UB420 Streaming 4K Blu Ray Player, Ultra HD Premium Video Playback with Hi-Res Audio, Voice Assist - DP-UB420-K Blu Ray DVD Player (Black)

The Panasonic UB420 Streaming 4K, BD, DVD Ultra HD Premium Video Playback with Hi-Resoluion Audio player is spectacular. I bought this unit to replace a very high end Samsung player that stopped working after two years and I swore I would never buy another Samsung product of any kind. I found this Panasonic unit and knew, from past experience, that it was a very reputable brand. I was not disappointed in the ease of setting up the unit, configuring it, and using it to play 4K, BD, and DVD movies and concerts. It's an amazing piece of technology and has all of the features that I wanted that were compatible with my high end A/V receiver, CD player, and TV. The audio and video quality exceeded my expectations, which were extremely high to begin with. The first disk I played was a 4K Bob James trio concert and the color and clarity of the video and the 5.1 surround sound provided an atmosphere that was as though I was sitting on stage surrounded by the keyboard, bass, and drums. I was impressed with the dynamic range and subtle nuances particularly where the percussion was concerned. The only thing I don't know yet is how long this unit will provide the high quality reproduction of audio and video but, if this unit is of the same high standard of other Panasonic products I've owned, I can anticipate many years of excellent entertainment from this unit.

***4+ years of use update: ZERO issues playing DVD, Blu-ray & 4k discs. Have not had to do anything but push the power button and insert the disc & play. Amazing picture quality. NO freezing or glitches like my previous Sony players.*** I bought a new 65" 4k TV and a new 4K AppleTv in 2019. I have owned 2 generations of Sony's middle to higher end blu-ray players and have experienced loud disc spin noise plus a ton of software buggy issues with both models. Then they dumped support for Hulu. YouTube and Netflix poor to ok reliability, with the YouTube app often not working for weeks at a time. Disc playback was ok IF it didn't hangup/crash on you on initial disc insertion. So NO MORE Sony Blu-ray players for me. Researched and came across a lot of happy folks using these Panasonic models. Around the holidays it was only $149 Prime so ordered it and glad I did. Picture quality is outstanding and no issues like I was experiencing with the Sony player. Easy setup with plugging in power and HDMI cables (One is provided with the player but I bought a pair of "Atevon High Speed 18Gbps HDMI 2.0 Cable - HDCP 2.2" 6ft cables - ASIN B06XP129CT). Was able to get it connected up to my WiFi network with no trouble. Updated the firmware & good-to-go. One issue I did encounter was the Panasonic remote's power and volume buttons to control the TV did not work with my Samsung Q80 TV. Page 8 of the DP-UB820 players "advanced owners manual" (google it) explained how to reprogram the remote control - Hold the power button down and input the 2 digit tv code (Samsung #s: 20/21/22) page 26 supplied the different TV brand's codes. Now buttons are functional with my TV. I am not planning on streaming with any apps on this unit because I am very happy with the quality and ease of the 4k AppleTV. (R.I.P. Sony Blu-Ray player - & good riddance...) Hope this review helps!

My 4k UHD discs absolutely stun with this player on a Hisense 4k TV. With some fiddling, the picture is amazing. Seems to have some issues with burned discs and/or some DVDs that I think may be bootlegs, but I've got a PS4 set to the side for those anyway. The built-in streaming apps are essentially useless and typically wont even open, let alone play content.

Best HD multi-player including obsolete my HD-DVD collection. Handles the latest Ultra HD like Oppenheimer on both visuals and sound. Worth the extra dollars for full features....5/5

I was impressed when I got it, but this thing is picky, watch the finger prints on the DVDs it will let you know when the DVD won’t play. I’m still glad I got it

Comparing to my LG UBK80 (no longer made). PICTURE QUALITY: decent, but no better than my LG. Perhaps if one has an ultra-top-tier OLED TV you might be able to see the difference? I have no idea, but using my TV (55" 4K Hisense, Dolby Vision, HDR, HDR10+) I see NO picture improvement w/the Pana over the LG. The Panasonic 420 has their touted "HCX" chip, but the picture looked no better than the LG UBK80 across the board for me, with UHD discs, as well as upconverting from 1080 on multiple BluRays and 1080p files. BUILD QUALITY: cheaply made, feels like it won't last. FLAWS: If you want to use an HDD to play video files, good luck using the front USB 2.0 port (DC 5v 500ma). It's so weak NO HDD WILL WORK ON IT. Panasonic does put a USB 3.0 port on the back as well (on the 420 model) that supplies more power (DC 5v 900ma) for HDDs, but that means constantly reaching back behind the unit to plug and unplug there all the time, as using a USB extention cable to make it more convenient will sometimes make the HDD unplayable even back there because the cable cuts down on the power. Compare this to the LG. The LG only has a USB 2.0 port in the front -- and it's rated THE SAME as the junky Panasonic front USB port -- (DC 5v 500ma) -- yet HDDs work perfectly with the LG, and LG even mentions HDD usage is okay in the manual. Even with the same power rating, the LG is built so much better, and the front USB always works perfectly with HDDs 100% of the time, while the front USB on the Pana won't work at all. The LG also doesn't need to have a fan, the way the Pana 420 does (some people don't like the fan noise). [Note: With all brands of 4k players, the HDD must be 2TB or less and formatted as MBR, not GPT] NO RESUME (remembering where in the movie it was when you pressed STOP) after pressing STOP on a BluRay disc... ONLY on a UHD disc. Talk about stupid engineering. This is even mentioned in the manual. CANNOT FRAME ADVANCE. When you're watching and press PAUSE, you cannot then do a frame-by-frame advance the way you can on the LG (or even old DVD players!) Pressing PAUSE again simply re-starts the movie. NO EXTERNAL SUBTITLES when playing files off USB/HDD unless the files are included INSIDE an MKV file container. With the LG, if you have "video.mp4" and "video.srt" in the same folder you can view the external subtitles. Not with the Panasonic. The features that the Panasonic touts, like the HCX chip, or lots of speciality menu picture settings, I do not see any improvement on with my setup compared to my LG (and my LG isn't an OPPO, it was a lower-end unit). Add to that, that the Panasonic is cheaply built and basic standard features are mysteriously gone, and it's not something I want. My LG UBK80 is a basic player and doesn't do streaming like the Pana 420 (though its also-discontinued brother, the LG UBK90, does) but I don't care about streaming from my player, I'd rather just have a good, well-designed basic player. I bought the Panasonic 420 (and even a 3rd party remote for it too!) thinking I'd keep it to replace, or keep as a spare, for my LG. Nope. Returned it and found another LG on an auction site instead to keep as a spare.

