Sony UBP-X700M Streaming 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Player w/ HDMI Cable Expired

That's a good question that I've never really seen a definitive answer for. Reviewing upscaling is difficult and I wonder how many different algorithms different TV manufacturers use. I'd imagine it'd be relatively simple to compare upscaling from different players, but there are so many TV brands and types I just don't know if that's ever been done.

The UB420 is the best non-Dolby Vision 4K disc player you can get, so it's hard to go wrong (it specifically has a mode in 'Settings>HDMI>Advanced>HDR Display Type' for "OLED" but you can try all the different modes). I watch 1080 discs on it all the time. 99% certain the player is doing the upscaling in my situation. Since you're specific TV doesn't support Dolby Vision, there really isn't a reason for you to NOT get the UB420.

I am very brand agnostic. Until these Panasonic players came around I was a huge fan of Sony and had them before 4K. Because the Panasonic UB820 (with Dolby Vision) and the UB420 (without Dolby Vision) have built in user selectable tone mapping settings with that TV Type setting, the HDR Optimizer and a few other image adjustment settings no other 4K disc player has, I just don't know of a compelling reason to buy any other player brand.

I will say though, the X700M having Dolby Vision at $150 is pretty incredible, but there is so much more regular HDR10 content and so much benefit with the settings in the UB420. If you have lots of Dolby Vision discs and your TV is Dolby Vision capable, there just might be a solid case to buy both.

In terms of quality is this better than a 4k UHD ripped straight to disk and then played using Plex/Kodi.

See, you're just commenting to fight.

You can use your current computer as an HTPC for PLEX.
HDD storage (1TB) is $25.

Free Ripping software:
Handbrake
MakeMKV
Freemake

There is "work" in getting your arse off the couch and flipping discs. So, the convenience of PLEX is broadcasting ALL your movies to ANY and ALL rooms. If you wanted to do that, how many of these players do you need for EACH television? Or are you going to be carrying your Sony player around? Stop being a boomer and stream (your own content).

In terms of quality is this better than a 4k UHD ripped straight to disk and then played using Plex/Kodi.

Sorry for the stupid question, but I have a PS4 Pro which plays blu ray disk. What better would this do that a PS4 cannot?

Can your ps4 playback 4K movie disc?

Gotcha... But would there be difference in blu ray media playback?

Sony has the Dolby Vision the kids are always talking about these days. The Panasonic doesn't.

Who still watch disk?

Don't you lose Dolby vision doing this? Aren't those formats mostly hdr10? Not that it makes that much of a difference but dv is slightly better.

Is this Sony deal better than this FP from earlier?

https://slickdeals.net/f/15368599-panasonic-dp-ub420-hdr-4k-uhd-blu-ray-player-150-free-shipping-at-bestbuy-and-amazon