Quick Question Regarding What UHD Players Do During Blu-ray/1080p Upconversion...

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Originally Posted by IntelliVolume

I see; well, if it's anything like my BDP-83 (I wanted to snag a 203 but waited too long) then I know DVD upconversion is outstanding.

At this point I have to see which players are doing the best Blu-ray and DVD upscaling to 4K.

Panasonic has been dubbed "the new Oppo" with their premium 4K players.

These days pretty much any decent gear will do a good upscale of the luminance (detail) but what sets the excellent apart from the average is the chroma upsampling. Deep saturated reds in particular, which are frequently blocky due to the 4:2:0 colour compression look stunning with BD as a source on the Oppo upscaled to 4:4:4 (and no doubt on any equally good player). It doesn't do quite as good a job with DVDs because of the more limited resolution but still makes an excellent job of it.

My previous player was a Sony BDP-S5200, which don't get me wrong was an excellent player for the price and will continue to serve me in another room, but I could tell the difference right away when I upgraded to the Oppo.