Goodbye Sony X-800, HELLO Panasonic DP-UB820!

[Marco]

So, for whatever reason, My Sony Bluray player decided to 'die' last night - just all of a sudden shut down, after I'd been playing some CDs. Checked everything I could, including the plug fuse, all to no avail... I will try and have it repaired, and if successful, will use it in the bedroom.

However, I don't want that bollox to delay my enjoyment of movies in the meantime, especially with the winter nights fast approaching, so have pulled the trigger on one of these babies:



Full details here: https://www.panasonic.com/uk/consume...p-ub820eb.html

Should also be a nice little upgrade with it supporting Dolby Atmos (along with HDR10+ and Dolby Vision), plus the picture quality/colour processing [with its HCX] is supposed to be a bit special on these players. Therefore I'll be looking forward to seeing what imporvements it brings over the departing Sony player, on my Sony 4K HDR TV! The user interface on the Panasonic also seems nicely intuitive.

Full review when it arrives

Marco.

[struth]

similar to the one i have.. very good pictures

[Marco]

Nice one, mate. I intend on taking full advantage of both its sound and vision potential. I already have the TV [although at some point it'll be getting upgraded to an OLED], just need to upgrade my AV amp to one that's compatible with Dolby Atmos, once I research the best options, but it'll likely be another Denon, then I'll really be cooking with gas!

What's the user interface like? Looks nice and easy/clear to me. Also, some say the loading time for discs is a bit long in comparison with other players - how do you find that aspect of its performance?

Marco.

[Macca]

You'll need some more speakers for Dolby Atmos too.

[struth]

mine is pretty good speed wise. about same as the oppo. it is the older 450 which was about £250, but is a lot less now. i got it for free actually to review..;lol

mine has Dolby Vision on top of HDR10+ and HLG.but no atmos

[DarrenHW]

Great picture, spoilt by an archaic UI, lack of apps and support from Panasonic. Here's my opinion: https://theartofsound.net/forum/show...43#post1225243

That said, I don't know what else would better it.

[Marco]

Great picture, spoilt by an archaic UI, lack of apps and support from Panasonic. Here's my opinion: https://theartofsound.net/forum/show...43#post1225243

That said, I don't know what else would better it.

Lol - cheers, mate. I'll have a read. Apps don't bother me, as I never use them, and for me the UI looked ok. As long as its easy to use, reliable and idiot proof, it'll do for me! It doesn't have to 'look sexy'.

The priority was getting the best player I could for the same cost as the outgoing Sony, which excels at both picture and sound quality, so I think it'll tick those boxes nicely

Marco.

[Marco]

You'll need some more speakers for Dolby Atmos too.

Yeah, I'll deal with that one in due course... One step at a time, my boy!

Marco.

[Marco]

mine is pretty good speed wise. about same as the oppo. it is the older 450 which was about £250, but is a lot less now. i got it for free actually to review..;lol

mine has Dolby Vision on top of HDR10+ and HLG.but no atmos

Cool beans, mate, and good to know

Marco.

[Marco]

The other thing I liked about the Panny, being a mains cable guy, is that unlike the Sony it doesn't come with a shitty captive 'licorice stick', posing as a mains cable, and at least has a decent fig-8 connection, thereby facilitating the use of something 'propa'...

Therefore, I've just ordered one of these from Mark Grant, as I have his DSP 2.5s installed on all the other components: https://www.markgrantcables.co.uk/uk...ngth=12-1metre



His cables are always very well-made and offer great VFM, plus he's a top bloke!

Marco.