Don’t listen to the bad reviews the Panasonic UB420 is the best 4K Blu ray player I’ve ever owned it makes my 4K Blu rays Blu rays and DVDs all look amazing And the sound quality is amazing too it has no Dolby vision but It does have HDR10 and HDR10+ and as a Samsung tv owner with no Dolby vision this player was perfect for my entertainment setup Also for the people mentioning overheating issues turn off quick start as if enabled will keep the player on even when you turn it off disabling quick start will turn the player completely off and solve the overheating issue and the player turns on quickly anyway so quick start is not needed Overall the Panasonic UB420 is an amazing 4K Blu ray player with great Video and Audio quality and great upscaling for Blu rays and DVDs Highly recommended

Works great. With a Samsung tv ,Dolbyvision doesnt matter to me. It makes a definite improvement on dvd discs. Regular Blu-ray discs already looked pretty sharp with the tv upscaling.

Most expensive brick i ever bought

Si tienes una tele samsung, este Bluray es muy genial, me encanta su función del HDR para ciertas películas es capaz de aumentar el brillo y sin que se pierda detalles en las peliculas, algunas peliculas que no estan en 4k de igual forma se ven en buena calidad, en cuanto a su apartado del sonido me gusta se escucha muy nítido aun no le pongo algún equipo de audio, para ver que tanto puede hacer, de igual forma recomiendo buscar en internet buenas configuraciones para sacarle el máximo provecho y que a su vez se adapten a tu tv

Depois de uma semana de uso, estou muito satisfeito. O que mais me impressionou foi o upscaling em blu-rays comuns, a imagem fica incrível, mesmo em alguns discos antigos de qualidade não tão boa. Com o disco 4k o resultado foi o esperado. A voltagem é 110v.

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Escalado perfecto en bluray tradicional a 4k, MEJORA EN IMAGEN Y AUDIO en bluray tradicional, le da ese "pop especial " para disfrutar tus bluray tradicionales a 4k. En cuanto la reproducción del formato fuente en 4k hdr... GUAUUUUUUUU!! 100% RECOMENDADO. EL HDR10 PLUS LO MEJOR QUE TE PUEDE DAR ESTE PANASONIC, AUNQUE TAMBIÉN EL HDR10 ESTÁTICO NO SE QUEDA ATRÁS. ESTE REPRODUCTOR TE LEVANTA EL HDR10 AUN EN UNA PANTALLA DE GAMA BAJA TODO POR SU OPTIMIZADOR HDR!! Por otro lado el sonido es una locura!! Siete meses trabajando bien, pero de la nada empezó a fallar la lectura de los discos 4k (TARDABAN DEMASIADO EN LEERLOS O SIMPLEMENTE NO LOS LEÍA) Y PEOR AÚN CUANDO RECIÉN EMPEZABAS A VISUALIZAR UN BLURAY 4K, A LOS POCOS MINUTOS SE APAGABA, TAMBIÉN EN LOS BLURAY TRADICIONAL ACABABAS DE PONER EL DISCO E INTENTABAS ATRASAR LA ESCENAS SOBRE TODO Y TAMBIÉN SE APAGABA. ESTOY POR ADQUIRIRLO NUEVAMENTE, ESPERO NO ME VUELVA A FALLAR, SIENTO QUE FUE ALGUN MOVIMIENTO BRUSCO EN LA PAQUETERÍA QUE ME LO ENVÍO (LO PUDIERON HABER AVENTADO O EL PAQUETE SE LES PUDO HABER CAÍDO, O SIMPLEMENTE NO TUVE MUCHA SUERTE.) Y EMPEZO A PRESENTAR PROBLEMAS POR LAS SECUELAS.... LO ATRIBUYO A UN SENCILLO FALSO CONTACTO.