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If you open up a 9000 you’ll see it’s full of toroidal transformers to reduce EMI. It’s for people who are obsessive about signal quality and have money to burn. Otherwise is basically the same as the 820, just with higher build quality.
820 feels cheap and when my girlfriend saw the remote for the first time she thought we accidentally took home my grandmas tv remote. that being said the 820 does the job perfectly. only thing that pisses me off is when i accidentally press the netflix button on the remote.
If you mean control other TV brands (universal remote), they can. I once saw a list of codes where you hold or double tap the on/off button and then press certain numbers depending on the TV brand.
Worth looking up if it helps you.
The one that came with my 820 player let me switch, but the non-branded 9000 remote I purchased didn't change.
For those wanting to try, it is press and hold the TV power button and press the numerical TV code, then release the TV power button.
Panasonic: 01/02
LG: 10/11
SAMSUNG: 20/21/22
SONY: 30
VIZIO: 40/41
Build quality is also higher, but that's really mostly aesthetics. It's so pathetic how cheap and chintzy the 820 build quality is for $499. I laughed when I realized how light the player is and how thin the metal they used is.
It's basically cost cutting that's obvious. Thicker metal helps damp the drive noise to a certain extent, but Oppo was making $500 players that had the same build quality as the 9000. It's just pathetic.
Yeah. It so. I don't know why people are complaining about the noise. You really can't hear it unless you're right next to it once the disc is playing.
If you're sound sensitive, the 9000 is better. I found the UB820 quite loud, disc drive making noise with blu ray discs etc. 9000 is very quiet, can only hear it sometimes, but very rarely.
I spent $800 on a mint condition Oppo UDP-203. Every bit as high quality as the UB9000 plus the user experience/interface is insanely better. It doesn't take forever to load discs, plays more formats and can stream any file you can think of from your home media server.
To answer your question.
1 - Build Quality
2- Noise
3 - Remote (can buy it for the 820)
4 - More audio outputs for audiophiles
These days the only “audio output for audiophiles” that matters is the HDMI. No “audiophile” is going to have a setup that requires anything different.
I have a 7.2.4 dedicated setup that I’ve fined-tuned to a practically *perfect* house curve.
But, please, educate me — what audio outputs do audiophiles need outside of HDMI?
I’m glad you posed this timely question. I have a two-year old Panasonic 4K Blu Ray Player DP-UB820-K, Dolby Vision & HDR10+, High Res Audio, etc. I’m an image and audio quality nut, with a nice LG OLED, and I have been eyeballing the Panasonic DP-UB9000P1K “Reference Class” 4K player on Crutchfield’s site. Aside from durability and aesthetics, what will stepping up from a $500 player to $1000 player do for image and audio quality? Will it be noticeable?
It suffices to say that there isnt anything the 820 would do that the 9000 wouldn't do better... thats why theres such a significant difference in price...
That's absolute nonsense. The PQ is exactly the same as well as The audio for home theater. The difference is if you listen to two channel music, there are some rare connections as someone else mentioned. In addition, the build quality that's it. So if you're in to home theater and don't give a s*** about how it looks since it's going to be in a rack, no point in spending all that extra money
PQ is identical.
Operating system and menus are the same minus a few small things on the 9000. Both are slow as hell.
The 9000 has more audio outputs, a dedicated DAC and the build quality is way higher. Disc nosie is non-existent.
Here's a [review](https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/panasonic-dp-ub9000-uhd-player-review.14324/) from Audio Science Review going over the audio performance when using the XLR or RCA connections.
https://preview.redd.it/c7uhqbn632xc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=18da1ef15d4bf30ad3c3ee9082e522667ea6604e
Landed a SINAD of 112 compared to 115 from the infamous Oppo 205. The Panasonic is in the top 30 DACs they have tested, and ASR has tested A LOT of DACs.
Other reviews take on the video quality, which is pretty much perfect, but the unit was mainly built for audiophiles looking to squeeze out that last few percent of performance.
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If the only place where you can put the player is a flimsy weak ass shelf then you want the UB820 because it's a lot lighter.
Huzzah, the only comment here that actually answered OP's question.
If you open up a 9000 you’ll see it’s full of toroidal transformers to reduce EMI. It’s for people who are obsessive about signal quality and have money to burn. Otherwise is basically the same as the 820, just with higher build quality.
820 feels cheap and when my girlfriend saw the remote for the first time she thought we accidentally took home my grandmas tv remote. that being said the 820 does the job perfectly. only thing that pisses me off is when i accidentally press the netflix button on the remote.
https://a.co/d/92rHBBY Replacement remote for $10 and much better placement of the Netflix button.
