while to certify manufacturers Dolby processing and I’m sure when Dolby finally gives the ok then we’ll see the DV firmware for the 820.

[Aston_Martin_DB5]

Originally Posted by JohnAV

Well it won't be my ks8000 as Samsung dropped plans to support that with HDR10+ Yeah very future proof.

Most of the industry is just waiting to see how this plays out for Panasonic. But you should try a UB820 if you need another player.

Don’t worry John your dry humour wasn’t wasted I got the humour.

[Wendell R. Breland]

Just checked Google Play and still no Panasonic app newer than 2012 for Panasonic Blu-ray players. Also checked Amazon Echo skills and the only Panasonic skill was for their TV’s. If they do provide a skill for the UB820 I sure hope it has a better rating than the one for the TV.

For me, the lack of an app really limits the use of the UB820 as a music media player. I use the Oppo UDP-203 and the Sony UBP-X800 as music media players all the time controlled by Android Opp and Sony apps. No video display device required.

[PaulGo]

Robert Zohn is an honest and ethical business man. He provides us with what I consider a lot of informative information. I wish I was as fortunate to be in a business which I had so much passion.

[evan201]

Originally Posted by paulgo

robert zohn is an honest and ethical business man. He provides us with what i consider a lot of informative information. I wish i was as fortunate to be in a business which i had so much passion.

+1

[Staying Salty]

Originally Posted by Robert Zohn

I work directly with Panasonic product and engineering management, which is how I get engineering production samples months in advance of mass production and work with Panasonic on developing these new BD players to be the best they can be in features and operations.

A force Dolby Vision feature would be nice. Reports seem to indicate this may improve HDR10 content, especially on OLEDs.

[Robert Zohn]

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

Just checked Google Play and still no Panasonic app newer than 2012 for Panasonic Blu-ray players. Also checked Amazon Echo skills and the only Panasonic skill was for their TV’s. If they do provide a skill for the UB820 I sure hope it has a better rating than the one for the TV.

For me, the lack of an app really limits the use of the UB820 as a music media player. I use the Oppo UDP-203 and the Sony UBP-X800 as music media players all the time controlled by Android Opp and Sony apps. No video display device required.

I have been told we'll see Google Assistant and Alexia Voice Control, likely by early fall.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by PaulGo

Robert Zohn is an honest and ethical business man. He provides us with what I consider a lot of informative information. I wish I was as fortunate to be in a business which I had so much passion.

Well said, and he should be well respected in the entire audio/video community. He gives us unique and super generous information, education, all that audio/video jazz.

There are more great people like Robert, he strives to put them together for our benefits.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Robert Zohn

I have been told we'll see Google Assistant and Alexia Voice Control, likely by early fall.

That's cool.

"Alexa, play 'Everybody Knows' by Leonard Cohen."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lin-...ature=youtu.be

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Bonus, this one's for you Robert:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z20_...ature=youtu.be

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It's one of my favorite bands.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFwn...ature=youtu.be

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

That's cool.

It will be interesting to see if control will be direct or will require a hub?? as a go between.

[Robert Zohn]

In my weekly report I asked that question so stand by for the official reply. My guess is you will need the Echo Dot or Google Home mini as the UB820 and remote does not have a mic.

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by Robert Zohn

In my weekly report I asked that question so stand by for the official reply. My guess is you will need the Echo Dot or Google Home mini as the UB820 and remote does not have a mic.

You would need one and/or the other. I was having reference to will Panny provide a skill for the Dot or Assistant for the Mini (not really up on the Google process). A lot of Smart devices require a Hub (Harmony, Wink, Smarthings, Insteon, Universal Devices, etc.) in order to be operated by Echo Dot or Google Home. I believe certain models of Echo and Home have hubs built in but I am not familiar with their capabilities.

[Robert Zohn]

Yes, I also asked when can we expect the Skill and or anything else needed to get the voice controls working on Google Assistant and Alexia.

It takes a few days for them to reply and I'll get back here with the answers.

[Mobe1969]

I am just too old. Although I'm an AV buff, a degree in electronics engineering, and an adult life in software development, and hardware level interfacing, I read anything about Alexa, Google dots, Amazon, Siri, whatever and I couldn't give a hoot about any of it. Speaking to people is my limit. I don't need something to encourage me to be a more lazy. I don't need always on power wasting devices all over my house. I don't need a light bulb to continually consume energy so I don't have to flip a switch on and off when I need a light. I don't need to talk to my frigging tv. I don't need to talk to my uhd player. The only stuff I would ever want to say to it is to yell stuff it couldn't do. Like skip these gd FBI warnings wasting my time on this uhd I purchased. Aside from image size and picture, the best thing about having a home theatre projector is it is a pure display device, not bloated with a tonne of garbage like a tv tuner or applications or web browser, or even worthless speakers.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Mobe1969

I am just too old. Although I'm an AV buff, a degree in electronics engineering, and an adult life in software development, and hardware level interfacing, I read anything about Alexa, Google dots, Amazon, Siri, whatever and I couldn't give a hoot about any of it. Speaking to people is my limit. I don't need something to encourage me to be a more lazy. I don't need always on power wasting devices all over my house. I don't need a light bulb to continually consume energy so I don't have to flip a switch on and off when I need a light. I don't need to talk to my frigging tv. I don't need to talk to my uhd player. The only stuff I would ever want to say to it is to yell stuff it couldn't do. Like skip these gd FBI warnings wasting my time on this uhd I purchased. Aside from image size and picture, the best thing about having a home theatre projector is it is a pure display device, not bloated with a tonne of garbage like a tv tuner or applications or web browser, or even worthless speakers.

But it's the future, the future of civilisation, of progress, of evolution, of higher advancement, of simplifying life's existence. We talk to our computers, to our cars, we let our computers and cars drive us automatically. We talk to our TVs to switch from CNN to FOX, from Planet Earth to Pacific Rim: Uprising, to adjust the video parameters, the various HDMI inputs, ...

We talk to pleasant female voice assistants to ask them for a new music record from the world wide web music library, we talk to update our bank accounts, to have unique command tone as our password, we talk to our control systems everywhere @ home and on the road with our electric Tesla cars. We talked to our tablets, laptops, iPads, iPhones, androids to calibrate our sound systems, our video displays, our front projectors.

We talk to our cell phones to navigate the entire world, we talk to its internal microphone to order pizza, to switch to Netflix, to order a 4K Blu-ray from Amazon, from Best Buy, we talk to our illuminated universal remote controls to pause, rewind, stop and swith to Youtube, Vudu, Pandora, hires music audio files, we talk to the microphone to have our 4K Blu-players obeying to all and any command we wish for, to see live music concerts, to hear the latest Pink Floyd album, it's the way, the new way, the new wave, the new rage, it's what people want and should want. We cannot escape what's coming up to us, no way Jose.