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Ignoring the quality difference, even my wife can accidentally insert a DVD instead of a 4K DVD and doesn't get the difference on our lounge TV let alone our 4m wide cinema screen upstairs, you've hit the nail on my head with the convenience of streaming. So many movies I love aren't even on streaming services. Other movies do appear but then disappear. Other movies are spread across countless different streaming services. And worse yet the browsing experience in different streaming services is horrendous - Disney gets laggier and laggier the more you scroll and it is not easy to find content with their extremely poorly chosen subsets they show you, which in itself is a subset of the overall global catalogue as content either doesn't exist in streaming or moves about different providers. I love the convenience of streaming for simply sitting down as a family and watching a movie, yet at the same time it is also something the entire family DREADS because it is an absolute fiasco trying to find one and feels like that gets harder and harder as time goes on... sometimes we just feel like watching a particular movie, we have to Google to see if any of the (multiple) providers we have to subscribe to has it, then find we can't get it so go to our Blu-ray collection to get it and head upstairs to our cinema anyway. Again keeping the quality difference out as I appreciate that is not relevant to many people, just focussing on the fact that streaming has its benefits as does physical but streaming is loosing its magic. And affordability - I'm now down to two streaming services, and if it weren't for my wife needing one of them for a particular series I'd strip out one more just over the endless price increases and content stripping.

The production, how much work you put in this video is amazing striving photographer and one day becoming a filmmaker. I really appreciate your channel. Just watching it two minutes in

8k will never happen. Its like color standards of one billion colors when we can only see 16 million. It takes a special movie for me to buy it on 4k, bluray is usually fine. Most TV sets that are 4k do a good job of upconverting 1080p to 4k

ive never seen anybody show it at 200 inches, the site says it can do that but i wonder how sharp will it be

I don't pay streaming sites so just use free ones (Freevee,Pluto, Plex) and just have stuff on in the background so don't really pay 100% attention. At one point I had 2000 DVD's and still have several hundred DVD after downsizing (and same with Blu Ray) but DVD is the most nostalgic for me.

I have this projector, is not best, but I give you an advice, in front of projection on sealing, try to paint 1 meter with black, if you can, best, do on side walls, or use some cheap mat stiker on cealing/walls, that can be removed when you want. At least 1 meter! This helps alot. Same to you I don't use a projector screen, I just put stiker on cealing 1.20m and a carpet on floor in front of projection that absorb reflexios. I cannot transform my room in a cave like dedicate room, but kiling reflexions and ading dose things, I see an improvment like 30% with black levels, the image is way better. Ps. Sorry for my english. Greetings from Romania!

even if our discs our 8k, it's gonna be quite a while before filming movies in 8k becomes common.

Laserdisc lives!!

I'm new to 4k physical media, and I am not going back to streaming for anything I love to rewatch. Streaming compression is awful; only faces are clear. Colors are flat... and the soundtrack... might as well turn off the surround and hook up some 1993 altec lansing PC speakers from dell. I have also noticed that in streaming the Bass audio is much too loud with the compression most studios are using. Boomy bass vs walking bass lines. Big difference

I am not able to take any video. When I take a video the time captured shows 0:00:00 and it doesn’t play at all.

Loved your video.

Dolby vision turn on/off option is a great deal for projector users, most of the projectors dont support it , and in some projectors it adds a faint white tint, which spoils the whole color, so kudos to sony 🎉

I never really got into streaming movies and shows. DVDs and BDs are better quality without wasting your Internet bandwidth. There's maybe one BD I want to buy a year. One BD costs much less then 12 months of many streaming services because movies are scattered across different platforms. When Discovery started removing content that people had bought, it's like, what did you expect? You're having someone else watch your stuff knowing full well they could just throw it out at any time to free up space. The only way to make sure content is available is to buy it on physical media and take care of it yourself. If physical media goes away, it may be that the only way to watch some content is on physical media or piracy. Piracy doesn't help anyone, so keep buying physical media to give publishers a reason to keep making discs. Even if stores stop selling discs on location, you should be able to get them online which is probably where it's going.

