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Panasonic dmp-ub900 - How do I get one in South Africa?
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<blockquote data-quote="KenMasters" data-source="post: 795297" data-attributes="member: 517"><p><em>"I felt the UB400 wasn?t as nuanced with its fine detail, and it wasn?t as dynamic either. Scenes that mix a lot of light and dark elements didn?t quite have that impact on the UB400."</em></p><p></p><p>"I felt" is not the most scientific of approaches. "Fine detail" - it's a 3840 ? 2160 pixel grid, the detail is what it is (unless the player is adding something to the image, like sharpening - which the Panasonics do not do). Not as dynamic? The dynamic range is digitally defined, it's hard numbers, it doesn't change from player to player - what changes is the display's ability to reproduce the image. This site's reviews are all highly subjective, I see they do no testing in their TV reviews either, not a trustworthy source of information. </p><p></p><p>The fact is output is the same across the entire range, same upscaling of BDs and DVDs, same colour space conversion, it's all exactly the same. If you prefer to hear it from a review site, here's another review of the player: </p><p></p><p><em>"All their 4K players deliver the same basic video performance and the same smart platform, so the differences are largely related to cosmetics, build quality, connections and analogue audio capabilities."</em></p><p></p><p><em>"In terms of playback of regular Blu-ray discs, either 2D or 3D, the UB400 was again identical to its stablemates with a lovely performance in this area."</em></p><p></p><p>https://www.avforums.com/review/panasonic-dmp-ub400-4k-ultra-hd-blu-ray-player-review.13699</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KenMasters, post: 795297, member: 517"] [i]"I felt the UB400 wasn?t as nuanced with its fine detail, and it wasn?t as dynamic either. Scenes that mix a lot of light and dark elements didn?t quite have that impact on the UB400."[/i] "I felt" is not the most scientific of approaches. "Fine detail" - it's a 3840 ? 2160 pixel grid, the detail is what it is (unless the player is adding something to the image, like sharpening - which the Panasonics do not do). Not as dynamic? The dynamic range is digitally defined, it's hard numbers, it doesn't change from player to player - what changes is the display's ability to reproduce the image. This site's reviews are all highly subjective, I see they do no testing in their TV reviews either, not a trustworthy source of information. The fact is output is the same across the entire range, same upscaling of BDs and DVDs, same colour space conversion, it's all exactly the same. If you prefer to hear it from a review site, here's another review of the player: [i]"All their 4K players deliver the same basic video performance and the same smart platform, so the differences are largely related to cosmetics, build quality, connections and analogue audio capabilities."[/i] [i]"In terms of playback of regular Blu-ray discs, either 2D or 3D, the UB400 was again identical to its stablemates with a lovely performance in this area."[/i] https://www.avforums.com/review/panasonic-dmp-ub400-4k-ultra-hd-blu-ray-player-review.13699 [/QUOTE]
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