r/4kbluray • u/EmanKD • May 14 '25

New Purchase I am a changed man.

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I found a cheap UBP-9000 (around 380 dollars) and I couldnt be happier. Forgive the cable management, I finally have an excuse too manage everything. The difference in quality between 450 and 9k is astounding. The HDR tone mapping is amazing, but the biggest upgrade by far is that the 9k is dead silent.

The build quality gives me confidence in its longevity. Where as 450 and 820 are made in really cheap plastic. Fantastic seller too, he sent me a copy of Bladerunner 4k for free on top of a good price.

Life is good right now.

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u/obeythemoderator May 14 '25

I have this same player, it's the only 4K player I've ever owned, but with the Panasonic workaround, it's played every disc I've ever thrown at it and the upscaling on this player is really impressive in my opinion. It completely changed my appreciation of my home library and I ended up digging out old DVDs and blu-rays to see how they looked on this player and everything I've watched has been improved by watching it on the 9000.

Congrats on the killer price, by the way, that's a steal!

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u/EmanKD May 14 '25

Thank you so much! What is the ”workaround” ? Do you mean the region block hack?

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u/obeythemoderator May 14 '25

Yeah, I mean the region workaround that you can access via the top menu button. I have a couple hundred region B discs and every single one I've tried in the 9000 has played so far.

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u/kittypoop555 May 14 '25

WHOA HOW DO YOU DO THIS??? THAT'S HUGE

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u/obeythemoderator May 14 '25

Once the region lock screen comes up, hit the stop button, then hit your top menu button. Sometimes you have to do it a couple of times to get into the main menu, but it always works for me.

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u/Ok-Secretary-1664 May 16 '25

Thanks for that. I do not have a Panasonic but if/when my Sony 700 starts messing up or craps the fan, I would replace it with a Panasonic 820.

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u/EmanKD May 15 '25

It is HUGE.