Recommendation for latest HD Bluray player anyone?

Cnng121

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Hello everyone, I am trying to find out where can I purchase a Panasonic uhd player and can only find listings at Amazon, Lazada and no dealers. Anyone can help adv? I saw one at Lazada with Anson audio but they are very limited for choice. And besides Sony there aren?t alot coming choices nowadays. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
 

Ed.YANG

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entry level, mid end makes from Panasonic, you have to source overseas. either thru online purchase or when you're on holiday trip to Australia.

cheap affordable player leh?
there is, but just one player in the market, the X700m2 by Sony, now sold at Mustafa that carries a year of warranty, but region locked the FUCK out to DVD@3/BD@A.

Anson?s one and only Panasonic 4K player, the high end UB9000 is not officially warrantied by Panasonic SG, but rather a sellers warranty that they ship the faulty or breakdown unit either back to UK or... for cost saving or prompt servicing, sent to local repairmen for repairs.
 

Cnng121

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Thanks Ed. So effectively, no difference buying from Anson vs overseas. I get it.. thanks again.. just one quick question, is it a worthwhile purchase for the 9000 u mentioned? Like to have your opinion on that.
 

Cash

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u can also buy from this seller in carousell... he has been selling many of this "Sony" particular model.. click on his profile, n u will see that he has sold many sets...


https://www.carousell.sg/p/wts-brand-new-sealed-sony-ubp-x800m2-4k-hdr-multi-region-blu-ray-player-1182454342/?t-id=1441966_1652666310751&t-referrer_request_id=_5I8BY4BRsOJh0cI&t-tap_index=1
 

Ed.YANG

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Cnng121 said:
...is it a worthwhile purchase for the 9000 u mentioned? Like to have your opinion on that.
the UB9000 is the highest end premium player from Panasonic farm that gains many points in audio visual presentation qualities. hence, premium grade would require premium ?medical response? if a major hiccup screws up the whole system. think of it like a kid from rich family, when sickness falls, do you think the kid will be brought to Mount.E hospital or polyclinic for assessment and treatment? Anson?s price is premium, but nobody knows how they would handle the warranty coverage. at least for sure, the player will be treated... just that we dont know the ?doctor? is Oxford MBBS certified or NUS MBBS certified...
 

BadEnglish

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Ed.YANG said:
.... just that we dont know the ?doctor? is Oxford MBBS certified or NUS MBBS certified...


Out of Topic ( Before CASH shoots me )
NUS don't produce doctor in MBBS lar: MBBS holders are surgeons ( They don't have doctorate degree but 2 basic degrees ). We usually address them as Doctor although it's not technically accurate.
A surgeon who hold Ph.D in surgery is consider Doctor ( if we are talking about surgeons )


;D
 

Ed.YANG

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;D ;D just trying to paint a picture of what's could be going on in the back of the picture which we're fed with only the superficial part only... ;D ;D
 

BadEnglish

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Ed.YANG said:
;D ;D just trying to paint a picture of what's could be going on in the back of the picture which we're fed with only the superficial part only... ;D ;D

Can't do.  My name is BadEnglish  ;D
DCI of English :-X
 

Ed.YANG

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Cash said:
u can also buy from this seller in carousell... he has been selling many of this "Sony" particular model.. click on his profile, n u will see that he has sold many sets...


https://www.carousell.sg/p/wts-brand-new-sealed-sony-ubp-x800m2-4k-hdr-multi-region-blu-ray-player-1182454342/?t-id=1441966_1652666310751&t-referrer_request_id=_5I8BY4BRsOJh0cI&t-tap_index=1
from the description, it seems that the set is sourced from U.S as "100v~240v" is mentioned. anyway, considering that if there were tax imposed when seller brought in from U.S, he's probably earning a little "kopi-duit" from the $840 sales, which in comparison to Anson...
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...even if a year of seller's warranty thrown in, the Carousell seller is selling at a more attractive price even though there's no warranty mentioned.
 

Cash

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If u go through his profile, u can see that he has "Marked up" his pricing by about $120 just within this one year period.. look at his past sales of this model, u will see that he was actually selling it just above $700...
 

