Panasonic UB820/UB9000 4K UHD Blu-ray player

[Swoopp]

Can someone tell me if the update with DV also Works on the sony A1 oled tv becouse they have there own DV pack

[McGarnigal]

Originally Posted by Swoopp

Can someone tell me if the update with DV also Works on the sony A1 oled tv becouse they have there own DV pack

Should work together just fine

[trekky76]

Don't know if it's just me but why does picture in DV mode look so much more noisy?
I rewatched Power Rangers and some scenes like chapter 2 have so much more noise in the background. Curious if it's just the LG display messing it up or the DV firmware doing something wrong.

[elwaylite]

My impressions:

• Dolby vision disc plays DV with setting ON (Sony Low Latency)
• DV disc plays HDR10 with toggle OFF
• Netflix is forced DV with toggle ON
• Amazon app works OK with UHD and HDR, just laggy in response
• Amazon app output DD+ and 60hz, and HDR Opt works on it too

[curlyjive]

I'm assuming that if you do not have a dv display, the 820 really won't care if you set dv to on or off as it will only be playing hdr10 anyway. So for those of us with non dv projectors there should be no change in how the optimizer works correct?

[sjy1969]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

As long as it has the low latency mode...

It does indeed

[sjy1969]

Originally Posted by Swoopp

Can someone tell me if the update with DV also Works on the sony A1 oled tv becouse they have there own DV pack

It certainly does. Just watched Gladiator in dolby vision on my A1E. Also didn't have grey bars at the bits where the sony x700 had them (end credits and the "Am I not merciful?" scene).

[Swoopp]

Originally Posted by sjy1969

It certainly does. Just watched Gladiator in dolby vision on my A1E. Also didn't have grey bars at the bits where the sony x700 had them (end credits and the "Am I not merciful?" scene).

Oke tnx m8 then i go buy this player.
Most uhd players with dv dont work on the sony a1.
Zo happy to hear this one do.

[Mobe1969]

Damn, 60hz is an abomination. I can't understand why anyone on the forum can put up with ANY 24p material being forced to 60p.

[Smack]

Originally Posted by Kris Deering

My review will focus on this a lot. In fact, I am probably going to focus on the HDR implementation more than just about anything because the player is so similar to the previous 900, I don't want to just regurgitate what we already covered in the review for that player. This will include the HDR to SDR conversion and how it performs with a projector.

I can confirm full 2020 support with SDR output and no need for a linker/vertex/fury to enable this mode.

Hello Kris,

thanks for the Info. So is it possible to use the Panasonic 424 (same as the 824 but without DV and analogue outputs and frontdisplay) without using the HD Fury Linker with my Epson LS10000? The PJ is calibrated for REC2020 but isn't capable of doing HDR (only SDR 2020).

[Smack]

Originally Posted by Robert Zohn

Most importantly is the new and exclusive HDR Optimizer feature benefits all owners who can now enjoy the full color volume and complete dynamic tonal range of HDR10 content from discs, and the streaming apps.

Hello Robert,

is it possible to use the HDR Optimizer (like i said a post before my Epson LS10000 doesn't support HDR 2020 but SDR 2020) with the 424 also? I was told by Panasonic the only difference between the 824 and the 424 is DV Support and the analogue outputs.

[Kris Deering]

Originally Posted by Smack

Hello Kris,

thanks for the Info. So is it possible to use the Panasonic 424 (same as the 824 but without DV and analogue outputs and frontdisplay) without using the HD Fury Linker with my Epson LS10000? The PJ is calibrated for REC2020 but isn't capable of doing HDR (only SDR 2020).

Correct. No linker is needed.

[Smack]

Originally Posted by Kris Deering

Correct. No linker is needed.

thanks kris for the quick reply: So i only set the 424 to SDR2020 and choose the REC2020 calibration setting on my PJ?

[Neo4K]

Kris only if the projector does support the SDR/BT2020 EIDID which the LS10000 does not have, hence the need for the HDfury.

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by curlyjive

I'm assuming that if you do not have a dv display, the 820 really won't care if you set dv to on or off as it will only be playing hdr10 anyway. So for those of us with non dv projectors there should be no change in how the optimizer works correct?

On the Oppo 203 ALL video controls are locked out when playing a DV disc to a non DV projector. I was under the impression the 820 would work the same way as in NO Optimizer with DV disc. Hopefully, someone can test this combo and let us know for sure.

[elwaylite]

The HDR Opt is NOT available during DV.

[sjy1969]

Originally Posted by elwaylite

My impressions:

• Dolby vision disc plays DV with setting ON (Sony Low Latency)
• DV disc plays HDR10 with toggle OFF
• Netflix is forced DV with toggle ON
• Amazon app works OK with UHD and HDR, just laggy in response
• Amazon app output DD+ and 60hz, and HDR Opt works on it too

Just to add to this, with DV on, HDR10 discs play as HDR10 and SDR blu-ray play as SDR, so On is basically an Auto switch and doesn't force DV.

Happy with this player's implementation of DV based on flicking through some problem scenes in Gladiator but going to keep my Sony x700 as well because I like the results of forcing my HDR10 discs through the Dolby Vision tone mapping.

[BYtehoven]

Originally Posted by Kris Deering

... HDR Optimizer with your projectors 2084 would require some grooming. The projector's curve is set for a specific tone map (could be 10,000 nits, 4,000 nits, 1000 nits, who knows) and now with Optimizer the player is doing it for either 1500, 1000, 800, or 500. So again, overlapping tone maps will more than likely yield unpleasant results.

Kris are the 1500, 1000, 800, 500 values you mention, targets for the 4 hdr button presets?

[Kris Deering]

Originally Posted by Neo4K

Kris only if the projector does support the SDR/BT2020 EIDID which the LS10000 does not have, hence the need for the HDfury.

Wrong, the new player does not look for the EDID requirement like the older one, it can be forced into this mode.

[Kris Deering]

Originally Posted by Smack

thanks kris for the quick reply: So i only set the 424 to SDR2020 and choose the REC2020 calibration setting on my PJ?

You would want to projector to be in the 2020 color space and with a gamma of 2.4.