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Panasonic DP-UB420 HDR 4K UHD Blu-ray Player for
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Panasonic DP-UB420 HDR 4K UHD Blu-ray Player for
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Features: - 4K UHD Playback via HDMI
- HDR10, HDR10+, HLG Compatibility
- Near-4K Resolution Upscaling
- Alexa & Google Assistant Control
- Wi-Fi and Ethernet Network Connectivity
- 3D Playback
- Mobile Device Mirroring
- HDMI and Optical Audio Outputs
- Dual USB Ports
- Dolby TrueHD & DTS-HD Master Audio
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Main difference is DV and the extra adjustments with "tone mapping modes" are more for people that like to tweak their PQ, example are PJ owners.
Since PJ's can't do DV the 820 is way overkill.
The 420 processes HDR better than any player in this price range(it's the same as the 820).
Since DV is dynamic HDR you get whatever the transfer of the movie gives you.
Depending on that transfer, the HDR processing on the 420 can rival a movie with DV.
The bigger difference is upscaling to 4K, the 420 does that even better.
It does it so well that depending on the transfer of the movie, BD disc may rival 4k streaming.
This player will give you the best PQ from all three disc formats and no issues that people often bring up with other players.
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Just because it gets brighter doesn't mean the transfer is taking advantage of it.
As I pointed out they are both(HDR & DV) manipulated before they even get to that "panel".
All you have to do is look back but I'll help you out it was movies Forest Gump,War of the Worlds & Top Gun played on a Panasonic into an OLED display.
I hope you are not telling us that your "Sony X930E, Z9D and Samsung KS9800" will change those transfers to "amazing", if so I would strongly disagree and have to question those eyes!
I would even go as far as to say you could take Sony's flagship OLED display and an Oppo 205 and it still wouldn't make those disc transfers "amazing" compared to that $500 display you mentioned using that entry level LG player. It would marginal at best. It would definitely not be worth the price difference!!!!
Again your display is completely dependent on content and device, sorry you don't understand that.
We will just have to agree to disagree 👍🏻
I didnt say any player or display did anything except when compared to each other
That was the basis of my statement
I made no such statement , as you did, as to say the majority of DV transfers were not good
I would go as far to say that you need to look at some other panels if you dont think HDR on a remastered disc makes a significant difference on a panel that can very bright
If you had the Sony A90J and Oppo 205 I am sure what you call marginal today would be a lot more significant
We will have to agree to disagree...since you say the Panasonic UB9000 is basically no better than the UB820
The professionals and my eyes disagree with you
I wasnt commenting on the quality of a transfer
I was commenting on the quality of what I see with different displays and players..and yes I meant 4K players
You comment about the UB820 versus the Panasonic 9000 flagship is interesting
Professionals reviewers disagree with that assement and rate the 9000 higher. They also rate the Panasonic 9000 below a few other players as well..Oppo, Reavon, Pioneer elite
But to my eyes...I have an older Panasonic UB900 player and I think its a better player than my UB820
Clearly they have been some technology changes/updates on the 820 inclusive of Dolby vision...but in every other way I would say my UB900 is a better player
I dont own the Panasonic 9000 so I cant speak to my opinions on that one
The 820 is a incredibly good player with disc play for even the $500 price tag.
The others are "better" but for the price not even close, the 820 holds its own and not anywhere near worth to price for the others, regarding movie disc play IMO.
IMO the 420 for $150 is a steal, it's basically the 820 without DV especially when you consider the upscaling to 4K which is even better than any other players close to that price range!
We will just have to agree to disagree 👍🏻
I didnt say any player or display did anything except when compared to each other
That was the basis of my statement
I made no such statement , as you did, as to say the majority of DV transfers were not good
I would go as far to say that you need to look at some other panels if you dont think HDR on a remastered disc makes a significant difference on a panel that can very bright
If you had the Sony A90J and Oppo 205 I am sure what you call marginal today would be a lot more significant
We will have to agree to disagree...since you say the Panasonic UB9000 is basically no better than the UB820
The professionals and my eyes disagree with you
Sorry but those 1400-2000 nits LCD's won't do much to those three movies especially when you compare HDR vs DV, yes that opinion is from personal experience.
