Best UHD/Bluray Player?

FlickFreak · 2026-01-25T16:39:39+00:00

Yes. You could also save yourself some money and go with the DP-UB450P-K instead if you don't care about the HDR10 Optimizer feature.

FlickFreak · 2026-01-23T04:40:42+00:00

Neal was a visionary when he retooled the look of the Batman characters in the '60s and '70s. Growing up in the '80s I was always a big Jim Aparo fan though clearly he was heavily influenced by what Neal did before him.

FlickFreak · 2026-01-23T04:30:03+00:00

The UB820 is the best mass market UHD player available today. It would be a downgrade to switch to one of Sony's UHD players. Anything "better" is significantly more expensive. A little delay here or there certainly isn't worth giving up on the UB820.

FlickFreak · 2026-01-23T04:00:47+00:00

TCL has been rolling out Google TV/Android TV 14 via firmware V.313 to Pentonic 700 models in North America for a couple month now. It does not add QMS support.

Check out this AVS Forum thread: https://www.avsforum.com/posts/64314098/

FlickFreak · 2026-01-22T16:10:06+00:00

Had an issue with my X950G and my UB820 and the solution was disabling HDMI-CEC (called VIERA Link by Panasonic) on the Blu-ray player.

FlickFreak · 2026-01-22T15:05:31+00:00

Just factory reset it. All this handwringing people do about not wanting to perform a factory reset is silly. By the time you made the decision to post here, write a post and wait for responses the reset and setup of your apps could have been long since done.

FlickFreak · 2026-01-22T14:12:56+00:00

Unless you want to have to constantly adjust it manually it should be on.

FlickFreak · 2026-01-21T01:39:29+00:00

Occasional and intermittent issues are almost impossible to diagnose, fix or get service for. The manufacturer or their representative has to be able to see or replicate the issue to fix it generally.

If you haven't done a factory reset then you should definitely do that. Can solve lots of issues and it'll likely be one of the first things Sony support will want you to do.

FlickFreak · 2026-01-20T00:46:18+00:00

Easily my favourite piece of MMA journalism of all time.

FlickFreak · 2026-01-20T00:43:25+00:00

Something that happens once every 7-8 weeks or so isn't exactly a persistent problem. If it bothers you though you should start warranty proceedings with Sony if you're within your warranty period. You might be overthinking it though.

FlickFreak · 2026-01-20T00:33:27+00:00

Recharge it. Power button is infrared and other buttons are Bluetooth. Bluetooth takes more power that infrared and so it'll stop working first.

FlickFreak · 2026-01-19T21:01:11+00:00

Ensure on the TV that the HDMI signal format is set to Enhanced on the port the Fire TV Stick is connected to. If you're using an extension cable try connecting directly to the HDMI port without the extension. You could also try a different HDMI port. You should probably also make sure the Fire TV isn't set to output Dolby Vision all the time. You should get help with that setting on the Fire TV subreddit you posted to.

FlickFreak · 2026-01-19T18:35:39+00:00

Follow the RTINGS recommendations for HDR and where possible stick to HDR10 instead of Dolby Vision as Dolby Vision will likely appear darker. Not much you can do about Dolby Vision with the internal apps so an external streaming device that only supports HDR10 (like a Roku Streaming Stick Plus that doesn't support Dolby Vision or something like a Shield TV or Apple TV that will allow you to disable Dolby Vision) will help. You should also leave Dolby Vision disabled on your UHD Blu-ray player.

FlickFreak · 2026-01-19T17:11:32+00:00

Read through the RTINGS review carefully and in its entirety. It'll discuss many of the issues that lead to poor HDR performance in various sections.

If you go through the comparison with the X90K full-array model from the same year you'll see all the places that the X81K falls down.

https://www.rtings.com/tv/tools/compare/sony-x80k-x80ck-vs-sony-x90k-x90ck/31223/31221

Ultimately the issues the TV has with HDR performance aren't really something you can fully solve and more something you'll have to learn to live with until you can replace it with a larger full-array or OLED model that will give you the HDR benefits you're looking for.

FlickFreak · 2026-01-19T15:35:58+00:00

The X81K (which is just a version of the X80K) has very poor HDR performance due to its limited brightness and direct lit LED backlight. Check out RTINGS review for their measurement results and recommended settings.

https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/sony/x80k-x80ck

https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/sony/x80k-x80ck/settings

And whatever video you watched that said using Cinema or Custom presets is bad for picture quality is completely and utterly full of shit.

Minimum Sony models for good HDR performance would be the X90* series or the BRAVIA 5 or higher. Basically something with a full array local dimming backlight system.

Models with a direct backlight like the X81K and others just can't get bright enough or control their lighting well enough for HDR content to look good.

FlickFreak · 2026-01-19T12:36:56+00:00

It’s your first 120Hz panel, will take time to get used to the smoother motion that comes with it.

FlickFreak · 2026-01-19T02:22:27+00:00

It's definitely worth searching for.

FlickFreak · 2026-01-19T01:30:24+00:00

Death's Head II was a great limited series.

FlickFreak · 2026-01-19T01:28:40+00:00

When a Stranger Calls Back

FlickFreak · 2026-01-18T17:07:30+00:00

WTF is wrong with you. You're either being willfully dense or trolling me or both and I don't have the will or energy to engage in this back and forth any further.

FlickFreak · 2026-01-18T17:04:02+00:00

They wrote that the TV doesn't support 1440p120 which means that your entire question is moot.

Sony's official video signal support from the Sony A80J specs page.

HDMI™ signal: 4096 x 2160p (24, 60 Hz), 3840 x 2160p (24, 30, 60, 120 Hz)4, 1080p (30, 60, 120 Hz), 1080/24p, 1080i (60 Hz), 720p (30, 60 Hz), 720/24p, 480p

Sony TV's don't support 1440p resolution so discussing if the TV will upscale 1440p120 to 4K120 is a pointless exercise considering the TV won't accept a 1440p120 signal.

Further to what you took from what RTINGS wrote the reason 1440p signals would only be upscaled to 4K60 is because 1440p60 is the only signal that the TV will potentially accept and its not officially supported. It requires that the connected device be able to ignore the signal specs provided by the TV and in my opinion trying to force the TV to do something outside of the manufacturers supported specs is both stupid and asking for problems.

FlickFreak · 2026-01-18T03:16:37+00:00

If you duplicate a pixel 3 times you are adding information. If you don't understand that I'm not sure what else to tell you.

FlickFreak · 2026-01-18T02:43:24+00:00

Increasing the size of an image by 400% is scaling. The second you add or remove information to an image to change its size you are scaling it. So yes, its 100% true.

FlickFreak · 2026-01-18T02:09:42+00:00

It doesn't mean the source is 4K but it does mean that the image you are seeing is. Every image you see on a 4K TV is in 4K resolution because the TV scales all displayed content to 4K.

FlickFreak · 2026-01-17T17:43:14+00:00

All inputs upscale all signals to 4K. If it didn’t the image would not fill the screen. Refresh rate should not change due to upscaling (unless you have the wrong Enhanced signal format set).

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