Customer Ratings & Reviews

I was initially prepared to spend a grand on the big brother to this Panny 820 fine player, until closer research showed me that spending twice as much, was NOT going to render double the performance or features. The 820 offers everything the Panny 9000 offers, except the 9000 is just more heavy duty. It's a great unit, but not twice the price great! I'm loving the quality and performance of the 820. My 4K UHD discs are fantastic on my LG-G2 "77 OLED and Dolby Vision is simply incredible with this combination! I couldn't be happier. Even the staff at Magnolia strongly recommended going with the 820 over the 9000 for all the aforementioned reasons. Even my ISF professional calibrator recommended the 820. I couldn't be happier with this choice.

It is wonderful to own this machine. I began procuring movies from the Criterion Collection the day I picked up this stellar 4K player. It was $100 off and I had store credit from recent large purchases on my BB Car. The picture is astounding and has even improved the appearance of DVDs and Bluerays. I highly recommend!

This Panasonic 4K Blu-ray player outperforms every other device I’ve used for disc playback, including my PS5 and Xbox Series X. The picture quality is stunning with deep color, crisp detail, and incredible sharpness that really enhances my home theater setup. It handles special edition Blu-rays and 4K HDR discs flawlessly, with no hiccups or slowdowns. I’ve noticed that movies with complex visuals look noticeably better and more cinematic on this player. The HCX processing delivers excellent depth and natural textures that make each film feel more immersive. Audio quality is just as impressive, especially when connected to my sound system using the twin HDMI outputs. Streaming apps work well too, but the real standout is how beautifully it plays physical media. If you care about movie quality, this player is absolutely worth the investment.

Amazing player! Upscales old dvds and blu rays so much better than anything I have seen. And doesn’t seem to have many issues with 4ks… sometimes in the beginning I have to reset it and then it works fine.

Great addition to my home theater. Paired with my Sony A95L, it delivers amazing quality from 4k discs. Perfect for film buffs that don't want to settle for streaming quality.

If you want the best picture possible out of your discs get this. I have tried everything from DVD to 4K and have not had any issues yet. It’s great for upscaling any older discs in your collection. 4K looks amazing and Dolby Vision is supported. There are plenty of settings to customize your experience. Streaming services are also available.

There's a reason why this is always the 4K UHD player recommended by enthusiasts. Plays every disc without any issues, amazing picture and sound quality, Dolby Vision included, extremely quiet. Would like if the remote had at least some of the key buttons back lit, but that's the only quibble I have.

After weeks of researching, if you want auto detection of Dolby Vision by your 4k player then Panasonic ub820 is the only choice. All other 4k players have flaws...the x700 that dont auto detect DV......x800m2 is not that great and cost more than x700......not many manufacturers left in the 4k player market...the Ub820's optimizer feature make every HDR content better.....its simply the best 4k player in the current market.........man...I miss Oppo!! Fyi....if you have a Samsung tv and dont have DV anyway then I highly recommend the ub420.....same optimizer....just no DV support....and much cheaper!!

When I couldn't get an Oppo 203, I was sad. After this disc player came out, I did my research, pulled the trigger, and have been so happy watching my movies. Best feature is the DVR Enhancer. This Panasonic allows you to jack up the HDR to make those bright areas even brighter. It is truly amazing to these middle-aged eyes. It is a great upconverter. All blurays look great. Some higher quality DVDs look just fine. 4k UHD discs obviously look awesome. It is a region free player, as I've popped in some Region B discs with zero issue. I did get a hiccup on a couple new 4k UHD discs. Player stalled on startup. Unplugged it and then back in, and the disc started up fine. The physical player build isn't as solid as others, but it'll do. I dont want to spend $1000. I'm a Roku user, so I only needed a disc player. If you need everything in one for discs and streaming, then this Panasonic won't do. It can only stream Netflix and Prime fans no other mainstream apps. That said, Netflix looks WAY better through the Panasonic than my Roku Premiere. I also run a nice soundbar and the direct feed from the Panasonic sounds awesome. There are a gazillion other settings in this player. If you run a separate A/V receiver, I surely expect you to be able to find the settings to output to that.

Like many, I chose this 4K UHD blu-ray player because it's one of the highest-rated, most-versatile players out there right now. And while it does *meet* my expectations, it certainly does not surpass them. For example, the system menus and built-in Netflix (and other streaming) apps are pretty slow and clunky—I tend to just use the ones built-in to my TV instead. Additionally, the buttons on the top of the player (open/close, power, etc) do not always work as expected—for example, if I turn the player on, and it is still warming up/getting started, the open/close button sometimes is unresponsive. On this note, it also seems to take a minute or two for this player to turn on/off, which is fine but not what I expected for a top-of-the-line blu-ray player. Nevertheless, the player is very quiet, has excellent image quality, and has worked with every different type of disc I've ever tried to insert it in. If, like me, you are only interested in a really solid 4K blu-ray player—not any of the apps or special features—then you could probably save your money and get one of the more affordable options.

