PICK UPS: Panasonic UB9000 4K Player - I Ramble On To Justify The Cost LOL - Review Coming Soon 

Welcome brother lol I love my ub9000, best 4k player available

I bought a Sony Player that produced a great picture with Dolby Vision-but it crashed, froze, and skipped constantly from day one, to the point where I couldn’t even relax and enjoy the movie. You mentioned certain companies that have discs that older Sony players don’t like; I had terrible luck with Blue Underground discs, specifically. So I bought an entry-level Panasonic player without Dolby Vision. And it was much better at playing discs without freezes and crashes, but the image just didn’t look as nice as the Dolby Vision image I’d been getting with the Sony player. I did something similar to you, but not as intense: I upgraded to the cheapest Panasonic that has Dolby Vision. I got it on sale for a good price, but it wasn’t cheap. It’s frustrating to have spent so much money to get a player that won’t hang/crash/freeze, since I’m not a fussy videophile, and especially after 20 years of DVD and blu-ray players that have never skipped or frozen on me. So far the midrange Panasonic seems good enough to keep me happy. The low-range Panasonic is perfect for my projector (which I don’t even simulate HDR on; a player with 4K resolution that doesn’t skip is good enough for the projector). One thing that really annoys me is all of the gaslighting that happens even in the forums, and even in comment threads. I’ve seen so many discussions where people say “I’ve never had a problem with that model. You must need to wash your discs better.” Yes: I was actually rinsing new discs off under the tap for a couple of weeks, because the forums said that would make the Sony player stop freezing. Soon after I saw a lot of “you’re imagining this, making it up, or your filthy hands are fouling the discs” posts, I saw that the New York Times took the Sony line off of their list of recommended players because of freezing and crashing problems. The one non-negotiable feature is that a damn 4K blu-ray player has to actually play the movies! Both of the Panasonic players have been rock solid for me so far.

Thank God I got a Oppo 203 4K player before they stopped making them. I think I've only had two discs freeze for the 4 years I've had it. I do think I need a backup just in case so I've been looking at the Panasonic UB9000, but I'll probably buy it region free to play bluray region B and C discs.

Welcome to Panny fam indeed!!! 😄. Yes its a dope ass 4K player indeed. I have the now discontinued Oppo(205)which is a great player aswell but the Panny beats it out PQ wise. That HDR processor is sweet stuff 🤌. You'll love it 👌.

I love my UB9000 to death, it's totally bullet proof and I've never had a disc skip. Here's a pro tip, get some DSD music and enjoy ridiculously good audio with the 9000.

I actually grabbed the UB-9000 at beginning of this year & I am keeping it in my closet as my back up player because I am currently using my old OPPO 203 that is acting its age but still kicking. I plugged in the 9000 & it had an even better picture than my OPPO has. You made the right purchase no doubt about it.

Man, jealous of that one! I have the region free Sony UBP X700 and love it, but who wouldn't want that massive upgrade? Can't wait to see what you think!

The MAGNETAR UDP800 & UDP 900 are the best players you can buy on the market, only really worth it if you have a full blown home cinema though... this Panasonic is firmly in 3rd place.

I have this llayer. Great device. Negatives: Tray makes noises GUI is not up to date enymore Panna AppStore is a joke Menus are extensive but also to often confusing. Positives: top pic, loads of connections, buil quality Backlit remote Extensive PQ settings XLR out for stereo

I have a Sony region free for all my UK region B disks. But I also bit the bullet and bought the Panasonic UB9000 and I absolutely love it. I’ve had it almost 2 years maybe give or take. Never once have ever had any issues with it. I couldn’t believe how heavy it was when I grabbed it from Best Buy. Well built beautiful machine.

I am happy I came upon your video because I own an unopened Older Sony 800. I am disappointed to hear the problems you have had with it. Well maybe I get the second to the top the Panasonic ub820. Hopefully no squeeking or weirdness.

Nice! I’ve got one and jail broke it to play all region blu rays. It’s amazing

I just upgraded mine, I bought the UB820 though. It was hard to justify that since I have a Xbox One X that does fine but I’m hoping this will be better. If not the return window is large right now so I can always return it. I hope you do a review, I’d love to hear your thoughts on it.

You could have bought the Panasonic ub820 it has all the same features for half off the only different is the body casing. They charge you more because of the metal enclosure but it’s not such a big deal

Many thanks Richard! I still need a 4k player and a 4k tv. I hope you are enjoying the holidays and cooler weather. Almost too cold down here! We're not used to cold temperatures (or ready for them). I hope you have a great week!

