Panasonic DP-UB450EB-K 4K Blu-Ray DVD Player for TV, Ultra HD, Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, HDR10+, Hi Res Audio, Black

We have a vast blu ray collection and a growing digital content library at Prime. And don’t mind to invest in sound and vision quality given the enormous amount of joy and excitement provided movies and series to my family. Though I was never sure about upgrading to 4K, as our blu rays already look crisp, vibrant and with strong contrast on our high end LG screen. And I expected the improvement to be marginal that the the rest fo the family wouldn’t notice. However our integrated home theatre blu ray player broke down. So I decided to invest in a proper 4K player, one with the latest features like HDR10+ and Dolby Vision and Hybrid Log-Gamma compatibility - that sounds impressive but I really don’t know what it exactly relates to. And frankly didn’t want to bother. The main reason was to be up-to date with the technology. As s such I wasn’t looking to buy the cheapest 4K player available. Maybe importantly this one is able to play 3D - we have a lot of 3D movies that we love to see during family movie evenings. The installation was fairly easy, though it required an additional ethernet cable for system updates and no HDMI cable was included. I’ve connected it directly to the Oled TV as our hometheatre is HD but doesn’t pipe-through 4K. I must say I’m quite pleased with the purchase. The visuals as stunning, detailed.. and probably more immersive that before. Although as expected, the rest of the family doesn’t notice the difference. Somewhat to my relief there were no lip sync issues. Pro’s + Software and capabilities can be updated + Straigthward menu and interface. + Excellent upscaling from not only blu rays but even old 1990’s dvd’s - Our universal tv remote only gave partial access to functionality. - No HDMI cable included - Out-sliding disk tray, that I always find sensitive to damage or errors - in particular with children frequently operating the system

I have purchased this Panasonic DP-UB450EB-K model because I did not need any internet apps or smart features, my TV is an android TV so I have everything I want there. This little Panasonic is great at playing discs and USB content, the picture quality it excellent, it has Dolby Atmos and DTS audio capability, every file type I tested from various sources on an external HDD worked perfectly. The menu layout for playing content from an external HDD is clean and simple, it does not make thumbnails for each video, which usually takes too long to fill out on other players, I think this is better. There is only one USB 2.0 port on the front of this model, but it can play any content up to 4K from an external HDD, the HDD should be formatted to NTFS for best performance. An interesting point to note is that the USB port is rated to take up to a 4TB HDD, my Seagate 5TB HDD worked just fine, so maybe it can take even larger capacity drives. The Panasonic DP-UB450EB-K is a basic no frills player but what it does, it does it very well, and at just £179 it's a real bargain, I gave it 5 stars, I would definitely recommend this player.

This player is precisely what I have been looking for... The only "drawback" is the lack of Wifi and streaming services. It doesn't have that at all - which I knew before buying, but it was no listed amongst the information here. It can do 60FPS and the quality is precisely what I expected. The Disc loading tray is a little noisy, which I found concerning; however, according to information available, it is not a fault that's potentially damaging. It does power off if you do not play a movie after around 15 minutes or so... What I found particularly good was that my Samsung TV remote worked perfectly with it. So, playing, pausing, rewinding etc can all be done with the remote - Samsung that is. Although, I think it would be the same for any other TV. The Upscale is fantastic, too. Watching DVDs is almost as good as watching the Blu-Ray. It may be my TV; however, I believe it's a combination of the two and that is a great combination. All in all, good value for money.

Great player, always been a fan of Panasonic, they still deliver.

Excellent player, easy to set up and useful USB support for movie playback. 4k visuals look great. Remote quality questionable and when I first set it up the tray was opening and closing and wouldn’t respond (remote buttons can get stuck down!!) Easy to plug in and get going and easy to use , great value and better than having to remove discs from my Ps5!

Very nice product highly recommend it best for your DVDs and blue rays can't go wrong

I purchased this to replace a troublesome LG 4k blu ray player. I had 2 issues, disk freezing & sound cutting out with Dolby Atmos. What I hadn't anticipated was how much better the sound would be through a dedicated channel. I can only guess that with LG sharing video and sound in a single HDMI out put that the signal was compressed. But with the new set up, I am treated to vast and various soundscapes and clarity. (making me finally believe in the Dolby Atmos hype). The picture is good and reliable, and seems to have less trouble with the HDR (previously some scenes were just too dark). But this was probably due to Samsung's Q led. I have had no picture freezes, but these are early days. My only issue is with how it interacts with my arc settings. Sometimes I have to reset the input to and back from arc, though on other occasions it works flawlessly. Again, if there is an issue, it's likely with Samsung. Up until now 4k blu rays have often appeared worse than online streaming. But now that is reversed and I feel the need to revisit my favourite movies for a more immersive and less flakey experience.

After some delivery shenanigans, I took possession of this player recently. After opening the box, I was shocked to see just how compact the unit is compared to my old original Samsung Blu-ray player from 2010. Obviously with technology having progressed, items shrink, so there is no need for the player to be as big as the players of yesteryear. I updated the firmware via USB without issue and so far, it's played my 1080p disks just fine. The unit isn't loud enough to be noticed, even when the volume of my theatre setup is quite low. The included remote is small, but gets the job done well enough in my eyes. HDMI CEC control doesn't quite appear to be working right, but with my mix of receiver, tv and player, I'm not all that surprised. HDMI CEC works a lot better when all the items are from the same manufacturer really and is hit and miss with other manufacturers, despite supposedly being designed to reduce the number of remotes around. I don't have any 4k disks just yet, but once I get my 4k TV in a short while, I will start adding 4k disks to my collection. As such, I can't comment on that feature right now. I will say, I do miss the front status panel that just about every other player has. I get that Panasonic probably did that to save money, but it does make the player look extremely basic - as is the fact that there is only a power and open/close button on the device. Yay for the Post Modern future? Overall, I am happy with my purchase and with the decline of optical media players out there, I don't think you can go wrong with this unit. It's the last hurrah of a dying breed sadly, so let's enjoy it while we can.