Magnetar UDP-800 4K Blu-Ray Player Unboxing & Review

Good day techno dad I have a question to ask you I like to know what is a good brand name for a blu ray player to buy as the one I have is causing issues and not reading the blu ray disc I have a Sony blu ray player and this is the second one I bought and they are old ones and I need to know what I can do to fix this problem and I need to know which blu ray player would be good to buy and that it won't cause any problems for me because I have alot of blu ray movies and I can't watch most of them as the Sony blu ray player I have says can't operate disc and I don't know what to do and I don't want to keep spending money on a blu ray player please let me know thank you

idk if i wanna spend 1600 on a no name brand that might stop support and stop producing in general like the oppo and the reavon

Curious how you think this compares to the Panasonic UB9000 in terms of picture quality for DVD, Blu ray and 4K playback. Thanks

So much nostalgia on OPPO that died but rest of want to know if picture quality is really better than Panasonic top models now for 950. Most will never use oddball file formats and such.

The reason why your sony ubp-x800m2 struggles to stream large 4K files over the network is because it's only got 100mbps ethernet connection and the Magnetar has 1000mbps. If you bring up the display when watching a film that is stuttering you will see the bit rate is high, probably close to the 100mbps limit for audio and video combined. Audio bit rate is displayed at the top, video at the bottom.

What about sound quality

... would've been nice if you could've went more into the specs, like what version hdmi ports are they 2.0 / 2.1 what?

I have both an Opp-203 and a Panasonic UB-9000. From a pure picture quality standpoint, the UB-9000 slightly edges out the Oppo-203, especially when its HDR Optimizer does some nice things with HDR10 movies (although, not always). My Oppo-203 on the other hand, has always had some HDMI handshake issues with my Denon AVRs, mostly some lags in transmitting content (better with my X3800) but, overall. its still an excellent player with some big advantages over the Panny. I use the Oppo's HDMI input with a Roku 4K stick, mainly because with older 4:3 content, its zoom function at 1.3X is very good. However, since the Oppo is alone in this feature , no real points off for the Panny or the Magnetar. The Oppo's biggest advantage over the 9000 is its ability to play almost any kind of video/audio combinations in files on a USB hard drive. This includes being able to play lossless audio in MKV and MP4 files. The 9000 is very limited in this arena. It can't play lossless audio and can't even play E-AC3 audio. It also can't recognize chapter marks in MKVs which the Oppo can. So even though the 9000 is my primary disc spinner, the Oppo will stay until it breaks down. If it does, it looks like the Magnetar UDP-800 would be my first choice since it appears to have the same video file playing ability as the Oppo.

It does HDR 10+

I never heard of this brand and I literally just discovered Oppo less than 30mins ago while searching for a region free Blu-Ray player. Thanks to your video, I’m sold. 🤝

Dear Techno Dad,

My Panasonic DP-UB820 died on me after only two years - refusing to read discs. So I went out and purchased an identical model, a new DP-UB820 to replace it, figuring that I would give Panasonic another chance. Within 24 hours of the purchase, Top Gun Maverick began pixelating and freezing with sound drop outs. On a brand new unit. And I looked at the back of the disc, it is pristine. Also, when the old UB420 was working, the Maverick disc played without problems, so it's not the disc.

Now I'm considering leaving Panasonic completely, and spending much more money on a better, more solidly built unit. I am hoping that a more expensive, but better built unit, will be able to play my discs without issues.

I am considering the REAVON UBR-X100 but I am also thinking about the MAGNETAR UDP800. My question to you is, which one would you recommend? Another good question is, which 4K player do you actually use in every day life when you want to watch movies?

Thanks so much in advance for your thoughts, keep up the good work on your channel, your videos are very much appreciated in the home theater community.

Better than all this is Xbox one S. It has all. Stream, 4k uhd and HDMI IN. And also cheap. Microsoft was idiot in discontinuing it.

Hello, of all the players that you have experienced: Oppo, Sony, Reavon and Magnetar...which one would you recommend for an audio (SACD) player only via HDMI? I am currently using an Oppo BDP-103D for playing my SACD's, DVD-A's and Blu-ray music discs, with the Sony UHP-H1 and the Oppo BDP-93 as backups. Thank you. Your review was to the point and precise; awesome job. Cheers!

As a Magnetar UDP-800 owner there is one thing that the Magnetar UDP-800 does far better than the Oppo UDP-203 and that is how the region change works its so much better than how Oppo did it

Oppo 203 and 205 you can have them in holland at oppostore JVB it is dutch shop on internet.
Also reavon and magnatar. Is there and they have more

Great video! I want to be able to playback DVD's from a different region also. Would that be the UDP 900 or a some kind of Software upgrade?

Actually the panasonic can do some network playback.

Does this player play all formats and is it a universal player

This is probably what I would get if my Oppo died. Fingers crossed!

