4K Blu-ray Confirmed, Coming in

[Zhorik]

How much of the Rec. 2020 do the current UHD blu rays use?

Going through the Sony ZD9 thread, post 181 shows that TV has 73% Rec. 2020 and 93% P3 post-calibration coverage on CIEUV. Even rtings, shows <80% Rec. 2020 CIEUV coverage for the best set.

[dublinbluray108]

I heard disappointing news from Sony today that their new PS4 Pro will not be built in with a UHD Blu-ray player.

What does it mean for Sony PS4 users who want to play UHD Blu-ray even though this console already has 4K support built in for gaming?

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by dublinbluray108

I heard disappointing news from Sony today that their new PS4 Pro will not be built in with a UHD Blu-ray player.

What does it mean for Sony PS4 users who want to play UHD Blu-ray even though this console already has 4K support built in for gaming?

It means that they either stream it or get a stand alone player. Maybe Sony will launch their 4K streaming service on there. It's exclusive to their TVs at the moment I think.

We're 4 days on from the announcement now and I think people are finally getting over it, the Pro just isn't aimed at them. It's pretty much aimed at the gamer exclusively. And after how poor the PS4 is at playing regular BDs compared to PS3, it's probably for the best

I was surprised they didn't include it to be honest,but then I remembered the fact it can't even play CDs so I shouldn't have been surprised.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by dublinbluray108

I heard disappointing news from Sony today that their new PS4 Pro will not be built in with a UHD Blu-ray player.

What does it mean for Sony PS4 users who want to play UHD Blu-ray even though this console already has 4K support built in for gaming?

Sony will probably have a stand alone player in early 2017 (they had a prototype display at the latest electronics expo). How good it will be or how expensive is anyone's guess now.

It would be a damn shame if after all this time of hand wringing on the part of Sony they still didn't have Dolby Vision support.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by dublinbluray108

I heard disappointing news from Sony today that their new PS4 Pro will not be built in with a UHD Blu-ray player.

Question is…at what point does Silo Mentality transition into backstabbing, for example, consider the plight of Victor M. et Al 'dudes'.…. http://www.whathifi.com/news/did-son...lu-ray-ps4-pro

This sort of thing is not



^ Kaizen

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Question is…at what point does Silo Mentality transition into backstabbing, for example, consider the plight of Victor M. et Al 'dudes'.…. http://www.whathifi.com/news/did-son...lu-ray-ps4-pro

This sort of thing is not



^ Kaizen

If Victor Matsuda really thought the console would have a UHD Blu-ray drive to help the BDA upsell the new format when the engineering team knew full well they were sticking with an outdated drive to save a few pennies per unit then he has clearly lost control of his company.

The home media and the electronics and studio divisions are schizophrenic to say the least.

The king is dead, long live the king.

[Geoff D]

I studied kaizen a bit during my business degree. Forgotten it all now as I stack supermarket shelves, mind.

[jmy2469]

Originally Posted by FilmFreakosaurus

Sony will probably have a stand alone player in early 2017 (they had a prototype display at the latest electronics expo). How good it will be or how expensive is anyone's guess now.

It would be a damn shame if after all this time of hand wringing on the part of Sony they still didn't have Dolby Vision support.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-th...ies-receivers/

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by FilmFreakosaurus

The home media and the electronics and studio divisions are schizophrenic to say the least.

Being upstream, luckily the Professional Solutions division is little affected by what the Playstation people do or think.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I studied kaizen a bit during my business degree. Forgotten it all now as I stack supermarket shelves, mind.

I thought you were in retail sales. Plus, no matter how uninspired or downtrodden you presume us to believe....

you still owe me a beer.

[Wiidesire]

Originally Posted by Wiidesire

Sonopress has now started with the production of the UHD BD 100
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...5&postcount=32

Next milestone:

Sonopress has now shipped over one million Ultra HD Blu-rays.
Source: http://www.mediabiz.de/video/news/so...ray-aus/411570

Rough translation:
"Sonopress-Chied Deutschmann is optimistic for the future. The format is globally getting more and more popular, the demand [on production] of new discs is consistently high. The company expects new impulses with the Xbox One S which can be bought since August."
"In the beginning of the year [when they started the production of UHD BD 66 discs] we didn't expect to break the one million mark in only a couple of months. As a pioneer in this area Sonopress is successful. We not only produce for the european market but also a variety of titles are produced for the north-american media market."
http://www.4kevolution.de/2016/09/4k...illionenmarke/

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

I thought you were in retail sales. Plus, no matter how uninspired or downtrodden you presume us to believe....

you still owe me a beer.

I was, until I got laid off in early 2014. Then I had to move down here with my folks a few months later (not having a job meaning that supporting myself was, ah, somewhat difficult), snapped my leg in January 2015 which put me out of action regardless for a good few months, then earlier this year I finally got another job in a local supermarket. Nothing but glamorous is the life of Geoff! And yes, I know full well that nothing will absolve me of my beer-buying duties, but I owe you more than that.

[Opips3]

Geoff D,

Get off your sleep! It's good!

[Show spoiler]

[gkolb]

Originally Posted by Opips3

Geoff D,

Get off your sleep! It's good!

[Show spoiler]

Hey Blu-ray prince, your princesses are waiting !

[LordCrumb]

Question.. how do you find out if a 4K disc is BD66 or BD100? With BD25/50 you can just put it in a PC-BD Drive to see, but with 4K... ?

[jono3000]

Originally Posted by LordCrumb

Question.. how do you find out if a 4K disc is BD66 or BD100? With BD25/50 you can just put it in a PC-BD Drive to see, but with 4K... ?

Turn it over and count the number of rings/layers in the back. 2 - BD66, 3 - BD100.
Normally each layer has a unique number or letter on it.

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[GasmaskAvenger]

All set up with 4K now.

Picked up one of those HDMI to composite converter cables at Radioshack so I could set the 4K player's Audio Only HDMI cord up with my home theater DVD player for multi-channel audio playback.

Everything's perfect with my 4K home theater now.

[Warnerbros2001]

I might probably wait another 10 years or so to purchase this, or if I am really lucky.

[gkolb]

Originally Posted by Warnerbros2001

I might probably wait another 10 years or so to purchase this, or if I am really lucky.

Huh?

4K displays will hardly be around in 10 years. The top-tier will be 8K. Probably middle tier too.

4K players should still be the norm, playing 4K and 1080p discs. Upscale to 8K has been predicted to be AI assisted, new HEVC compressions will be better and more efficient.

8K content will mostly be OTT, maybe some OTA, the HDR will likely be HLG for that content, although Dolby still has some stuff up their sleeve to compete with.

This has been your CRYSTAL BALL update.

[Alix]

Guys is there any information about The Lord Of The Rings & The Hobbit in 4K release?