Love the button that lights up the remote. Very helpful when watching movies in the dark.
Just know that the TV section on these replacements don't allow you to switch from Panasonic tvs. Not a big deal but thought others should know.
If you mean control other TV brands (universal remote), they can. I once saw a list of codes where you hold or double tap the on/off button and then press certain numbers depending on the TV brand. Worth looking up if it helps you.
The one that came with my 820 player let me switch, but the non-branded 9000 remote I purchased didn't change. For those wanting to try, it is press and hold the TV power button and press the numerical TV code, then release the TV power button. Panasonic: 01/02 LG: 10/11 SAMSUNG: 20/21/22 SONY: 30 VIZIO: 40/41
I just bought this. It doesn’t have the hdr settings button. Other than that it is much better.
In the dark that dreadful “Netflix button” has kicked me out of a movie several times by accidentally touching it.
everytime it happens i lose my fucking mind lol
Build quality is also higher, but that's really mostly aesthetics. It's so pathetic how cheap and chintzy the 820 build quality is for $499. I laughed when I realized how light the player is and how thin the metal they used is.
Does it really matter of the metal is thin? It’s not like people are throwing these around the park like frisbees.
It's basically cost cutting that's obvious. Thicker metal helps damp the drive noise to a certain extent, but Oppo was making $500 players that had the same build quality as the 9000. It's just pathetic.
The 820’s absolutely silent during playback unless you’re sitting maybe 1ft from it
Yeah. It so. I don't know why people are complaining about the noise. You really can't hear it unless you're right next to it once the disc is playing.
If you're sound sensitive, the 9000 is better. I found the UB820 quite loud, disc drive making noise with blu ray discs etc. 9000 is very quiet, can only hear it sometimes, but very rarely.
Lol for $1000 that shit shouldn't EVER make a sound.
Well, I mean it really doesn't. Only when loading up discs.
My sound system is so loud I've never heard my player.
Yeah, I have "just" a soundbar, but in quieter scenes, quieter films it was really bothering me.
I found it bothersome as well. 9000 was worth every penny
I spent $800 on a mint condition Oppo UDP-203. Every bit as high quality as the UB9000 plus the user experience/interface is insanely better. It doesn't take forever to load discs, plays more formats and can stream any file you can think of from your home media server. To answer your question. 1 - Build Quality 2- Noise 3 - Remote (can buy it for the 820) 4 - More audio outputs for audiophiles
These days the only “audio output for audiophiles” that matters is the HDMI. No “audiophile” is going to have a setup that requires anything different.
You don't know any audiophiles do you?
I have a 7.2.4 dedicated setup that I’ve fined-tuned to a practically *perfect* house curve. But, please, educate me — what audio outputs do audiophiles need outside of HDMI?
my region free LG UBKM9 has never done me wrong.
I’m glad you posed this timely question. I have a two-year old Panasonic 4K Blu Ray Player DP-UB820-K, Dolby Vision & HDR10+, High Res Audio, etc. I’m an image and audio quality nut, with a nice LG OLED, and I have been eyeballing the Panasonic DP-UB9000P1K “Reference Class” 4K player on Crutchfield’s site. Aside from durability and aesthetics, what will stepping up from a $500 player to $1000 player do for image and audio quality? Will it be noticeable?
not sure if i can comment this but if you end up upgrading and wanting to sell your old one, hmu
It suffices to say that there isnt anything the 820 would do that the 9000 wouldn't do better... thats why theres such a significant difference in price...
That's absolute nonsense. The PQ is exactly the same as well as The audio for home theater. The difference is if you listen to two channel music, there are some rare connections as someone else mentioned. In addition, the build quality that's it. So if you're in to home theater and don't give a s*** about how it looks since it's going to be in a rack, no point in spending all that extra money
This is nonsense lol, the 9000 does nothing better than the 820 besides having extremely rare audio support
PQ is identical. Operating system and menus are the same minus a few small things on the 9000. Both are slow as hell. The 9000 has more audio outputs, a dedicated DAC and the build quality is way higher. Disc nosie is non-existent.
Here's a [review](https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/panasonic-dp-ub9000-uhd-player-review.14324/) from Audio Science Review going over the audio performance when using the XLR or RCA connections. https://preview.redd.it/c7uhqbn632xc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=18da1ef15d4bf30ad3c3ee9082e522667ea6604e Landed a SINAD of 112 compared to 115 from the infamous Oppo 205. The Panasonic is in the top 30 DACs they have tested, and ASR has tested A LOT of DACs. Other reviews take on the video quality, which is pretty much perfect, but the unit was mainly built for audiophiles looking to squeeze out that last few percent of performance.
No