LG discontinues Bluray and UHD players

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4K Blu-ray suffers another loss as LG ends production of its players – but it might not be the end of the world

Another loss for our favourite format

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Joining Oppo and Samsung in stopping production of all players.

So, Panasonic to take more of the ever diminishing market. So glad I've already got a region modded BD820. Might have to grab another one.

 

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What's the typical bitrate and compression on a UHD disc versus top bitrates on streaming services? I notice image detail (compression) and sound even on HD Blu-Rays is still better than '4k' streaming. However, I now have a 1Gbps fibre connection, maybe we can get closer? I do like owning the discs but if I'm honest I never bought a UHD player due to price and haven't bought a Blu-Ray in a couple of years...I subscribe to 4k/HDR streaming services.

Streaming 1080p - Looks like around 6-9Mbit/s is pretty standard

Streaming 4k - Most providers are under 20Mbit/s

Bluray 1080p - Up to 40Mbit/s

4k Bluray - Standard is set for anything between 92 and 144Mbit/s

 

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If only the Xbox and PS5 supported Dolby Vision from disks.

 

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It this just because of fees? DV Games don't have a fee?

No idea. It's apparently supported from streaming services and in games, but not disk.
Some people on reddit have been using a modded version Kodi and a ripped disk on the Series X and can play Dolby Vision from it.

Just seems deliberately gimped for a couple of dollars in licensing fees.

Hell, add it to Dolby Access as an option so we can pay the couple of dollars license to get it. Just like with Atmos.

 

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Anyone in this thread actually own a PC/mac external 4k UHD player via USB?


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I've got a 4k 5.25" drive internally on one machine and a 5.25" BD writer internally on another.

 

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You can also mod the Panasonic 450 and 820 to DVD multi region, with a little £10 remote control DIY from the auction site. Doesn't change BD region, just DVD

I have one

Can also be chipped for dvd and bluray multiregion. We bought ours predone and it works fantastically. Apparently also works with the 4k discs that are region locked, but I don't have any of those.