New UHD BD player from Tascam

[Mobe1969]

Sadly my benchmark decision on a player is subtitle control. At a min the oppo/Sony/pioneer shift capability. Ideally Panasonic with finer shift and luminance. Reading the manual there are a tonne of options for closed captioning. And that I don't get - from what disc????? Region unlocking would be nice too...

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Mobe1969

Sadly my benchmark decision on a player is subtitle control. At a min the oppo/Sony/pioneer shift capability. Ideally Panasonic with finer shift and luminance. Reading the manual there are a tonne of options for closed captioning. And that I don't get - from what disc????? Region unlocking would be nice too...

Manufacturers of 4K disc players are required to region lock their players as part of the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) licensing agreement. Region free players are modified after market by third parties such as 220 Electronics and Bombay Electronics here in the U.S. Oppo players could be modified by the user by purchasing a modification kit from various sellers on ebay.

[Filmfan73]

No optical output though? Come on Tascam, you could have done better than that.

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by Filmfan73

No optical output though? Come on Tascam, you could have done better than that.

Doubt very many commercial installs would use optical connections. If you need optical there are several small coax to optical converter boxes available.

[Mobe1969]

Originally Posted by Vilya

Manufacturers of 4K disc players are required to region lock their players as part of the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) licensing agreement. Region free players are modified after market by third parties such as 220 Electronics and Bombay Electronics here in the U.S. Oppo players could be modified by the user by purchasing a modification kit from various sellers on ebay.

Oh gee I didn't know this...

[Filmfan73]

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

Doubt very many commercial installs would use optical connections. If you need optical there are several small coax to optical converter boxes available.

Hmm, I wasn't even aware of that. Thanks.

Optical isn't a big deal for me personally, but If I ever transport the player to a friend's house to enjoy a 4K movie, optical is always an easy hookup for audio through their soundbar/ receivers.

[Waboman]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

My borked hearing is what it is. Even when the TV gets too loud it makes my ears ache and rattle from the pressure, anything louder is intolerable. Cinema still makes my ears ring but as the venue is much much much bigger than my current room it doesn't feel as overbearing, and it's a rare treat anyway. Unless my next home is a palace I don't think I'll be going back to surround sound any time soon.

I'm sure the PM will loan you one of his palaces along the French Riveria.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Waboman

I'm sure the PM will loan you one of his palaces along the French Riveria.

And maybe one of his beat-up old town cars that he gets around in, like the Rolls perhaps?

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Waboman

I'm sure the PM will loan you one of his palaces along the French Riveria.

I don’t have any there and, like you, I’m a po' boy as compared to Mark on AVS - https://www.avsforum.com/threads/mcu...0/#post-321608

visual proof –



and not only walking shoes, as I’m also in need of a new pair of mountain biking shoes, so there’s that

[Penton-Man]

Although Wabs, I will admit at one time seriously looking at villas on Lake Garda after having finished the last stage of this physical challenge back in the day –

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

The only event which I think compared in panoramic beauty to BC for mountain bikers was the Transalp Challenge –

[Masza]

Based on the manual it has some interesting audio features
- volume control
- vomume control affects also HDMI and S/PDIF outputs
- S/PDIF can be switched to output LR downmix, FL FR, C SW, SL SR or SBL SBR channel pairs
- different downmix modes (Dolby headphone, Dolby virtual soeaker etc.)

I wish it had eARC and HDMI input - would have been a perfect compact home teather processor like Oppo UDP-203 is.

[kristoffer]

Seems like it is out. Has anyone seen any reviews yet?

[LexInHD]

Originally Posted by kristoffer

Seems like it is out. Has anyone seen any reviews yet?

No and you'll likely never see one. It's not meant for consumers, as it's a professional A/V product for business/commercial use.

[Kewl]

Originally Posted by LexInHD

No and you'll likely never see one. It's not meant for consumers, as it's a professional A/V product for business/commercial use.

Well, there are publications, paper and web, that specialize in professional a/v equipment reviews. Home theatre aficionados like us will certainly be able to find close-by resellers as Tascam products are often found in musical instruments stores.

[kristoffer]

I can buy it here in Denmark for example.

[Kewl]

Originally Posted by kristoffer

I can buy it here in Denmark for example.

I hear you... There are seven Tascam resellers in a 4 km radius from my home.

If anything, the Tascam BD-MP4K will be more readily available than when I bought my Oppo 203: if memory serves me right, I had the choice between one brick and mortar reseller here in Montreal or two web resellers in Toronto.

[Mobe1969]

Gee Amazon US are listing it now.

Someone will eventually check it out and report somewhere

[djvaso]

Originally Posted by kristoffer

I can buy it here in Denmark for example.

What is the price in Denmark? It is RSD 76,680 = EUR 652 in Serbia.

[kristoffer]

Originally Posted by djvaso

What is the price in Denmark? It is RSD 76,680 = EUR 652 in Serbia.

About the same here.

[cartload]

Curious to find out about media playback for formats like m2ts or mkv. As good or better than the Oppo? That’s one area where my Panny 820 is sorely lacking.