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In need of a new bluray player lost without oppo now what ?

Just want to spend in the $500.00 area for a 4k Blu-ray player, I had an Oppo 103 and want to upgrade to 4k.

Any thoughts on Panasonic DP UB820 player or the Samsung UBD M9500.

A recommendation would be appreciated.

thank you

tesseract86
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stereo5
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The new top of the line Pioneer Elite (can be bought for $900.00) is the BluRay player I have my eye on. It is much better than paying the $2-3.5K that is being asked for the Oppo 205 which is a good player, but not as great as a lot of people think.  I would never buy a modded player as the technology is forever changing
tesseract86 OP
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stereo5,

I've read some great reviews one on sound & vision magazine for the

Pioneer udp lx500 which is $999.00.

twoleftear recommended Pioneer as well.

tesseract86 OP
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I’m leaning on the Panasonic DP UB820 it had some pretty good reviews.

thanks for the help?

mahler123
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I just installed the Pioneer last week.  First impressions are positive 
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I have talked to a few guys that have the pioneer and they all spoke very favorably of it. A couple of them said the sound and build quality blows away the Oppo.  
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