UHD 4k Blu-ray Player recommendations
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Panasonic UB820.
I've been looking around recently for a player with DolbyVision support without breaking the bank and for that purpose, the Sony UBP-X700 gets mentioned a lot around the £200 mark (but misses HDR10+), along with the Panasonic DP-UB820 around £300 (covers DolbyVision and HDR10+).
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I've got the UBP-X700 with my LG C9 works fine still gets updates think I got it for £159. Was thinking of getting the Panasonic but why spend that much when I dont actually watch that many 4k films apart from the ones I really like.
I might go for the Sony. the TV is Sony and has hdr10 but not the plus. It's really for my favorite and hard to get movies and I'm not sure I could really be bothered with ripping and encoding 4k uhd. No one else will use it. The Panasonic seems overkill. Though sounds amazing. I also don't use a sound bar but the new TV has decent speakers.
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Go for the Sony…..and you’ll regret it. It’s common knowledge the ub820 is untouchable sub £400.
The Sony models are a real pain. And you have to constantly change DV setting.
The Sony models are a real pain. And you have to constantly change DV setting.
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820 can be region hacked for DVD easily too.
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Echoing what has already been said. The Panasonic DP-UB820. Just amazing. I looked at a lot of reviews.
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No you dont need to change the DV settings at all.
I agree the Panasonic ones have always been the best bar the 3xx and 4xx series ones. There is a about £100 difference between the two (£180 v £299) so just depends
on what you want to spend.
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In regards the Sony , yes you need to enable DV on the Sony players and disable it if you don’t have a DV disc , otherwise you force DV onto films that don’t have it. Creating a false image.
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What do you lose by using a ps5?
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Literally recieved my first 4k UHD disc today and have been wondering if I should go with a dedicated player or not
As far as I can tell the PS5 is fine, but doesn't support Dolby Vision or HDR10?
I would have thought it'd at least support HDR10.
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I've got the UB820 and the only niggles I have is that the software/UI is ancient and ugly. In addition the design and feel of the remote is also ugly and ancient.
But for pure usability and performance at playing UHD blu rays it is absolutely fine.
But for pure usability and performance at playing UHD blu rays it is absolutely fine.
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Maybe it's HDR10+ that's not supported, if that's different?
I'm only dipping my toe in to this stuff this past few days and am in a right pickle mostly due to other issues like my TV not passing through DTS etc
It is different, HDR10+ is more akin to Dolby Vision in that it can use dynamic metadata whereas HDR10 is static metadata.
A PS5 will probably be fine for most people who just want 'a player' and aren't too fussy about the finer points of HDR formats