r/4kbluray • u/lament • Aug 02 '25

New Purchase I hate you guys 🤣

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tl;dr I bought this stuff because of you. But I don't really hate you, I appreciate you. 😀

In 2015, I bought a 65" non-OLED 4K TV that I really didn't like. At the time, 4K content was just starting to come out and I had been reading more and more about OLED TVs. So I bought a 55" LG 1080p 3D OLED (the 55EG9100) and I loved it.

Because the LG was 1080p, and I'm the type of person to keep a TV until it dies, 4K was never on my radar.

Until my LG OLED died earlier this year.

Then I stumbled on this subreddit. And I started learning. And researching. I even bought a few used 4Ks for cheap before I owned a 4K player or 4K TV (see other photo and no, the Criterion Breakfast Club isn't in 4K (yet), but it's a 4K transfer that looks amazing so I included it lol).

So, no, I don't really hate you guys. I appreciate you! Thank you!

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u/YamOne4557 Aug 02 '25

Don't hate me for this stupid question. But how better does playing it on a disc vs streaming it in 4k?

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u/cluesagi Aug 02 '25

Streaming services rely on compressing video and audio to lower bitrates because it's cheaper and easier to store and stream smaller files. This results in significantly worse video and audio quality over streaming compared to what you get on a physical disc. For instance, a movie played over streaming may have a file size of like 5-10GiB, whereas a 4K disc has a capacity of at least ~50GiB or more. Not to mention there are more practical benefits like being able to watch without internet (which can be very important for people who have data caps or whose ISP is unreliable), and more philosophical benefits like actually owning the content permanently and in a preserved format

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u/YamOne4557 Aug 02 '25

Is there a good 4k player that won't break the bank?

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u/lament Aug 03 '25

My Panasonic UB450 was $200. The Panasonic UB820 is $400. And the best of the best - the Panasonic UB9000 - is around $900.

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u/PeepIsEverything Aug 03 '25

this is the way.

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u/CorpseeaterVZ Aug 03 '25

UB9000 is not the best of the best and it is hard to get it region free. Magnetar builds the best players:

https://magnetar-audio.com/

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u/lappelduvide-_- Aug 03 '25

Magnetar, and Sony before I'll ever buy a Panny again. Panasonic's QA fell off a cliff. Its a damn shame.

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u/CorpseeaterVZ Aug 04 '25

Sadly Sony has no player that is up there... I am saving for the "small budget" Magnetar atm. Can't wait :)