New 4K blu ray players

[Naiera]

Originally Posted by Tok

The $1k price tag was for the build quality… not for support of a legacy format.

For the record, I have an Oppo BDP-103 and a Panasonic DP-UB824.

Originally Posted by Tok

My take is that Oppo owners were always looking to prove why the player they own is better.

Your take would be wrong. Oppo's DVD and Blu-ray players were always better, factually. The only way their UHD player lags behind Panasonic's HDR Optimiser models is HDR to SDR conversion.

[Tok]

Originally Posted by Naiera

For the record, I have an Oppo BDP-103 and a Panasonic DP-UB824.



Your take would be wrong. Oppo's DVD and Blu-ray players were always better, factually. The only way their UHD player lags behind Panasonic's HDR Optimiser models is HDR to SDR conversion.

It was more than the Optimizer for Panasonic UHD superiority. Panasonic’s HCX chip was developed in house and it was shown to be superior in head to head tests even though I will concede that many would not notice the differences in playback of content. Doesn’t really matter now anyways because Oppo no longer wanted to compete in the shrinking market.