Cnng121

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Ed.YANG said:
the UB9000 is the highest end premium player from Panasonic farm that gains many points in audio visual presentation qualities. hence, premium grade would require premium ?medical response? if a major hiccup screws up the whole system. think of it like a kid from rich family, when sickness falls, do you think the kid will be brought to Mount.E hospital or polyclinic for assessment and treatment? Anson?s price is premium, but nobody knows how they would handle the warranty coverage. at least for sure, the player will be treated... just that we dont know the ?doctor? is Oxford MBBS certified or NUS MBBS certified...
Ed, thanks again. Now, I would have to decide where to buy from for this model.
 

Ed.YANG

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i think you're referring to this deal...
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...very attractive price indeed, cannot deny.
but a further read into details, no mention of Region Free on either BluRay or DVD playback.
highly possible a region locked model @ BD-A/DVD-1 U.S. model with no clear indication but 240v compatible transformer.

Region Break Free models are priced about $230 higher with shipping as what offered in EBAY, from BombayElectronics.​
 

Cnng121

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Cash said:
If u import it directly from Amazon USA, It's only about SGD$500++
This is good information. Personally, I like devices that are of better build, cos I would be using them for a long while before I need to change.
 

Cash

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see the link below. $720, two years ago... he buys, n sell.. small kopi money.. but better than nothing, hehehehe!!! if only u guy's will bother to go deep into his profile, u will see all the info, laid out plainly infront of you.

https://www.carousell.sg/p/1019015490/?utm_campaign=share-listing&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=share-copylink
 

Ed.YANG

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we'll need to be fair to some sellers who import small amounts and resell in a price that would seems to high when we look back at how the original source priced to international buyers. yes... comparing the seller's recent listing to the price 2yrs ago, $120 is kind of too high, but when we factor in X-rates, shipping costs... not to forget, tax imposed in e-trade when item reaches our shore... $120-GST=nett kopi-duit.
to be fair $70-$85 profit per set, small available stocks for sales, to live through weeks as allowance... at least his price is much better than what Anson offers now even with a year of warranty thrown in.

reference to his listing 3wks ago
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then to the one that 2yrs back
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you'll see that even though 2cts difference could be little,
but when you do USD$XXX divide by SGD2cts, the number will be very clear.​
 

Ed.YANG

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Cash said:
see the link below. $720, two years ago... he buys, n sell.. small kopi money.. but better than nothing, hehehehe!!!...
we can get our best deal now from TPS UK, with shipment cost in, X-rates Bank charges, @SGD$700 +/-$10... not to forget the later GST charge...
that could eventually ends up roughly $730~745.
 

Ed.YANG

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note that if you're buying from TPS.UK you need to click on the correct model such that 100GB 4K discs could play smoothly.

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this is the old model with older firmware

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this is the "mark2" with newer firmware

internal components among the 2 are nearly 99% identical according to discussions in other forums.
but it's the initial firmware that's causing the hiccups.​
 

jonleelk

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Ed.YANG said:
from the description, it seems that the set is sourced from U.S as "100v~240v" is mentioned. anyway, considering that if there were tax imposed when seller brought in from U.S, he's probably earning a little "kopi-duit" from the $840 sales, which in comparison to Anson...
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...even if a year of seller's warranty thrown in, the Carousell seller is selling at a more attractive price even though there's no warranty mentioned.
This US unit supposed to have universal voltage.  Thus can order directly from Amazon.com, total S$740 after shipping and GST.

https://www.amazon.com/X800M2-Region-Player-Travel-Adapter/dp/B07WSXR8WM/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=3V90IVDBH6V7B&keywords=ubp-x800m2&qid=1664329953&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIyLjI5IiwicXNhIjoiMS4yOSIsInFzcCI6IjAuOTMifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=UBP-%2Caps%2C438&sr=8-1-spons&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.c3015c4a-46bb-44b9-81a4-dc28e6d374b3&psc=1&smid=ALEWIQ2F9CQDR
 
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