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4K UHD Blu Ray player recommendations

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With the modern advent of streaming through Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Sky Q, there's very little I'd want to watch on blu-ray. But there are some films that I'd love to watch in all their 4K glory.


TV: I have a Samsung 40" 4K TV. I'd love to play a few 4K blu-ray discs.


Audio: I'm about to buy a Sonos beam as space is limited and many sound bars are wider than a 40" TV. I know Sonos don't support DTS but some blu-ray players can decode or downsample DTS to DD5.1. Not essential but a nice feature to have


Eventually, the TV and soundbar will be upgraded to something better, probably in a year's time. May be sooner. But I'd like to keep the same blu-ray player.


What do you recommend?

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  • Inner_Zone
    Inner_Zone Posts: 2,856 Forumite
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    edited 25 November 2019 at 1:11PM
    d0nkeyk0ng wrote: »
    With the modern advent of streaming through Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Sky Q, there's very little I'd want to watch on blu-ray. But there are some films that I'd love to watch in all their 4K glory.


    TV: I have a Samsung 40" 4K TV. I'd love to play a few 4K blu-ray discs.


    Audio: I'm about to buy a Sonos beam as space is limited and many sound bars are wider than a 40" TV. I know Sonos don't support DTS but some blu-ray players can decode or downsample DTS to DD5.1. Not essential but a nice feature to have


    Eventually, the TV and soundbar will be upgraded to something better, probably in a year's time. May be sooner. But I'd like to keep the same blu-ray player.


    What do you recommend?


    Budget?



    Does your Samsung TV support HDR10+ or will your next TV purchase?

    Wi-Fi or not required.

    One or two HDMI sockets required.?

    Optical or coax audio output required?

    Etc.
  • Budget: want to spend £500. Will go up to £750.

    HDR10+ Current TV doesn't. Next TV will be 55" and will support it.

    Wi-Fi: Not required

    One or two HDMI sockets: I'm not sure how more than one will benefit me

    Optical or coax audio output required?: Optical as an option


    The current planned set up is TV (40MU6400) + Sonos beam (+/- sub) + blu-ray player + Sky Q

    Future set up will be flagship 55" + soundbar and sub + blu-ray player + Sky Q.
    Old TV and soundbar will then be relegated to bedroom. Likely to happen in the next twelve months.

    I don't need an AV receiver, or a proper 5.1 set up until I move into a larger house. Current living room is only 4m x 3m so not massive.
  • RumRat
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    You can stream in 4K if you have a decent download speed.
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