Waiting for Zidoo Z9x Pro unboxing and Full review ( Test dolby vision BDMV, M2ts, iso,mkv,mp4 in zidoo z9x pro)

Love from India 🇮🇳

Never heard of Magnetar, anyone know anything about them?

I have a OPPO 205 for the sound quality which out performs the 203 for sound, What Dac are they using ? I dont think it will compare with the 205 for sound unless they put a supreme DAC in it

Nice, but still don't understand why these companies keep making 4k players over $1k. I have two Oppo's. A 95 & a 203 and they both still play AWEsomely.. I do want to get another player but i'm not spending more then $500-$800. All i use them for is Movie watching nothing else. $1500 for another Oppo Knockoff - Not!!!

P R O M O S M

I've doubt about pre processor and av receiver can connect together through hdmi is it possible bro

I watched another video on this Blu-ray player and they were impressed with the picture but it seemed like the software sure had a lot of bugs in it, things that needed to be fixed before they would have ever bought one

$1600? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Anyone who pays $1600 for a disc player in 2023 is a grade a sucker.

I got a Panasonic ub820 beautiful player but too pay $500 for a hunk plastic was heartbreaking enough. But to pay $1600 for a blu ray player is insanity no thank you!!

I'm a happy owner of an Oppo 203 and 205. In addition to lacking HDMI in, it also lacks analog 7.1 out. I'm not sure how many 203 users used this (I do on 205, but not 203) but it added additional flexibility that when paired with HDMI in, the player becomes a full-fledged 7.1 processor/preamp. The 900 adds this feature back, but still without the HDMI in.

Hisense TVs also support HDR10+. I have a Hisense U8G from 2 years ago and was surprised when I saw the Prime Video app flash "HDR10+" while watching "The Grand Tour." Since it is not my main TV I was not looking for it, but nevertheless figured I'd mention Hisense supports HDR10+.

does it automatically shut down when idle like the Panasonic players do? That's an annoying feature that you can't disable. I'm looking for a player where this doesn't happen.

It's also missing a rear panel IR input. For the asking price they should have payed more attention to the nice features Oppo had.

You say that it plays .iso files. Does it do so with the full menu or just the main movie? Also, if it does play .iso, is it only over network, or would it work from a connected hard drive?

Is good that they still making players. One other thing that I like about the oppo that I really enjoy is that I used as a streamer with roon en qobuz since is roon ready.
Great video like always!

This is a good looking player and on a big big screen will outperform picture quality on Netflix and others

Thanks for sharing

Another overpriced OPPO clone.

Nice review! I will always stick with my Oppo 203, still and probably for a long time, be the best 4k player!
These new companies can not compete with oppo, and it's crazy because they have been out of business for years.
I actually know the social media person from Oppo (won't mention his name) great guy!
Beside the fact, I visited Oppo warehouse in San Francisco about 7 years ago and what a great crew they were! Just imagine if Oppo was still in business, think about it. To this day, it shows us they are still way ahead of its time.

Yo Channa D. 😊

The other thing that it seems to be missing that Oppo have is discrete power on/off IR codes for universal remote users. I understand it uses the same codes as Oppo. That remote looks awful!

I have a panasonic DP-UB820-K going to a denon x4500H and sony oled- Is upgrading to this player going to improve picture or sound quality all that much? Only utilize physical discs only right now if that matters.

I’ve had my pioneer UDPLX500 for over four years and it’s still going strong, but if I ever needed to replace it this Magnetar would be a good choice

I upgraded my front L and R speakers to the GoldenEar BRX (with ribbon tweeter) (I was searching for short 12in tall bookspeakers). Wow, clear, live, airy, and adding the subwoofers did not cover up the treble/vocalists, the biggest soundstage.
I now hear so many vocalists taking in breaths before they sing (before I could only hear a few), I can hear things that are really low in volume and more instruments, different performers moving around on the stage when listening to broadway musical soundtracks.
The best bass at 40Hz. The speakers disappeared so I felt the singers in the room.
Elvis Presley's vibrato has never sounded so live until now.

source=Apple Music (hires lossless, and spatial audio surround music) and Denafrips Ares II 12th dac (R2R technology for 3D live/realistic sound).

Did you get a chance to listen to music using the XLR cables?

There are so few 4K bluray players being produced now and the few that are,such as this one and the Reavon units are so off the charts expensive,I`m glad I got my Oppo -203 when I did...when it,and my other 4K bluray players die,I will probably just go back to regular bluray as I am on a fixed income and there are so few movies released these days that are watchable,it`s just not worth it....to me.

Can this thing play back legacy music disc formats like super audio cd and DVD audio? Also how is cd playback. Cd playback can be bad on blu ray players which is why I hang on to my Sony x800 mark 2 despite its hangups.

Then you go back up to $999 & ride it out for 6 months. Then back to $750 & leave it there permanently...

Too Exspensive Drop it down to $750 & it would be SOLD OUT...

Great review. In your opinion, if your getting a blu-ray soley for disc playback only, would you recommend this over the UB9000?