Panasonic DP-UB820EB 4K Blu-Ray DVD Player for TV, Ultra HD, Dolby Vision, HCX Processor, Dolby Atmos, HDR10+, Hi Res Audio, 4K HDR Pro, 7.1ch analogue output, Wireless LAN Built in, Black

A simply brilliant device. Simple to operate, flexible on formats and sound output, very easy to set up, and smooth in operation. The picture quality is so so much better than from the highly compressed streaming services. Upscaling for older formats is also impressive.

While I was researching for the most capable (and affordable) Blu-Ray player that would enhance the performance of my LaserTV Projector and ALR screen, the Panasonic DP-UB20EB was the obvious choice. Its 4K high-precision Chroma Processor produces outstanding colours, bringing natural images to the screen. The images are vibrant with exceptional detail, creating a visually immersive experience! I was pleasantly surprised at the rich quality produced by the automatic upscaling of Blu-Ray (HD) content. Even some basic DVD discs resembled high-definition. The player made my projector’s Dolby Atmos sound richer and more captivating than ever before! I was particularly excited about the bass as it is now much clearer and well-defined. Furthermore, the ‘Dialog Enhancer’ feature makes it easier to hear speech without needing to raise the volume too high. Though the player’s Remote Control works well, I replaced it with the Panasonic DP-UB9000 Remote Control (bought separately) as I preferred its layout and it has a backlight for use in a dark room. Admittedly, the Panasonic DP-UB20EB is a considered purchase, if you are on a budget. But after assessing its overall amazing picture and sound quality, upscaling capabilities, HDR processing, and its smooth, uninterrupted playback, I can only conclude that this award-winning product delivers as promised. This beast offers sensational performance and I can confidently recommend it. UPDATE: June 2026 After a year of regular use, I can report that this Blu-ray player is performing exactly as when purchased. For the past six months, I have been watching my collection of nostalgic British detective TV series. Though these were only produced on standard DVDs, the player's processor is able to accurately upscale the colour and sharpness of the on-screen images. The quality is exceptional.

Upgraded to this from the UB150, the difference is quite staggering. Interface is better and more intuitive sound and picture quality is excellent. Am fed up with robbing streaming services, and i quite enjoy watching movies again and again, so its 4K blu rays from now on. On added bonues is the quality of CDs being played tnrough my samsung soundbar....surprisingly quite good. Not a match for my seperates set up, but more than adequate for casual listening. Overall very impressed.

Well, even Oppo isn't Oppo anymore, and that's sad for us enthusiasts, but I purchased this Panasonic to take its place. It does come close, but there's one or two things which really make it feel cheap. Whilst others might have more esoteric critique, I just have 2 issues with the unit. Now, it's a GOOD player. Possibly fantastic at this price point, but the two areas it lacks really spoil it for me, though there's possibly nothing better on the market in the sub-£500 range to beat it. 1) It can be quite noisy to start up when reading and caching / chapter searching a disk. The Oppo was practically silent at this, as well as fast. Now, whilst the Panasonic is fast, it certainly isn't silent, and reminds me of my old floppy disk drives as it grinds and creaks its way to playback. It just sounds cheap. 2) This is a big problem for me : I watch movies piecemeal, and often pause them - sometimes for days - before resuming from the precise moment I paused whenever I want. This is a much more convenient way of resuming playback than the playback-resume function authored (if you're lucky!) into the disks themselves, which often requires a lot of waiting-time as the disk is reloaded, the obligatory anti-piracy and warning pages endured (which you can't skip through), and then after a few minutes you get to resume what you were watching. And of course, if the disk WASN'T authored with a resume function, you have to go searching, and typically this will involve re-watching from the beginning of the last chapter you think you stopped at (if you can remember!). The Panasonic does NOT pause like an Oppo. After 5 minutes of being on pause, the unit automatically shuts down, even if eco-mode and auto shutdown are both disabled. As of writing this review, there's no way to avoid this in the settings. It's done I believe because the pause is not actually disengaging the laser, but is continuously running it live, and thus creating a risk of burnout. It's a safety feature, but the truth is it's a software kludge intended to overcome a design flaw which shouldn't be there in the first place. However, all of the above being said, once the player gets going and does what it's supposed to do (play your DVD's Blu Rays and 4k UHD HDR content), its picture and audio quality is OUTSTANDING. At its present price point, I'm considering it a stop-gap measure to fill the void between my old Oppo and the next gen of high end players, but IF I can get used to its shortcomings, I may just learn to love it. This is high audio and videophile praise, folks so make of this what you will!

