Spec me a 4k Blu-ray player

Gunni Parker · 19 May 2021 at 14:53

I want one that does dolby vision and HDR / 10.

It needs to play older Dvds and Blu-Rays upscaled as well please.

I have a LG GX TV with the GX sound bar.

Jonesiani · 19 May 2021 at 18:00

I have this tv and use the Panasonic UB820. I can’t recommend it highly enough.
It’s not the cheapest out there but performance is superb.

AORUS · 19 May 2021 at 18:05

Jonesiani said:
I have this tv and use the Panasonic UB820. I can’t recommend it highly enough.
It’s not the cheapest out there but performance is superb.

The LG UBK90 with dolby vision and HDR

https://www.lg.com/uk/blu-ray-dvd-players/lg-UBK90

Gunni Parker · 19 May 2021 at 18:53

AORUS said:
The LG UBK90 with dolby vision and HDR
https://www.lg.com/uk/blu-ray-dvd-players/lg-UBK90

Have you got one?

Thanks both.

SydDanube · 19 May 2021 at 18:58

I use the Sony UBPX700. Found it to be a very good 4k blu-ray player. Covers the Dolby Vision and HDR10 requirements.

https://www.richersounds.com/sony-ubpx700.html

Broken Hope · 19 May 2021 at 19:27

SydDanube said:
I use the Sony UBPX700. Found it to be a very good 4k blu-ray player. Covers the Dolby Vision and HDR10 requirements.

https://www.richersounds.com/sony-ubpx700.html

Having to manually enable/disable Dolby Vision depending on what the disk is encoded with is not something I'd put up with, neither would I put up with having Dolby Vision enabled at all times which is the only other work around.

The Panasonic player will auto detect and enable it only on the disks encoded with it.

Yaayuh! · 19 May 2021 at 21:22

Panasonic UB820, solid player.

TALON1973 · 20 May 2021 at 16:54

It’s a well known fact the best sub £400 player is the panny ub820.

Gunni Parker · 20 May 2021 at 22:23

I am confused about all this

No SACD or DVD-A support

So if I've read it right, of which I doubt I have, are SACDs a special type of CD that won't work in the player?

brakeinup · 21 May 2021 at 08:28

Can the Panasonic 820 play files from a network share?

Yaayuh! · 21 May 2021 at 09:59

Gunni Parker said:
I am confused about all this

No SACD or DVD-A support

So if I've read it right, of which I doubt I have, are SACDs a special type of CD that won't work in the player?

Yes, SACD is high bitrate and multichannel. If you want to play SACDs then you’ll be best off going Sony as I believe they all support it (being Sony tech and all). It’s always been pretty niche, but saying that I’ve still got about 5 SACDs (live 5.1 recordings of band performances) but nothing to play them on anymore.

If you don’t have any SACDs or not interested in them, don’t worry about it.

brakeinup said:
Can the Panasonic 820 play files from a network share?

Yes, but I can’t give you any insight as to how well, as it’s not something I’ve touched.

Gunni Parker · 21 May 2021 at 13:05

Yaayuh! said:
Yes, SACD is high bitrate and multichannel. If you want to play SACDs then you’ll be best off going Sony as I believe they all support it (being Sony tech and all). It’s always been pretty niche, but saying that I’ve still got about 5 SACDs (live 5.1 recordings of band performances) but nothing to play them on anymore.

If you don’t have any SACDs or not interested in them, don’t worry about it.

Yes, but I can’t give you any insight as to how well, as it’s not something I’ve touched.

Ahhhh... It must have been a thing I've totally missed. So the DVD-A is the same kind of thing as well? Nope, no interest in either!

Please tell me the panasonic is worth the price...

Mallers · 21 May 2021 at 13:48

Broken Hope said:
Having to manually enable/disable Dolby Vision depending on what the disk is encoded with is not something I'd put up with, neither would I put up with having Dolby Vision enabled at all times which is the only other work around.

The Panasonic player will auto detect and enable it only on the disks encoded with it.

Im looking at getting a panasonic tv which displays both hdr10+ and dolby vision. Im looking right now for example at the back of Godzilla King of the Monsters 4k disc, and it says it has hdr10+ and DV, so what would a 4kplayer output, or would you have to tell it?

Yaayuh! · 21 May 2021 at 13:49

Gunni Parker said:
Please tell me the panasonic is worth the price...

IMO, absolutely. I was also questioning it over Sony’s options but happy I paid a bit extra for the Panny. It’s quiet, solid and has auto DV/HDR10. Remember you can buy bigger, better, quieter players, it’s far from the most expensive player still...

Mallers said:
Im looking at getting a panasonic tv which displays both hdr10+ and dolby vision. Im looking right now for example at the back of Godzilla King of the Monsters 4k disc, and it says it has hdr10+ and DV, so what would a 4kplayer output, or would you have to tell it?

IIRC, If it’s both HDR10+ and DV, it’ll default to HDR10+

Troezar · 24 May 2021 at 08:05

I'm getting the UB820, the best current option for the money.

Gunni Parker · 26 May 2021 at 11:31

Troezar said:
I'm getting the UB820, the best current option for the money.

I can't disagree with you there tbh!

jasonsony735 · 26 May 2021 at 22:54

Picked up the

PANASONIC DP-UB150 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray & DVD Player for £80 Brand new of someone one E+++ last week.

Bit of a bargain and works perfectly. Doesn't do Dolby vision but my understanding is if the Receiver does that then it will convert it from the 4k blu ray.

Infiniteey · 29 May 2021 at 20:04

Walking through John Lewis Liverpool and I got a bit lucky.

Panasonic UB820 for £100. Opened it at the shop and it looked new. I will test it later and report back.

Yaayuh! · 29 May 2021 at 20:13

Infiniteey said:
Walking through John Lewis Liverpool and I got a bit lucky.

Panasonic UB820 for £100. Opened it at the shop and it looked new. I test it later and report back.

Bargain!