Got new OLED TV (LG C8). What's FIRST thing I should watch???

MOOGLEYS · 19 Sep 2018 at 15:28

I only have two 4K discs the two above. Tbh for movies I see little difference and use my Apple TV 4K for all content.

Spook187 · 19 Sep 2018 at 17:24

Psycho Sonny said:
yeah you bought a blu ray player to do that. like he bought a tv.

the difference is you aren't going to ask on here what blu rays you should be buying. because you should be buying what you want to buy.

i think you have missed the whole point.

No I haven't missed the point lol, the guy has a LG C8 which I am also going to get, pairing it up with a top of the range oppo might interest him for a really good experience in 4k HDR content, might aswell get as much quality out of the panel as possible yes planet earth blue planet will look good on Xbox but will also be even better on a top player, you never know he might take that on board to enjoy his new toy

Psycho Sonny · 19 Sep 2018 at 22:03

Spook187 said:
No I haven't missed the point lol, the guy has a LG C8 which I am also going to get, pairing it up with a top of the range oppo might interest him for a really good experience in 4k HDR content, might aswell get as much quality out of the panel as possible yes planet earth blue planet will look good on Xbox but will also be even better on a top player, you never know he might take that on board to enjoy his new toy

Aren't blu rays digital? Hdmi is digital. So I don't understand why it would be better. Unless blu ray is analogue

Spook187 · 19 Sep 2018 at 22:25

Psycho Sonny said:
Aren't blu rays digital? Hdmi is digital. So I don't understand why it would be better. Unless blu ray is analogue

There is a vast difference in picture quality with this player, look at the comparison on tube.

barmyllama · 20 Sep 2018 at 08:30

Psycho Sonny said:
Aren't blu rays digital? Hdmi is digital. So I don't understand why it would be better. Unless blu ray is analogue

The information on the disk is digital. But that information has to be decoded. Different TV's and Blu Ray players have different processors that produce better video quality than others.

Warbie · 20 Sep 2018 at 10:15

Spook187 said:
There is a vast difference in picture quality with this player, look at the comparison on tube.

Vast might be overselling a little

I suspect in a blind test you wouldn't notice the difference. It's the features and standards a player supports that sets it aside from the next. For the most part. Dolby Digital etc.

jpaul · 20 Sep 2018 at 11:16

Warbie said:
Vast might be overselling a little

+agree
but I thought oppo was still stopping ? and if panasonic now has dv, then per earlier discussion still the image winner

jpaul said:
the xbox one s blue-ray has non-defeatable noise reduction, so the picture is not the same,
Vincent's and other sites (french hifi revews I had ref'd) also find chroma upscale on ub900/700 4k is better than the oppo's
I'd go , middle ground, for the the ub700 £200-£250, same chassis/components as ub900 minus the dacs, ub400 does not have the same processor afaik

MOOGLEYS · 20 Sep 2018 at 11:20

I use my One X and the image quality playing the Planet Earth and Blu Planet discs is mind blowingly stunning. I cannot imagine a stand-alone player making a huge amount of noticeable difference tbh.....

Spook187 · 20 Sep 2018 at 11:35

Warbie said:
Vast might be overselling a little I suspect in a blind test you wouldn't notice the difference. It's the features and standards a player supports that sets it aside from the next. For the most part. Dolby Digital etc.

lol I have to justify the price somehow

but as you say I wanted it all for the amount of features it has

Psycho Sonny · 20 Sep 2018 at 11:43

Spook187 said:
There is a vast difference in picture quality with this player, look at the comparison on tube.

I'll have a look but Sony is a company who is well known for making good hardware. They also pioneered blu rays. I'd personally just go with them. It's a pity the ps4 pro cannot do it as I already have one.

barmyllama said:
The information on the disk is digital. But that information has to be decoded. Different TV's and Blu Ray players have different processors that produce better video quality than others.

this makes more sense. so it's the decoder/encoder which is superior.