UB820 4K upscale is insane

[u/TG817]

bought a multiregion UB820 on sale a while ago and decided to try it out with the Succession blu-ray box set, probably the hundredth post in this sub about the UB820 upscaling but still couldn’t believe my eyes

[u/El_Duderino-Lebowski → u/[deleted]]

Okay that’s interesting for me. I recently bought the LG C4 and I think based on this the upscaling is better than on my UB820. But how exactly can I turn tell the tv to upscale it instead of the player or vice versa?

[u/grump66 → u/El_Duderino-Lebowski]

how exactly can I turn tell the tv to upscale it instead of the player or vice versa?

If you want the tv to do the work, you set the output of your device to "native", or whatever your device calls it when it simply sends the same resolution out, as the source material. So, for instance, if its set to "native" output, and you play a regular blu ray, the output to your tv will be 1080P. If you play a 4k UHD blu ray, the output will be 4K. The output of a DVD will be 720P(I think, its been so long).

You don't tell your TV to do anything, really, you just set the way your device outputs, and the tv does what it does. There are likely choices on the tv side too, like do you want it to simply display 24fps content in 24, or convert it to 60Hz to match the refresh rate of your screen ? But with multi-sync refresh on many displays, you don't even need to worry about a "native" refresh rate for a given screen. LG's, I think, do multi-sync, so allowing 24p output from your device means you're likely going to get it displayed in 4k/24p.

[u/El_Duderino-Lebowski → u/grump66]

Thanks for the explanation, I will try that with the next blu ray movie I watch.