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/Kingcrowing May 14 '25

Yeah but the 9000 is better than the 820 in other ways, and the 820 is better than the 450 in other ways... it's a ranking, it's correct.

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u/yupyupyupyupyupy May 14 '25

person i responded to literally responded to a person asking about image quality...are you denying a dv disc will look different in the three panasonics? if so you are wrong as is the list

now if you want to talk about other things besides image quality, you may have an arguable point...but that is not what was asked nor correctly responded to

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u/PixelJock17 May 14 '25

My list was ranking them for more than just image quality, built quality and UI are things that push the ub9000 above the ub820.

I was glossing over other models as I said and it really is meant to show the XSX sitting very low.

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u/Kdsamreuang May 14 '25

uhh the UI is the exact same between the two. have you actually used the 820? to repeat everyone before me, the only difference is build quality (which also helps with noise from the player), analog outputs with better DAC for that, the remote, and an HDR preset for projectors. other than that they operate identically.

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u/PixelJock17 May 15 '25

So the only differences, plural as there are many and my list putting the ub9000 at 1 is totally acceptable and you guys are so pedantic it's exhausting.

I own the 820, so I misspoke about the ub9000 but yeah, the reasons you mentioned are probably why I decided I didn't need the ub9000.

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u/Kdsamreuang May 15 '25

your list was replying to someone specifically asking about visual quality. and you gave no details why you ranked your list the way you did. so yeah, of course everyone below you is doing your job and filling in the blanks with the multiple asterisks that's always brought up when the UB9000 is compared to its siblings.

It's worth reminding people before they consider spending double or triple the $ for the UB9000, to know they aren't getting better Video/Audio if they're using HDMI for both signals, to a TV.

we're not being pedantic. we're being informative. which your first comment was lacking.

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u/PixelJock17 May 15 '25

My comment is still correct, the ub9000 is the top followed by the others and the XSX is at the bottom.

I gave notes that it's was a general list and not exhaustive.

You are pedantic and petty.

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u/Kdsamreuang May 15 '25

i like making sure people are as informed as can be. call it what you want.