Panasonic DMP-UB900 Ultra HD Player

[Adrian Wright]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

I am tempted to the Samsung if the price is good.
But j do worry about cheaping out since I didn't on the TV.
It may come down to reviews from people I trust

Will give you my honest verdict once I have mine Mike. Heck, if you where nearby you could even come round for a brew and have a look yourself, no problems

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Adrian Wright

Will give you my honest verdict once I have mine Mike. Heck, if you where nearby you could even come round for a brew and have a look yourself, no problems

Somerset but it may be worth a drive lol

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by raygendreau

"As for Ultra HD Blu-ray player support for Dolby Vision: What we know now is that Dolby is opening up its licensing kits for Dolby Vision-enabled Blu-ray players in July 2016, so any players introduced before then (the aforementioned Samsung and Philips units, specifically) will not be compatible — at least not when introduced. Whether Panasonic’s forthcoming player will be remains to be seen, as no release date has been issued yet, and Panasonic will neither confirm nor deny compatibility. However, Dolby did point out to Digital Trends that Panasonic was the first to announce plans to produce a Dolby Vision-enabled player.


http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-th...#ixzz3ym89uZmj

Until it ever becomes mandatory on discs there is no reason to include it.
It's just another HDR format and it's far from on all discs

[Stanton]

Originally Posted by Carlos2992

Hello people, one question. My 4K tv does not support HDR. Will it support the dolby vision thing or I need an HDMI 2.0a also to support it?

Since there are no DV compatible TVs for sale yet, the answer is no. Unfortunately, you won't be able to support HDR at all since it sounds like you don't have HDMI 2.0a / HDCP 2.2 ports (or you wouldn't have asked).

[Carlos2992]

Originally Posted by Stanton

Since there are no DV compatible TVs for sale yet, the answer is no. Unfortunately, you won't be able to support HDR at all since it sounds like you don't have HDMI 2.0a / HDCP 2.2 ports (or you wouldn't have asked).

My TV has a HDCP 2.2 port but I think it's HDMI 2.0 only. It's a november 2014 LG UHD TV

[Adrian Wright]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

Somerset but it may be worth a drive lol

Lovely part of the country You are welcome though, seriously

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

but I've never had a better Blu-ray disc spinner than a Panny with a Uniphier chip.

I'm going to wait for the Panasonic player because the Samsung may be like their other players, as in no discrete IR codes for power and no way to defeat their NR as applied to the video.

I do hope the Panasonic is a certified DLNA player and has a much better portable app than they currently have. If not any better, then I may wait and see what LG and/or Oppo offers up.

[Viking61]

Confirmation of an April release, and some info on the player.

Update 30/01: It's official, the Ultra HD Blu-ray player Panasonic DMP-UB900 will be marketed in France from April. The suggested retail price is set at € 899.

Link to article (Google translated to English)
https://translate.google.co.uk/trans...ml&prev=search

[Opips3]

The DMP-UB900 is also designed to deliver the highest-quality audio. Dual HDMI connection separates audio and video signals, in order to suppress unwanted noise. Analog 7.1-channel audio can be output directly to a home theater system. Connectors are gold-plated.

Inside, the DMP-UB900 uses large-capacity electrolytic capacitors, for stable power, and a Mica capacitor to reduce internal digital noise from the power line. A LAN Common Mode Filter blocks noise from external devices during network playback. The DAC supports high-resolution 192KHz/32-bit audio, with support for recording formats such as DSD and ALAC, in addition to the standard WAV, FLAC, MP3, AAC and WMA formats.

According to Panasonic, the DMP-UB900 Ultra HD 4K Blu-ray Player will be launching "later this year," with Canadian pricing and availability to be announced.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Viking61

Confirmation of an April release, and some info on the player.



Link to article (Google translated to English)
https://translate.google.co.uk/trans...ml&prev=search

That's nearly what I paid for my TV, no thanks

[Derb]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

That's nearly what I paid for my TV, no thanks

With our dollar that's nearly what I paid for my BMW.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

That's nearly what I paid for my TV, no thanks

Indeedy, I said as much in an older thread. If it comes to the UK at that price with no lower-priced competitor then UHD Blu will have even more of a hill to climb, not that the studios probably had high hopes for it outside of US/Japan anyway. Perhaps that's the method behind the apparent "region free" nature of the discs: even when we finally get the hardware outside of the US/Japan maybe we won't get many localised discs, so we'll actually be encouraged to import?

[edit] Still, I was right about the US prices in that old thread though, coming in at $500 (retail) always made sense to me.

[elwaylite]

"Dr. No"

lol

[Opips3]

Originally Posted by elwaylite

"Dr. No"

lol

lol

I love it movie from top secret agent Britain 007 James...James Bond.

[TechFan]

Originally Posted by Carlos2992

My TV has a HDCP 2.2 port but I think it's HDMI 2.0 only. It's a november 2014 LG UHD TV

Even non HDR supported sets will get a improved picture with HDR.
I saw pictures posted @ AVSForums and there was improvements.

[Carlos2992]

Originally Posted by TechFan

Even non HDR supported sets will get a improved picture with HDR.
I saw pictures posted @ AVSForums and there was improvements.

Great!

Can you send the link please?

[Stanton]

Originally Posted by TechFan

Even non HDR supported sets will get a improved picture with HDR.
I saw pictures posted @ AVSForums and there was improvements.

Just can't let this one go, especially when I see others bite on it.
NON-HDR displays will not see any additional benefit from HDR material; it will look the same as any other NON-HDR material.
That doesn't mean the movie may not be mastered well or look good, but it won't be because of HDR.

[elwaylite]

Originally Posted by Stanton

Just can't let this one go, especially when I see others bite on it.
NON-HDR displays will not see any additional benefit from HDR material; it will look the same as any other NON-HDR material.
That doesn't mean the movie may not be mastered well or look good, but it won't be because of HDR.

That was my understanding. If they cant do HDR10, it would be "ignored", but doesn't mean you won't get PQ benefits.

Kinda like DCIP3, if you display's CMS can't expand, will do you no good.

[4K fanatic]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Seeing as they rarely convert currencies and just change the symbol when it comes to setting UK prices, that'll probably be £899 for the Britishers. Yowch. If it comes in at £500 or £600 I'll genuinely consider buying it, but the better part of a grand is too rich for my blood.

I bought the BDP-S1 for a grand back in the day. I promptly returned to buy both a Xbox 360 & PS3 for same price. That was in 2005 or 2006, so with inflation its not as absurd as Sony's first blu-ray player. As ive said here before, im not buying 100 blu-rays again, when i watch once, then see again one more time the following year. I want either a PS4 upgrade or a player i can play the few titles ill buy again, new ones i buy, but most important is video store where i can rent or buy digital copies from each studio- this is why an updated PS4 is badly needed.

[4K fanatic]

Originally Posted by Carlos2992

My TV has a HDCP 2.2 port but I think it's HDMI 2.0 only. It's a november 2014 LG UHD TV

Mine as well. It explicity says on one input hdcp2.2 but only one (10bit). Says in manual and online its hdmi 2.0 too