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expired Posted by supermanrob • Jan 5, 2022
Jan 5, 2022 9:00 PM
Panasonic UB820 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Player w/ HDR10+ & Dolby Vision
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The rest of my post is pretty much informational. There's a lot of good information in it. But a few firmly believe that Dolby vision is a must-have because it's squashes HDR 10, don't even read it. There's no convincing you otherwise.
You know, the debates on this whole Dolby vision player versus the non-Dolby vision console reminds me of the PS versus Xbox discussions we've had for God knows how long.
The bottom line is Microsoft fixed the elevated black levels. The Xbox series X is a fantastic 4K UHD Blu-ray player and 2K Blu-ray player.
The above statement cannot be any simpler than that.
But the Xbox series X drive is a little noisier than a dedicated player. I can hear mine from 12 feet away when there's absolutely no other sounds from the movie playing. So that is not really a big deal from my use case.
If you have a Logitech remote or a media remote then that's a non-issue also. I mean who controls their console with the game controller when watching movies? I guess some people do. I've even done it and it's relatively easy to do.
Spend 30 minutes on YouTube listening to reviewers, and I mean the good ones like Vincent teoh on HDTVtest, assess HDR 10 versus Dolby vision.
Spoiler alert:. The differences are so minimal, that you can only discern a difference when doing a side-by-side comparison of a Dolby vision movie versus the HDR 10 version. In other words, don't let Dolby vision make or break your buying decision. HDR 10 on a calibrated system looks fantastic.
There's no doubt that this Panasonic 820 is a fantastic player also. I personally will not buy one because I have an Xbox series X and an Xbox One S that do a great job at playing 4K discs. And it's not important enough for me to have a player that plays Dolby vision discs based on the assessment of multiple experienced calibrators and reviewers.
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This is more for the person that wants the best quality from all UHD and upscaling disc performance that includes DV.
There are less expensive options but the overall performance isn't as good.
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You are better off getting the 420, you get the same disc performance as this for much less.
When on sale it usually drops to $150, which is a steal IMO.
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The rest of my post is pretty much informational. There's a lot of good information in it. But a few firmly believe that Dolby vision is a must-have because it's squashes HDR 10, don't even read it. There's no convincing you otherwise.
You know, the debates on this whole Dolby vision player versus the non-Dolby vision console reminds me of the PS versus Xbox discussions we've had for God knows how long.
The bottom line is Microsoft fixed the elevated black levels. The Xbox series X is a fantastic 4K UHD Blu-ray player and 2K Blu-ray player.
The above statement cannot be any simpler than that.
But the Xbox series X drive is a little noisier than a dedicated player. I can hear mine from 12 feet away when there's absolutely no other sounds from the movie playing. So that is not really a big deal from my use case.
If you have a Logitech remote or a media remote then that's a non-issue also. I mean who controls their console with the game controller when watching movies? I guess some people do. I've even done it and it's relatively easy to do.
Spend 30 minutes on YouTube listening to reviewers, and I mean the good ones like Vincent teoh on HDTVtest, assess HDR 10 versus Dolby vision.
Spoiler alert:. The differences are so minimal, that you can only discern a difference when doing a side-by-side comparison of a Dolby vision movie versus the HDR 10 version. In other words, don't let Dolby vision make or break your buying decision. HDR 10 on a calibrated system looks fantastic.
There's no doubt that this Panasonic 820 is a fantastic player also. I personally will not buy one because I have an Xbox series X and an Xbox One S that do a great job at playing 4K discs. And it's not important enough for me to have a player that plays Dolby vision discs based on the assessment of multiple experienced calibrators and reviewers.
You are better off getting the 420, you get the same disc performance as this for much less.
When on sale it usually drops to $150, which is a steal IMO.
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