Panasonic 4K Blu Ray Player, Ultra HD Premium Video Playback and Hi-Res Audio - DP-UB150-K (Black)

Purchased this 4K UHD player to replace my older Sony Blu Ray player which was in my bedroom which broke a few days ago. A disc got stuck in the player and it would not eject from the player no matter what I tried. Anyway, it was time for an upgrade to 4K. This player is nice. It’s pretty bare bones and doesn’t have some of the bells & whistles more pricey players have such as Dolby Vision support, Built in WiFi and more than 1 HDMI output. However, it still gets the job done. The picture is crisp/sharp and the HDR brings out the colors & Blacks nicely. Blu Ray’s and DVD’s play great as well. If you want to start collecting 4K UHD Blu Ray movies and don’t want to pay a small fortune for a more expensive player then this is the player for you. Like other reviewers are stating , the only thing I wish was better is the remote. It’s really small and It’s not backlit and the function buttons are really small making it hard to see what you’re selecting. Until you get used to where the buttons are situated you will definitely need some light to see what you’re selecting. But for the price point this is a small problem. As far as longevity is concerned, that remains to be seen? I have another Panasonic 4K player in my home theater for about a year now and it’s been problem free so far. Hopefully this player is the same?

We bought this unit because it does not require wifi access. We've had it for several months and it's doing exactly what any Blu-ray player should do: it plays the films without issues and doesn't send our data back to the manufacturer! Amazing.

They have cut every corner to make this cheep.No read out of any kind.Reminds me of the cheep DVD players of the past in size and lack of read out. Remote is even in the cheep seats. Very small.The auto network set up has not worked for me so far. So the Firmware update will have to wait. If I do it at all. It looks fine on picture side of things. The 4K HDR is a very nice jump indeed.I’m a loyal to the brand kind of person.I have an older BR player from these guys.I has served me well and has older RCA inputsUn like this unit it is smart with apps and video tweaks that are first rate. Not this one.On a side note. My old player was working just fine but lack 4K so I grabbed this one. A funny thing on the old one. I did the update and several of my old movies will not load ad read all the sudden. Almost as if they did something to inspire us to upgrade into the new marked by slowly making older units act stupid over night. Seams like this marketing trick has caught on in several brands. LolI’m absolutely sure nothing was wrong with my disc. Just played them before the update.Now they no workie in old unit. Work fine in the new one though. Hummmm!Since this new unit truly does not need internet to run as it has literally zero smart features. I refuse to have a smart bomb loaded in it by some update.If you are looking for a bare bones player. You could do worst. 4K is truly worth the upgrade. If you have 4K tv that is.

Had a terrible experience with the highly rated Sony player with UHD disks. This unit works flawlessly and the picture is excellent. I like the menu system better as well, although its very basic. The only purpose of this player is to play DVD, Blu-ray, and UHD Blu-rays. There is no other addons, which is nice since I already have the other things I need for our TV with other products, so I didn't need to pay more for features I would never use.

READ the reviews = specifically the negative ones. It played the DVD's - so at least that part worked. The display however as other reviews noted = a small box relative to television screen size. I went into my television settings to change from the 4:3 default to Full screen and it expanded - a bit - but fully 1/3rd of the screen all around is still black.As to the user experience. The menu setup is primitive and not particularly user friendly. As soon as you turn it on it asks you for your language = despite setting that repeatedly from prior activations. You must cycle through multiple screens - back and forth. Also it's reaction when you use the remote - not many real function keys by the way and definitely made for small hands. As other reviews noted it has NO WIFI. It provides you an ethernet port in the rear of it - apparently for looks. Try connecting it to your modem to see if there are firmware updates = good luck with that. The network detection test will consistently tell you it passed and relay your ISP address etc. = but it WILL NOT connect to the internet - with absolutely no mechanism for altering this fact.Finally. The product description rattles off all the formats it "supposedly" accepts. It claims to read DVD-R disks = nope. So I tried it with older DVD's which played as noted save for a small screen display. Blu-ray also played - same. I tried widescreen movies and at least those actually displayed as noted stretching the full length of my screen - my television has a 32" screen. This is clearly a very low-end product. You get what you pay for.