Omg what a great upgrade from a ps5 the hdr optimizer is amazing !!! Makes my image so much better audio quality bumped up as well. Plays the disc fast and quiet. I love the auto Dolby vision playback as well hdr+. So happy with this purchase

I’m taking a star off the review only because my first attempt at getting one didn’t go so smoothly: I went with an Open Box - Excellent condition ub820 at first. After it was delivered, I was only able to get one 4K playback use out of it before it ceased reading any 4K discs. I’m sure not all open box versions of this are subject to this issue, but it’s something to be aware of. I exchanged it the day after it was delivered and promptly ordered a brand new one for not much more than the open box price. That unit has had zero issues since I’ve hooked it up, handles 4K discs beautifully. Not having to turn Dolby Vision on and off is really nice, and audio output is exceptional (I would argue that I can hear noticeable differences in audio when compared to my ps5’s disc player and yes, I had atmos set up on the ps5 too). If you enjoy still watching and collecting physical media and if it’s within your budget to pick one up l, you won’t regret it.

Started out being a good 4k player then it started to skip on random discs. Sent it in for repair, the drive was replaced and still had skipping issues. The picture quality was really great, a lot of granular control and things you could dive into in regards to picture quality, dvd upscaling was not the best in my opinion, blu rays looked great and 4k discs looked awesome. Just became tired of the skipping issues so I returned it and bought a Sony X800m2 which I had heard the older model some people had bad luck with, this was the updated model. I did find out for some reason I had some bad discs that also skipped on the Sony but some of the discs did play on the Sony. So far my Sony has been great, if a disc freezes unplugging it fixes it and mostly it would be a fingerprint I missed. Better dvd upscaling, Dolby Vision has to be turned on manually was auto on Panny, and it is built better than the Panasonic. I think in general the Panny just has a really sensitive laser leading to skipping and freezing and the build quality is a lot of plastic, Sony is heavier and metal.

I've only used this for a couple weeks, but it has worked flawlessly so far. I upgraded from a Sony x700, which would freeze on about 50% of the discs played on it. I am happy to report that this Panasonic player has not had any problems with my discs. Even the ones that froze on the Sony player work fine on the Panasonic. The build quality seems solid. The output picture quality is great, and the overall functionality of the unit is implemented well, as expected for a player of this cost. The remote is only average, but it gets the job done. The other nice feature of this player is that it auto-detects dolby vision and enables it. This is something that was missing on the Sony x700, so I am happy about having that feature now. I would definitely recommend this player - especially as an upgrade to the cheaper Sony models for people who are experience problems with those units.

This player is great , has a great picure and sound , this has a better picture than streaming as i always liked having physical discs, I had a sony blu ray player and the Panasonic has a better picture. I have had this for about 2 months and it has been fantastic, i have played alot of movies on the player and it has not missed a beat , It also plays cds and it does sound pretty good, you will not be disappointed in this machine.

The quality of this player is too notch! The only downside is probably the user interface but i don’t use it for streaming, only physical media.

Working so well!!! Very expensive but if your a Physical media collector this is the player for you don't be fooled and buy the Sony (it won't work) this one is the gold standard for 4k players

Excellent picture (vivid, with contrast, "detail in darkness") and sound (very clean). A little slow to respond to control, and excess steps for routine functions, but performance makes up for these minor user interface issues.

Definitely a bit better quality video than my Xbox One X. Definitely better sound as I always had to mess with Xbox dropping my Atmos settings. This hooks directly into my Denon AVR-X2400. Cons: -Slow boot. -Slooow Disc tray open/close -UI is old (don’t care, only there to load a disc) -Known issue with some 4K discs stutter/freezing for a few seconds. “Midway” is one of them. Two scenes in the same spot as everyone else online. Overall very happy.

Awesome 4K Ultra HD Player. This unit does it all as you can tell by the description. Operates smoothly and flawlessly and quiet. I have put it through it's paces and it just keeps on keeping on. I have a Sony X-800 (bought at Best Buy) that I switch off with but feel that the Panasonic is a far better unit in all respects as this one also has Dolby Vision and Display. The Panasonic DP-UB420-K player is the same as this one for half the price, but this has Dolby Vision and the Display counter. If your TV does not support Dolby Vision and you don't care about the counter then the DP-UB420-K is the unit for you. I plan to upgrade my TV in the near future to one that has Dolby Vision so I will be ready. This is a great unit and I am 100% satisfied and highly recommend. I gave it 5*****'s only because there aren't 6.....