Best AND best budget 4K region free player for LG C8 (aside from OPPO)

[Streetlight]

What would be the:

• best 4K region free player for functionality and versatility aside from the OPPO
• best 4K region free player with a smaller price tag
• best affordable Region A 4K player

I have an LG OLED.

[David M]

Panasonic 820.

UHD BD is region free anyway (for UHD BDs, not standard BDs).

[Streetlight]

Originally Posted by David M

Panasonic 820.

UHD BD is region free anyway (for UHD BDs, not standard BDs).

That's what I meant, region free for both UHD and standard BD.

[Jodi]

Originally Posted by Streetlight

That's what I meant, region free for both UHD and standard BD.

For standard Blu Regions A, B, and C, as well as UHD which is region-free anyway, the Pana 820. If you can afford it, go with Reavon X100 ($899) or X110 ($999). I'm ordering my X110 from Robert Zohn's two weeks from today. The Reavons are extraordinary, high end players! It will be perfect right below my Pana UB9000.

[trespoochies]

Originally Posted by Jodi

For standard Blu Regions A, B, and C, as well as UHD which is region-free anyway, the Pana 820. If you can afford it, go with Reavon X100 ($899) or X110 ($999). I'm ordering my X110 from Robert Zohn's two weeks from today. The Reavons are extraordinary, high end players! It will be perfect right below my Pana UB9000.

I have the Panasonic 820 and it only plays Region A blu rays, not B or C.

[cgpublic]

Originally Posted by Streetlight

What would be the:

• best 4K region free player for functionality and versatility aside from the OPPO
• best 4K region free player with a smaller price tag
• best affordable Region A 4K player

I have an LG OLED.

I also have an LG C8, once my main set (see sig) and which now sees bedroom duty.

I've paired the C8 with the following players:

• UHD Panasonic 820 Region A
• UHD LG UBK90 Region A
• UHD Sony X800 Region A
• UHD Sony X700 Multi-Region (220E)
• Blu-ray Sony S3700 Multi-Region (220E)

If you can only choose one player, my advice would be a Pana 820 that has been modded to play multi-region Blu-ray Discs. The Pana will play some, but not all, Region B discs using a menu combo prior to play. Fine to fool around and find out, not if you have or intend to have a multi-region library.

If you want to save a few dollars, sure, you can choose a Sony X800 or X700 that has also been modded, but I don't recommend either player. You may get lucky and not experience freezing due to an inherent design flaw, but even so, the added price differential for the 820 is worth the money for UHD DV playback, software interface, playback customization and overall reliability and usage. The only advantage a Sony will offer of note is DVD playback quality, which is the other reason I have the two multi-region Sony players as second players to each main Panny.

The LG UBK90 is a solid player, more reliable than the Sony, no issues with 100GB discs, and offers DV auto switching for about US $150 dollars. It's slow, the IR for the remote is weak, the interface is straight from 2007, but like I said, it works, and is still working paired to a computer monitor.

None of the these players are worth a buck for streaming. You are much better off with the onboard TV apps or as I have, a dedicated streamer (Apple TV 4K).

Good luck!

[trespoochies]

Originally Posted by Jodi

For standard Blu Regions A, B, and C, as well as UHD which is region-free anyway, the Pana 820. If you can afford it, go with Reavon X100 ($899) or X110 ($999). I'm ordering my X110 from Robert Zohn's two weeks from today. The Reavons are extraordinary, high end players! It will be perfect right below my Pana UB9000.

Originally Posted by trespoochies

I have the Panasonic 820 and it only plays Region A blu rays, not B or C.

Okay, I found out how to play Region B blu's on the Panasonic 820. It does indeed play multi-region discs. When you see the "This player does not play this disc" or whatever message comes up, just hit the Stop Button, then press the Top Menu button twice. Disc starts right up.