Why do some 4K discs freeze up?
Hi, All,
I have the Panasonic DP-UB820 player. I have played many 4K discs with no issues, however many brand new 4K DVD's freeze up and won't play? Why is this happening? Is it my player?
Thanks in advance...
@richardbrand Thank you. That’s why I was wondering if it’s my player. Interestingly enough I had mentioned Weapons 4K DVD. I just got the replacement and it froze in the EXACT same place as the previous brand new 4K. So I’m thinking it may either be something with the DVD’s not necessarily my Panny unit…
And again all of the issues I’ve had is with brand new 4K DVD’s. So I can’t imagine it’s a dirty disc. And I’ve never ever once had an issue with any BluRay or standard DVD’s… |
@kingbr freezing is an issue that 4k players have, it can be the player itself having an issue handling all the data on the 4k disc. If you search reviews on Sony and Panasonic players you’ll run across people reporting this issue. I have a Sony, knock on wood, only frozen up 1 or 2 times. Before I bought a 4k player found all the players on the market had this reported issue to varying degrees, discs that have more data layered in the discs where what most referenced to freeze, most noting the discs where fine, it was the players having a hard time processing. |
I think you have narrowed it down to the disk or the player! The fact that it is with multiple titles makes me think it is the player. By the way, a Sony universal transport which handles 4K, Blu-ray, DVD, SACD and CD can be bought new for about USD-200. It only outputs over HDMI. I'd recommend getting one as an alternative. I have one CD that one of my Sonys cannot play right through, but the disk exceeds the Redbook specification for playing time. It is on the Alpha label, no less |
@mm1tt77 Thank you, and I did poke around and saw that others have had this issue. So I guess it’s not necessarily my player.
@buellrider97 My player is under 3 years, and unfortunately for some reason I am not able to update? And no apologies whatsoever, I find any and all replies and the fact that someone takes time to reply, I find that ALWAYS helpful😌 |
