Some reviewers have noted that LG’s budget player lacks some frills like HDR-to-SDR conversion (useful when viewing with a regular HDTV) and built-in HDR tone mapping, but for its low price, it’s hard to complain too much about that. So if your streaming menu is limited to those major players, you can use the UBK90 instead of a separate Roku, Fire TV, or Apple TV streaming box or stick. What it does offer is solid, basic disc playback for Ultra HD and regular Blu-rays, DVDs, and audio CDs.īasically, the UBK90 does all the major things you'd expect from a 4K Blu-ray player, and is affordably priced.Ī bonus the UBK90 offers is built-in streaming (over Wi-Fi or Ethernet) of Netflix and YouTube. This $227/£220 budget Blu-ray player from LG lacks many of the frills found on more expensive models, including universal disc support and analog audio outputs. The operation is flawless, upscaling impressive, and there’s Dolby Vision support, plus analogue outputs to keep audiophiles happy.' However, unless you’re in love with the looks, there are cheaper and better options. In our review we wrote 'this luxury deck can handle whatever you throw at it. The media file support is extensive, even if the lack of Wi-Fi forces you to use a wired connection, but there are no built-in streaming apps. The result is a player that’s sure to please music and movie fans alike. The X200 includes audiophile Burr-Brown DACs, combined with balanced XLR and 7.1-channel analogue audio outputs, ensuring an impressive sonic performance. There’s support for HDR10 and Dolby Vision, although not the less popular HDR10+ format, but that minor point aside the video performance is flawless. However, in all other respects it’s a highly capable deck that ensures UHD content is delivered perfectly, and lower resolution material is upscaled to 4K with artefact-free processing and pixel precision. The disc support is extensive but not quite universal, and while this player can handle CD, SACD, DVD, or Blu-ray (Full HD, 3D and 4K variants), it can’t play the lossless layer on a DVD-Audio disc. The Reavon UBR-X200 is a desirable high-end 4K Blu-ray player that brings military-grade construction and a stylish finish to the luxury end of the market. But no 7.1 analog outputs – for that, you'll need the Reavon that's next in our list. There two two HDMI outputs – one standard, and one audio only – plus stereo analog outputs. There are no streaming options here, outside of basic file playback over UPnP from a local server – and even for that, you need a wired connection, because there's no Wi-Fi.

Similarly, we called the audio an 'absolute joy to listen to'. It really make the most of whatever high-quality discs you care to pair it with. When it comes to contrast, we said that it 'delivers detail down to near black, without obvious noise or artefacts being introduced'. In our review, we said 'picture performance is sublime', and that it 'conveys all the luster and near three-dimensional texture you would hope for'. Speaking of discs, it not only supports all Blu-ray formats, but is also generous with its audio disc support, including DVD-Audio and SACD. Like Reavon players, the Magnetar is a seriously premium piece of hardware, weighing in at hefty 8kg, keeping those discs totally stable. Magnetar is a relative newcomer to the 4K Blu-ray world, though it's from the same company as Reavon, which has had products in our list for a while, so it has heritage. We certainly don't, this is good enough to pair with high-end TVs, and it comes at a reasonable price. What you're missing compared to the UB9000 above is the tank-like build and the support for some advanced music playback types, but a lot of people won't mind about that at all. You've also got a bunch of streaming services built-in, in case you want to use this as your main movie-viewing platform. This is obviously very nerdy stuff, but the end result is the best color reproduction you can find for movies, basically. Panasonic’s HCX image processing works with a special chroma processor that can smartly turn the 4:2:0 color of Blu-ray into 4:4:4 before it reaches your TV. In our tests we found that this player may be more affordable, but it doesn't skimp on quality. The Panasonic DMP-UB820 is an ideal mid-range 4K Blu-ray player, delivering pretty much every video feature you could want-including full HDR support-but without costing as much as the UB9000 a the top of our list.

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