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Panasonic UB450 Ultra HD 4K Blu Ray Player with Hi-Res Sound, Dolby Vision - $199
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There is no standard on doing this.
It's what separates Panasonic from other players and considered one of the best at doing that.
There is no standard on doing this.
It's what separates Panasonic from other players and considered one of the best at doing that.
I think it was portrayed as an upgrade to their 150/154 model.
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For those unfamiliar, it analyzes HDR frame-by-frame and adjusts the tone mapping and dynamic lighting range to fit within the capabilities of your display. This avoids the blown out bright areas, shadow crush, and overly dim or washed out image that is typical for HDR10 on many display types. It basically makes static HDR10 into a dynamic HDR more equivalent to Dolby Vision/HDR10+, customized to your display type.
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Arguably the Upscaler isnt too big of a loss nowadays esp since most TVs have some kind of 4k
& 1080p upscaler to bring things up anyways and it will do a fine job at it esp if you own a modern Sony TV (the king of upscaling & processing). HOWEVER the HDR Optimizer is kinda great in terms of making the content match your TVs peak brightness for HDR Content. This is great for movies that don't have Dolby Vision, however if you do have disks that have DV then you will want to get the 450 to make use of it, however it wont get the HDR Optimizer. If your TV is bright enough like a MiniLED or QD-OLED you most likely wont need nor benefit from the HDR Optimizer. The UB-450 is basically a baby UB-820 (which gives you all the functions of 420 & 450) for those that already have very high end TVs.
Note* If you have a Samsung TV then don't even bother w/ the 450 because your TV doesnt even support DV, in which case just stick to the regular UB-420.
For those unfamiliar, it analyzes HDR frame-by-frame and adjusts the tone mapping and dynamic lighting range to fit within the capabilities of your display. This avoids the blown out bright areas, shadow crush, and overly dim or washed out image that is typical for HDR10 on many display types. It basically makes static HDR10 into a dynamic HDR more equivalent to Dolby Vision/HDR10+, customized to your display type.
Arguably the Upscaler isnt too big of a loss nowadays esp since most TVs have some kind of 4k
& 1080p upscaler to bring things up anyways and it will do a fine job at it esp if you own a modern Sony TV (the king of upscaling & processing). HOWEVER the HDR Optimizer is kinda great in terms of making the content match your TVs peak brightness for HDR Content. This is great for movies that don't have Dolby Vision, however if you do have disks that have DV then you will want to get the 450 to make use of it, however it wont get the HDR Optimizer. If your TV is bright enough like a MiniLED or QD-OLED you most likely wont need nor benefit from the HDR Optimizer. The UB-450 is basically a baby UB-820 (which gives you all the functions of 420 & 450) for those that already have very high end TVs.
Note* If you have a Samsung TV then don't even bother w/ the 450 because your TV doesnt even support DV, in which case just stick to the regular UB-420.
Dynamic HDR(DV & HDR10+) brightness is built in frame by frame into the content, it can not be manipulated.
This is why the difference between static HDR vs dynamic HDR can vary widely from content to content.
The transfers are all over the place with both, there is no standard.
Your display capabilities comes into play here also, keep in mind current commercial displays can't even take full advantage of HDR brightness let alone DV/HDR10+ brightness.
Thats the whole reason they have to be tone mapped, for us to view it.
The only real thing this has that the 820 does is DV, it lacks the optimizer and HCX processors.
If your main priority is DV & all you watch, this works.
If it isn't then this might not be the best choice.
Unless your projector is a native 4K DV capable one, the 820 has on real advantage over the 420.
Dynamic HDR(DV & HDR10+) brightness is built in frame by frame into the content, it can not be manipulated.
This is why the difference between static HDR vs dynamic HDR can vary widely from content to content.
The transfers are all over the place with both, there is no standard.
Your display capabilities comes into play here also, keep in mind current commercial displays can't even take full advantage of HDR brightness let alone DV/HDR10+ brightness.
Thats the whole reason they have to be tone mapped, for us to view it.
The only real thing this has that the 820 does is DV, it lacks the optimizer and HCX processors.
If your main priority is DV & all you watch, this works.
If it isn't then this might not be the best choice.
Unless your projector is a native 4K DV capable one, the 820 has on real advantage over the 420.
Q for people that know more about modern audio than I do: does the presence of TrueHD or DTS-HD MA *imply* support for object-based audio standards like Atmos or DTS:X/DTS:X Pro? I'm guessing not, but I don't know enough to be certain.
I have a UB820 so I'm pretty well set, but I have a coworker that's been looking for a good UHD player to add to the LG C3 TV he just bought. Getting a player that supports Dolby Vision would be a plus, but if the player doesn't *also* support Atmos or DTS:X, that's a rough tradeoff.
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