I recently upgraded to a 4K UHD Blu-ray player. I was pretty late coming to this upgrade. Honestly, I was pretty late buying a Blu-ray player. For someone who claims to be a physical media enthusiast, I just don’t care that much about video and audio quality in my movies.
That’s not entirely true, if you gave me the choice between playing a badly degraded copy of a film and a newly restored Ultra High Definition version of the same film I’d go with the quality. But I’m not going to not watch a film simply because the video quality might not be the best that is available.
If I’m being honest, though, I’ll likely not purchase a great many 4K UHD discs, unless they are on sale for a very good price. I still buy DVDs because I’m a cheap bastard.
If I might be honest again, I only bought a UHD player because I review physical media for Cinema Sentries and increasingly it is 4K UHD discs that are available.
That is, perhaps, a strange way to introduce my review of the new 4K UHD release of A Nightmare on Elm Street. It is a very good film, a great horror film and it has never looked better. Every time I watch these UHD discs I am duly impressed with the quality of the video.
Getting to see Freddy Krueger and his nightmare-induced kills is a fantastic way to further my Halloween Season viewings. You can read my full review here.
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Which 4K Blu-ray player did you get? I’m thinking of biting the bullet and getting one this coming black Friday. I passed on doing so last year as well as during this month’s Amazon Prime days.
And what do you think of its performance so far?
I got a Panasonic UB154 which isn’t top of the line but it isn’t bottom barrell either. I also do not have a top of the line television. So I am definitely not the person to talk to about overall performance of these things, but I really like it. I can definitely tell a difference in video quality. I’ve only got a few 4K discs and most of those are older movies. I did get a copy of the recent Studio Ghibli film, The Boy and the Heron and it looked amazing.
If you are a physical media collector I think it is a good idea to upgrade at this point. More and more of the boxed sets and super fun releases are heading to 4K.