We will just agree to disagree 👍🏻
There seems to be some stuttering sometimes in panning shots with the Hisense and juddering from movies with a 60hz source which might annoy me because I watch alot of tv series and movies.. but the Hisense 50" UG6 is $400 at BestBuy (BB) right now and is overall better in MOST aspects.
I don't expect alot either from the TV..but don't really want to, nor have the funds, to invest over $3000+ in a 4k disc player plus a TV that doesn't do alot more then some of these budget tvs. How to best get the experience we're looking for-discussing which products will be the best fit for us and how we can afford them is what's good about the SD forum here.
I have more time to spend with the TCL s21.. But there's slow response time, little black motion blurs sometimes and issues changing the signal/resolution(mainly when watching sports and such) makes me want to get the Hisense UG6. I might just buy the Hisense before the deal ends at BB so that I can test it. For my TCL s21 I just turn off HDR because its bad enough when its on. Might as well just call it a 4k capable tv. Making sure that you get the right disc player for your tv is important, too, anyone's that reading here.
I returned the Sony DBP x700/m (inevitably would've had a glitch or five) after learning that the Panasonic DP-UB420 is back on sale. The Sony has been on sale for a WHILE. Still is...just not $149.99 at the moment.
I guess its kind of funny because if I get the UG6 at BB it supports Dolby Vision (DV) and HDR 10/10+
Based on the things that I've seen here and reading feedbacks on BestBuy and Amazon the Panasonic DP-UB420 is a bit better and renders a better quality picture and upscaling then the Sony DBP x700 (x700/m). Its a crapshoot whether you get a Sony that doesn't glitch out on you / and or freezes.
Personally, I'd wait until Sony fixes these issues (which they haven't done for a couple of years to my knowledge) or if their prices go down on a better model with DV or other competitors that have DV drop under $300 for 4k bluray players.
I haven't tested any of these things that are currently being discussed here in this thread.
I'm open to anyone's suggestion on which tv and disc player I should stay with, though.
Would I be better of getting the Hisense UG6 for this Panasonic or getting the Sony?
Is getting a disc player that supports DV going to be a much better experience on the Hisense UG6?. I'm curious to see what Rob or Turnne has to say; but don't want to make you guys argue lmao.
And btw has anyone heard that this Panasonic DP-UB420 doesn't support Windows Media Videos? (.WMV) I read it through some feedbacks at Amazon.
Its a small thing that can remedied.
But I honestly haven't read many complaints about the Panasonic except "no DV", "limited apps-slow", "outdated UI", "too plain audio playback options but plays audio very well" (if that's a complaint). "The remote sucks!" ...and the occasional dud.
The 820 is a incredibly good player with disc play for even the $500 price tag.
The others are "better" but for the price not even close, the 820 holds its own and not anywhere near worth to price for the others, regarding movie disc play IMO.
IMO the 420 for $150 is a steal, it's basically the 820 without DV especially when you consider the upscaling to 4K which is even better than any other players close to that price range!
We will just have to agree to disagree 👍🏻
Unless they downgraded from the 900 to the 9000
Because there is a marked difference, playing the same format, between the 820 and the 900
Sorry but those 1400-2000 nits LCD's won't do much to those three movies especially when you compare HDR vs DV, yes that opinion is from personal experience.
We will just agree to disagree 👍🏻
On the DV versus HDR10 we will have to agree to disagree on a high nit capable TV
It sounds like you need to spend some time with a high nit capable TV
Again, my eyes and A/V professionals dont agree with you
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This transfer is all together not good and it includes DV & Atmos!…..
War of the Worlds!!! 😞
IMO the BD version is better in AQ and PQ is barely better.
Oh and then there is Top Gun, DV there hardly did anything and IMO the whole transfer wasn't that great.
As a matter of fact I sold it as soon as I could to recoup my money before people realized it.
Very comfortable with the BD version using the Panasonic players.
With a player that upscales so good I'm very comfortable not upgrading or at least waiting for a good price.
An example is the movie Arrival, really like that movie but since it didn't get an AQ upgrade (which is a damn shame because that would have been a great with a reference transfer) and PQ transfer it not that great.
I had no problem waiting for my price point($8) to come around to upgrade.
As people have mentioned it processes(through tone mapping) HDR is better and even better it up scales to 4K.
So all three disc formats get an upgrade.
You will not beat a high end TV at upscaling
Sony, in my experience, has the best picture processing out there in their higher end televisions
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