Got this to replace a Sony player I sent back as it froze and locked up during the first movie I played, Aliens. So I got this player and have played a load of 4k movies. Every movie has played flawlessly. If your looking fir a 4k player forget the cheaper models this is the player to get. Player is nice and heavy the Sony player was so light and plasticky. This has a solid remote and a screen counter which most don't nice to be able to see how long is left without having to use your remote. Got this with £50 off so very happy. Hope I get as many years from this as my last machine. Update 10/12/24 Unfortunately after just over a month this player has started to glitch. A lot of discs the sound will drop out for a couple of seconds but now it's full on picture breaking up and no sound at just around the 40 minute mark so having to return. Have read online that quality control on these can be a bit hit and miss and people have had to replace this player a couple of times before getting a good one. Will order another once I receive refund and hopefully will be second time lucky.

I have a Samsung 55Q95A TV. Unfortunately it only knows HDR10+. So I needed a good player that supports this format as well as future proof. Before buying this I watched 4K movies on by PS5, which wasn't bad. All I can say is that there is a difference in colors when using the UB820. What stood out to me was when I first seen Thor Ragnarok on PS5. The colors were OK but nothing spectacular. Honestly I couldn't really understand why others were praising it to be a color poping movie. Then I got the UB820 and I was amazed. The colors were more saturated and they did pop right of the screen. I had mine purchased from Amazon UK all the way to Romaina since here you can't find this model for 6 months now. And it was cheaper to buy it from Amazon. It was just the Panasonic player box. No extra protection or anything. I can't say I'm OK with this. It could have been damaged. But fortunately it arrived OK in about 4 days. The player is very silent. You don't even notice it when you watch movies. The menu is pretty straight forward. But you can feel the software feels old. The remote control is again just a mess of buttons clustered together, that I don't really need. And it's bulky. Just like your remotes from the 2000's. They could have made a smart remote at least. As for smart features, I have a smart TV so I won't watch netflix or youtube from the Panasonic. Also, if you have an external HDD with more partitions, this player will only recognize 1 partition. This is pretty stupid. My 10 year old TV could recognize the 2 partitions from my HDD. But overall the player does what it supposed too, it plays 4K movies and Atmos very well. The best for this price.

I have owned this player since December 2020 and have had no issues with disc playback at all unlike my previous Sony UDP-X800 4K UHD Blu-ray player which I had to return twice due to disc freezing. Picture and audio quality are outstanding and disc playback has been 100% reliable which are the most important features of a disc player obviously. The player starts and loads discs quickly, it is relatively quiet in operation and I like that it has a front panel LED display unlike almost every other Blu-ray player I've seen. The only negatives are the cheap plasticky build quality (the Sony X800 definitely trumps it in that department as that thing is metal and built like a tank!), the tacky poorly laid out remote (I replaced mine with the far superior one for the Panasonic UB9000 player, also available from Amazon) and the incredibly poor built in apps (which should not be a concern for anyone with a modern smart TV as its apps are far superior and updated more frequently). A good solid player and second only to the Panasonic UB9000 with its much better build quality and the one I would have bought if it did not cost almost £1,000!

Great 4k Ultra HD Blue Ray Player. I returned the recommended Sony player as it didn't have Wifi and the sound quality was terrible. This machine although £100 more expensive has almost everything you could possibly want, picture and sound quality are excellent, it has wifi for upgrades and YouTube, Netflix etc. It upscales older disks and even plays my 3D Blue Rays perfectly. One criticism is that it doesn't have an optical sound output so cannot be connected directly to my Hifi without buying an extra converter box for the second HDMI output. Highly recommended as the next best player is over £900!

I like it all over. High quality sound and image (love the Dolby Video feature).

the player is awesome, it has everything you may need to have some quality reproduction of your blue rays but the interface is slow and cumbersome. I personally dont use it for media apps like netflix etc as i have a separate player(nvidia shield) but be aware if you buy and you have such needs. Unfortunately mine come with 1.70 firmware so i couldnt apply the multiregion mod as it's for 1.69 but a hardware mode is available as well in internet if you sre interested on multiregion blue rays and dvds. 4k are region free so no problem.

Best DVD player ever! only issue is that it didn't have HDMI cable so i have to buy one but other than that it was playing very well and region free

La calidad de imagen y de audio es fantástica, silencioso rápido y múltiples configuraciones para obtener la mejor calidad en todos los sentidos. Digno sucesor del ub700 con opciones de mejora para HDR. Se adapta al tipo de pantalla que tengas en función del brillo de la misma y optimizador de HDR para mejora de formato HDR10. Compatible con DV y HDR10+. Escalado blu ray sensacional para seguir "tirando" de colección de películas. Sin duda el mejor reproductor UHD de su rango. Recomendable 100%.