Panasonic UB820/UB9000 4K UHD Blu-ray player

[chip75]

Originally Posted by bdsurfer

Can anybody help me. when I play 4k UHD discs the audio is badly out of sync.
for my sins i am connected to a TX-65DX902B Panasonic TV using the Panasonic HDMI cable supplied with the player

Might be a handshake issue, try different power on orders TV>player, player>TV and another cable if you have one.

Check to see if changing the HDMI Audio Format helps, you've got Auto, PCM and Bitstream options.

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Oppo should come back to us; we would be better off in this world.

It definitely seems apparent with Panasonic what happens from a lack or less competition. Oppo surely would have kept Panasonic on their heels a lot more, but then Oppo also left for a reason.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by HeavyHitter

It definitely seems apparent with Panasonic what happens from a lack or less competition. Oppo surely would have kept Panasonic on their heels a lot more, but then Oppo also left for a reason.

Knocking out cell phones and smart watches?

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by chip75

Knocking out cell phones and smart watches?

That and more...under BBK.

[Tok]

Sadly UHD players aren’t high priority for CE manufacturers due to the continuing disc market contraction.

I have both the UB820 and UB9000. Really like them especially the 9000 but the days of these high quality players are short numbered. Thinking of picking up a second UB9000 before Panasonic officially shuts down production.

[Gold Ranger]

I had to turn of the Dolby Vision and HDR 10+ setting for a movie because it looked horrendous.
I've never had to do that before.
What gives?

[sephirothkefka]

Originally Posted by Gold Ranger

I had to turn of the Dolby Vision and HDR 10+ setting for a movie because it looked horrendous.
I've never had to do that before.
What gives?

What movie did you try to watch and what are you using to display?

[Gold Ranger]

Infinity Saga set's Black Panther
TCL 5-Series.
It's a Dolby Vision tv.

[Mobe1969]

Originally Posted by chip75

Knocking out cell phones and smart watches?

Yeah lord knows the android smartphone arena is just starved for choice... Sarcasm...

[wxman2003]

Originally Posted by Mobe1969

Yeah lord knows the android smartphone arena is just starved for choice... Sarcasm...

They are big in China. 23% market share Q1 of this year. Making it the one of the most popular brand in China. Who needs to make 4K players when you have 1.4 billion consumers wanting cell phones.

[enricoclaudio]

Ironically, OPPO still is the company to beat regarding CS. A friend called me desperately on Friday to let me know that his Denon X4400H shorted out when he was moving tables and even smoke came out of it. I told him to count it as a lost so immediately he went to Best Buy and got a Denon X4700H that was in stock as replacement. He plugged everything into his new receiver just to find out the bad news, his OPPO 203 got hit by the electrical shot and it wasn't working. Pressing the Power makes the disc tray come out then immediately goes in and turn OFF. He thought about taking it to a local repair shop to see if it was fixable but yesterday I recall seeing something at OPPO website about repairs so I went into OPPO website and found that they still service OPPO 203s for a flat rate of $109 + shipping. So told him to contact OPPO, which he did last night. This morning as soon he wakes up, an email from OPPO with an RMA number in his inbox. Long story short, in less than 12 hours, OPPO came back to him with a RMA, he paid the $109 online and the 203 is on the way to CA for repair. That GREAT is OPPO. 3 years after going out of business and still they take care of their customers. We most definitely need OPPO back.

[Vriess]

Anyone else have an issue playing Vinegar Syndrome Mono tracks? I get no sound from my tv speakers with this player(820) Going straight to my LG C9. I have no issue with the same disc on my ps3 on the other tv

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Vriess

Anyone else have an issue playing Vinegar Syndrome Mono tracks? I get no sound from my tv speakers with this player(820) Going straight to my LG C9. I have no issue with the same disc on my ps3 on the other tv

The Pannys like to present mono in a 5.1 container for some reason. What does the player’s info screen say, and how have you got its audio output set up? Bitstream or PCM? And is secondary audio on or off? Yes….questions

[EddieLarkin]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

The Pannys like to present mono in a 5.1 container for some reason. What does the player’s info screen say, and how have you got its audio output set up? Bitstream or PCM? And is secondary audio on or off? Yes….questions

Weirdly this only happens if you send audio and video via the one HDMI. If you use both HDMI slots, the second being for audio only, the Panny will send mono as 1.0, stereo as 2.0 etc, instead of everything in a 5.1 container.

[Gold Ranger]

Anyone?

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by EddieLarkin

Weirdly this only happens if you send audio and video via the one HDMI. If you use both HDMI slots, the second being for audio only, the Panny will send mono as 1.0, stereo as 2.0 etc, instead of everything in a 5.1 container.

Thanks for that. I'm guessing that if it's using one output it thinks "I'm connected to a teevee!" so it squirts everything out as 5.1 to make it more compatible? Though Vriess' complaint isn't the first I've heard of someone having trouble with how the Pannys output mono in 5.1.

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by gkolb

This issue vexes a lot of owners, per the comments in this thread, But Panny evidently just. doesn’t. care. Full Stop.

I got this player several months ago but kept getting annoyed by the auto shutoff and overly frequent issues of having to reload discs so that they finally read, that I rarely use it anymore and have gone back to the Oppo 203.

Discs do look better on it but there is such a performance gap between the two players that, unless it's a strong HDR movie like Pacific Rim, that's it's not worth the trouble (but then again I haven't been watching that many 4K movies lately either).

[gnicks]

Originally Posted by bruceames

I got this player several months ago but kept getting annoyed by the auto shutoff and overly frequent issues of having to reload discs so that they finally read, that I rarely use it anymore and have gone back to the Oppo 203.

Discs do look better on it but there is such a performance gap between the two players that, unless it's a strong HDR movie like Pacific Rim, that's it's not worth the trouble (but then again I haven't been watching that many 4K movies lately either).

The forced auto shutoff is obviously something all units have. But using the 820 and 9000, I've never had to reload discs. Are you outside of the return period now? Because that sounds like something amiss with your unit.

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by gnicks

The forced auto shutoff is obviously something all units have. But using the 820 and 9000, I've never had to reload discs. Are you outside of the return period now? Because that sounds like something amiss with your unit.

It's only on some discs, but a sizable percentage don't want to load the first time. Guess I'll have to live with it at this point.

But the auto shutoff is the bigger deal for me. Also, it's irritating that I can't view the time elapsed/remaining on my display. Even a cheap player will offer that. Agree with the comment above that Panasonic simply doesn't care.

[ksc2303]

Originally Posted by EddieLarkin

Weirdly this only happens if you send audio and video via the one HDMI. If you use both HDMI slots, the second being for audio only, the Panny will send mono as 1.0, stereo as 2.0 etc, instead of everything in a 5.1 container.

Unless there's some setting I turned on, I get 5.1 through the second HDMI on 1.0 encoded tracks. This is from criterion Godzilla Raids Again