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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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twoleftears
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Pioneer is where it's at right now, but I don't know if they have a less expensive version of their 1K model.
tesseract86 OP
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axmeman,

the reason I am considering the Samsung UBD M9500 player is because of my bright family room I decided to get the Samsung q90 tv series.

I am replacing my Samsung plasma tv for 4k.

Because the Panasonic has Dolby vision and the Samsung TV doesn’t . I thought that the Samsung player paired with a Samsung TV both support HDR10 might be beneficial in some ways.

thank you

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glennewdick
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I'd get one of the Sony high end Blue ray-multi disc players I got one last year and I'm quite pleased with it, there are a few models avail in your price range. The one i got doesn't have a DAC in it though but there is the next level one that does so you have some flexibility there. If your feeding a HT system that has a DAC in it then you can save some money there. 

UBP-X800 is similar to the one I got last year but with audio out as well as digital. HDR as well. 

Mine has very good picture quality ( 70" 4k TV). 

tesseract86 OP
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glennewdick

thanks for the heads up, I'll look into Sony.

 

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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
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