New 4K UHD Players --- Magnetar UDP800 Mini-Review

Which of the Magnetar Players should you purchase?
#bluray #4K #audiophile
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0:00 Introduction
1:45 My Decision
2:43 UDP900 vs UDP800
4:54 Panasonic UB-9000
5:35 Reavon
6:45 Remote Differences
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[kellywilliamson]

I have an Oppo 203, the Panasonic UDB9000 and now the Magnetar UDB 800 - I like hedging my bets!

[melraine]

Thank you for the demo and info 👍🏼👊🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Oz-Jameson]

I’ve seen a few reviews on the Oppo 203 against the Plantronic 9000 and in all reviews the guys said the Panasonic 9000 with the optimiser set to on was better than the Oppo 203, it would be nice to have a comparison between the Panasonic 800 and the Magnatar. Thanks for the great review. thanks Oz

[Terry.W]

I wish I could afford it it ticks all the boxes ...and looks good too.

[mikecampbell]

You're always making me want to buy stuff! Knock it off! Just kidding. Great review as usual.

[matthewnorwell]

Ive owned the oppo 203 and the 205 and it was a stunning machine i also have the sony 800g2 and i would have the 9000 mag in a heartbeat its the ultimate player atm but watch out for the new sony replacement for the 1000es it should also be a stunning machine

[silviobaldacchino]

Two big players for me - Panasonic 9000 and magnetar 900 but i order the new tv Panasonic OLED 77inch the latest one and i order the Panasonic 9000 ! Thanks for this video from 🇲🇹

[limulus]

I am just glad to see that there are some companies still producing high-end Blu-ray players. I still love my Opo 203. At least I know there is something out there to replace it if I ever have a problem with it.

[kmdkmd-jzpv]

Are you still liking your player? I was going to order a ub9000 but ordered the 800 instead. I wanted the option to play all my ripped uhd movies on the 800 and stop using Plex. Plex has been dropping frames here and there. I just hope I made the right choice. Loved the video.

[SpidermanBob]

I really appreciate information like this . I have got a cheap Sony 4k DVD player ...I'm not sure of the quality of the player, because I'm a novice to this 4k thing, but I am learning . I don't have the money to purchase all that is out today . But I am learning . Believe it or not I do not like the picture of hslf of the dozen or so 4k's that I have . Why . Because I don't like the 'darkness' of a 4k disc . And the colors seemed washed out . But the colors on the Blu-ray disc are bright and shinny . Shouldn't it be the other way around ! Like the 4k should be much better than the Blu-ray ! .I'm probably not adjusting the system right . What do you think ? Would a more expensive 4k player better ?

[davonfranklin]

Great Vid. Is there any noticeable video quality difference between the Panasonic and the Magnetar?

[fransdegroot]

I have the oppo 203 he is playing for years now from the begining i have him in my system. He is top vision en sound also. I can play every file from internet no problem.

[brianastrodoc]

Looks like the same menus as the oppo 203, which I love. If you ever want better audiophile sound quality for music, you can bypass the internal dac and use a high end one of your choice. I’ll choose the same one if my oppo ever dies.

[ReZel]

I bought a Magnetar UDP-800 and while it cost me and arm and a leg its also by far the best player i have owned what many fail to realize is the Magnetar can be made region free for an extra $100 and no other player on the market is region free from the factory only Magnetar offer that and if you have mix of region 1/A and 2/B discs like i have a multi region player is a must so if you are looking for that forget about Panasonic, LG, Sony or any of the other big brand name you want them multi region you have to modify them often with a 3rd party chip soldered to the motherboard, another thing to consider is the Magnetar can play DVD-Audio and SACD´s which are rare high res CD formats and finding players for those these days is really hard and the Magnetar can play pretty much every discs under the sun so its a player that can do everything at once and if you have to buy a player for every region of DVD and BD and a SACD/DVD-A player it would cost more than what the Magnetar players does so you get more overall value if you need multi region and/or SACD/DVD-A playback

[Bikes-guitars]

Great player, now all we need is for Hollywood to sell physical media in 16/9 to fill the screens we own instead of the widescreen format that robs 25% of the screen size and to stop filming everything in the dark or at sunset so that we can see more than two colours.
A great player though and finally a replacement for the legendary Oppo players 👌

[MrNorcal]

I have a Panny 9000 and my trusty Oppo-203. The 9000 is a superb pure disc player but has serious limitations when it comes to playing video files on an external hard drive or over a network. Examples of this are that it can't play lossless audio in any MKV or MP4 file. It also can't even play E-AC3 audio. It doesn't recognize chapter marks in MKVs. The Oppo-203 can do all of this and it appears that the Magnetars can do this as well. The other downside of the Panny is its interface. It's pretty archaic in this modern era but again, as a disc spinner, it's excellent.

[roachman]

I just ordered the 800 i have sony been no issues but getting aggravated with constantly having to switch dolby vision on from reviews panasonic is the same the magnater is auto dolby vision and it looks good

[Member]

Is there a significant difference from my
Sony UBP-X800?

[robertmcelfresh]

I have a Sony 4k player that offers BlueTooth out, HDMI out or BOTH. This lets me give headphones to an elderly relative so she can crank her volume while the rest of us use the speakers are lower levels. I did not shop for this but now I love it.

[Rascallucci]

The more hardcore audiophiles would only use the Magnetar as a SACD/CD transport as far as 2 channel music goes, especially for SACD because they could use the the HDMI out from the Magnetar to connect it to a HDMI Extractor device that you can buy from Amazon and then connect from there to the I2S input on a better quality or high end external DAC that some audiophiles have. That is the only way you can decode SACD on an external DAC as ironically most high end SACD players do not have HDMI out and HDMI out is only available on the cheaper universal players. To be honest, I only found that out recently as I use the coaxial out from my SACD/CD hybrid player to connect it to my external DAC. However, it only works on CD. I guess what many audiophiles are now saying is that the transport itself doesn't make much of a difference if at all on sound quality, it only matters with the DAC which kind of makes sense. Since audiophiles are already spending good money investing on their external DACs to decode both their CDs as well as from their music streamers, of course they would want to decode their SACDs on their expensive external DACs too. So, in theory may be the UDP800 is already good enough for that purpose unless the transport on the UDP900 is far superior which I doubt.