My UB820 decided to go bad one month out of warranty. The disc tray will no longer open and close. I finally managed to get my disc out by moving the white plastic switch on the bottom and pulled the tray out. The disc was fine.
The player powers up and the tray will retract if open but never open on its own. All other functions work perfectly and if there's a disc in there it will play normally-just never come out again. I've dug around and seen others with the same problem. It's apparently the drive or belt under the disc tray that goes bad and can be repaired....but I can't remove the tray inside because of this one darn ribbon cable attaching it.

Has anyone dealt with Panasonic player repair or UHD player quirks like this? I really don't want to send this off to the third party repair shop or buy another one I can't currently afford. This is becoming a more prevalent and known issue which is super infuriating.

Hello FR community

Criterion UHD has released the UHD of the Apu Trilogy, not going to go in much detail about the PQ as the topic is about the audio.
well then, lets get started...

Got all the possible sources to compare
- Criterion UHD / Criterion BD / Angel DVDR / Artificial Eye / Columbia Star DVDR / WEB-DL

Criterion UHD:
A lot of the folks would not notice this at first, but the audio from Criterion and it previous versions (1080p)/DVD is cleaned. The NR is so damn high that it actually removes the bass and certain audibility. Looks like the Criterion Team just ran a Spectral repair tool and got this done without caring about the loss.
Usually with post processing, applying filters for hiss/hums/cracks & pops, without carefully doing it "line by line", there always is some form of loss - in this case it is quite significant..

Other Sources:
All the other Sources except Artificial Eye mentioned above are very similar to Criterion NR version of this audio, where as Columbia star being "minutely" better than the CC/WEB versions available online.

Artificial Eye
This is the only source which is unfiltered, it is so that the Noise (cracks, pops, hiss, etc...) present on this audio is very high,  but the integrity of every audio aspect related to this movie is very intact in its pure form.
- Sure I could have post processed it somehow without any one knowing and call it a day, But that probably would not have been the right thing
- The syncing of this is a pain in the ass, but this is not a big deal as it can be done. (I am half way through it).
- The AE audio sound like watching on CRT TV back in the day in its original form with a decent amounts of noise, folks from the region can relate to this to a certain extent

Linked a comparison below of a significant score which involves around the religious belief.

Here is a sample between the contenders - https://qiwi.gg/file/dBZe8715-test

Spectrograms:
AE - https://i.slow.pics/nYz4iRyn.png
CC - https://i.slow.pics/bFXiUN2o.png

50 % done in sync

Hello! I've just found out about this site while questing for the Rumble in the Bronx uncut DVD.

Hello everyone!

Glad to be part of this community which I’ve admired from the sidelines for so long. I'm coming in from more of the fanediting side of things. But I’ve always been impressed with the hard work people put into preserving original versions of media. (Usually way more care than the rights holders put in) And as the world shifted more towards streaming, I’d say its more important now than ever. 

Hopefully some of my skillset can be useful here!

Hey guys, I just found out about this board, nice to be here.

High Noon (1952) Laserdisc [LV25532] synced to BD

Movie: High Noon (1952)
Format: Laserdisc [LV25532]
Input Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Mono (bit perfect)
Output Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Mono
Ripped/Synced by: emunateD
Synced to: Bluray (Signature Edition)

Note: Some hiss and pops throughout this one, but certainly more fidelity.



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Greetings Earthlings, 
I am Juan Sánchez Villalobos Ramírez, 
Chief metallurgist to King Charles the 5th of Spain... and I'm an alien from the Planet Zeist

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The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) Laserdisc [7074 AS] synced to BD

Movie: The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
Format: Laserdisc [7074 AS]
Input Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Stereo (bit perfect)
Output Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Stereo
Ripped/Synced by: emunateD
Synced to: Bluray



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Robin Hood (1973) Laserdisc [1189 CS] synced to WEB-DL

Movie: Robin Hood (1973)
Format: Laserdisc [1189 CS]
Input Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Mono (bit perfect)
Output Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Mono
Ripped/Synced by: emunateD
Synced to: WEB-DL (spartanec163)

Note:  Video frame-rate needs to be changed from 25 to 23.976 fps.



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