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
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.  
It is supposed to.  To be honest, the system that I placed it in doesn’t have a 4 K display.
I recently purchased the Panasonic DP-UB820-K, and I love it! I don’t have any Blu-Ray discs to play on it, yet, but the up-conversion to HiDef that it performs on DVDs works beautifully.  Also, good quality YouTube videos, streamed via the player's wifi capability, look remarkably good as well.

I should mention also that I don’t have a 4K or even a flat panel TV. The TV I use is one of the last and best of the CRT-based sets, a 30 inch HiDef Sony KD-30XS955. It provides an HDMI input, which is what I connect the player to.

Good luck. Regards,
-- Al