A great player. A bit expensive, but worth every dollar. Picture and audio quality are second to none! Panasonic have done a great job here....

Where did you buy it???

DEAR FRIEND, ITS THAT POSSIBLE PUT EXTERNAL SUBTITLES IN THIS PLAYER ? I AM PORTUGUESE , AND I THINK TO BUY THIS AMAZING PLAYER.

My everything player is my Xbox Sirius X I have no problem playing anything I love it

This turned up just in time... I'm thinking of buying the ub9000 region moded but it's £1000 so about 1250usd... the uk is expensive... I have a Panasonic 65hz2000 oled and want the best picture I can get so will be interested in your thoughts on it...🧐 have a reg free pioneer 1080p player which is brilliant and a Sony ubx800 which had frozen at times in the past.. no screen for time/chapters which infuriates me... was impatient and took it rather than wait couple wks for an oppo.... love physical media and plan to watch some films over Christmas period... Predominantly horror.... I'll be waiting for your next video update..

A thousand Dollars for the Panasonic Bluray player Whoa Richard that's more than the cost of the PS 5 well I'm sure it's worth it Happy holidays man🤶🤶🧑‍🎄🧑‍🎄❄❄🎄🎄👍👍🆒🆒

I have my Cambridge uhd player from new still great no problems. uk £780 when I got look at it now

Have you tried the Magnetar?

Make your research, the Panasonic UB820 is the same exact machine with same processor and performance with Dolby Vision, HDR and 3D, has Projector and TV settings for HDR mapping. No worth the extra $

If you can afford it. There's no need to justify the cost. If it makes you happy, it's money well spent.

Great player! Bought myself the European version! Congratulations🍿🍿🍿

The title definitely made me laugh lol

nice man! my 800 freezes up too. we may have already talked about that.

Which Sony player did you have? I have the Sony UBP-X800M2 model and ironically enough my movies from Sony Pictures are the worst with freezing and such! Thinking about upgrading to a REAVON UBR-X100, they should also be region-free which is great!

Awesome!!! Congrats dude! I do wonder how the ps5 uhd player is in quality?? I’ll have to do some research for that.

Also I never have issues with freezing with this player

Good decision Richard! Love mine.

I upgraded from the 820 to the 9000 which is essentially the same player strictly because it looked better in my rack Lol that was my price justification…aesthetics

I've got the sony with 4k HDR 10 and Dolby Vision which i've had since 2020. My only complaint is the freezing issue on the triple layer disc which is BD-100.

Can please tell me which Sony 4k model did you own. I just purchased the Sony UBP-X800M2, is this the one you own. I also just purchased the Sony 65 inch Class BRAVIA XR A95K 4K HDR OLED Google TV with the 7.1 channel sound bar and wireless subwoofer

Looking forward to know more about that player! I had a SONY X800 UHD player and it still works. Combined it with a now old but still working multiregion SONY BDP-S600. Now I got a newer SONY X800 mark II. Multiregion. No freezing so far! Could hou give examples of discs freezing? Would be fun to try. Cheers!

Last year I bought my Sony 4K player and it's been fine. But then again I only have 30 4Ks to play. Anyway back in the VHS days I didn't take the precautions of buying lots of VCRs only had a couple to record and watch movies. Later on I couldn't find any extra VCRs. Well I relocated to NY 10 years ago and here I can find VCRs. The Sony DVD I brought with me stopped working so I bought another Sony. Then I figured why not buy multiple players for when the time comes when they stop manufacturing them or they break I'll have the replacement. I have like 25 VCRs, 25 DVDs, 5 Blu-Rays and so far 1 4K. But I plan to buy 5 more Blu-Rays and a couple of 4Ks. Since I don't plan on upgrading my whole collection to Blu-Ray or 4K I'll be fine with a few. You'll better get ready for the time they discontinue the players. You're right to want to replace your older player bro. Cool video Richard!👉😃👈

I have the Pani 820 it skips alot of disc my sony don't

I’m curious to know if you’re skipping/ freezing issues get better with the Panasonic. I have a Sony ubp-x800m2 and after a year of running strong it’s starting to become a skipping freezing machine with the dreaded 100G triple layer discs. The Curse of Michael Myers 4k producers cut is my latest disc that’s causing me issues. Freezes up where I actually have to unplug the player and reboot it. And I know it’s not the disc because I tried it out in my Xbox and it ran flawlessly. Maybe I should just use my Xbox but I upgraded to a dedicated player to have Dolby Vision

Projectors don’t have enough light output to do Dolby Vision at this point unfortunately.

Disks are still a thing?