WOAH, Frostwire. That's a name I haven't heard in a long time...

bro what are your thoughts on using focus when you film

I think what I like about projectors is the versatility which you showed, just taking them with you, using them outdoors and whatnot. It doesn't even matter that much if what you're projecting on is just some random wall. But the bigger thing for me is that the feeling that comes with it. Every time I turn one on it feels like an "experience" whereas TVs feel sterile soon after you get them, it becomes just another screen in your home, you don't randomly move a TV outside or take it to a friend to enjoy it there. As for the screen Elite Screens are good bang for the buck (Still expensive though). Just one with ALR is probably already very good.

There’s a few ways to look at it at this day it would probably fail, mainly because the technology and TVs isn’t there yet. Maybe in like 10 years from now when they have 16 K TVs or something it would be wise to released it. Also you have to keep in mind that The majority of people are very uneducated in Image and sound quality, they prefer to stream a completely inferior version without owning it, over purchasing a higher quality experience. A lot of people that I know are shocked when they see a standard 1080p Blu-ray put the shame anything they can stream. The streaming services have convinced people that paying for the same product every month is the way to go. They have lied to everyone saying streaming is the same quality as a native Disc. The sad thing is most people believe that without looking into it.

Great vid. I'm also looking for a projector atm and you made this seem like a good option. Anyways I like that you don't edit out stutters. Makes the content feel so much more natural in this sea of overly perfect algorithm hunter vids 👍

Are you me? First projector. Obsessed about every purchase. Do a stupid amount of research. XGIMI arriving in a week.

What about the over pixelated grays??? Am I the only one with this issue?

Saw this in the theater way back when. And then grabbed the DVD...which was eventually upgraded to Blu-ray. But I bought it again two years ago...on VHS. As part of a nostalgia trip for my October horror marathon, I decided to watch a batch of my planned movies on VHS. A movie about a haunted videotape was a no-brainer. Almost poetic, I think, to watch it that way.

Would you get a projector?

Bought a projector with some of the severance pay when I lost my job a while ago. Nothing extravagant. It's a 1080p BenQ unit from 2016. It was the one pleasure purchase I allowed myself from that money. And you know what? It's easily one of the best purchases I've ever made. I bought a 40 dollar roll-up screen to hang indoors and splurged on a nice 14 foot outdoor screen for the backyard. Life-changing. I don't even feel the need to upgrade at this point and it's been 8 years. Still an amazing experience no matter where I'm using it.

1:35 what a burn to your fellow youtubers.

I hate to the lie of a line so many spin “we have streaming now. We can watch anything and everything whenever we want” 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jesus, no. Not once since streaming began have I ever sat here and thought “I’m really in the mood to watch X film” and found it on ANY streaming platform. Netflix has less than 0.5% of movies made at any one time. I’d hardly call that anything, or everything. It’s also not whenever you want. It’s we’ve THEY LET YOU watch from whatever dismal choice they have allowed you to watch that month by adding and removing titles from their services. I’ve always bought physical and always will. But I’ve got so fucked off with dire streaming my physical media purchases has gone through the roof. 83 brand new Blu rays and 4Ks bought this last 5 weeks alone to give me some decent choice on a night. Not the latest blockbuster or teen grand streaming services allow you to bore yourself with

Who gets rid of the cases their media comes in, I dont get it

I was aiming to get a UB820, but I stumbled upon a UB450 for 30 dollar in a thrift shop. So I can't complain about it.

I have a Xbox Series X and the Panasonic UB824, both using a LG G3. The difference is visible quite a bit with 4K discs, especially with HDR / Dolby Vision. And as you said, the Upscaler on the Panasonic is SO much better for DVDs and Blurays that is is especially good for older collections I feel. Suddenly I could watch my old Babylon 5 Discs on a big screen and it wasn't just a mushy mash anymore 😄 But also not to underestimate is the sound. The Xbox aswell as the PS5 are quite loud while playing 4K's compared to the Panasonic. That's not a problem with actionmovies, but can get annoying with more "silent" ones. Overall a very nice comparison video, can't agree more!

Physical media is more than just nostalgia. Streaming was always doomed to become anti consumer - because of the inherent act of taking ownership away from the consumer. Even digital purchases, are not owned by the consumer. If you don’t want to pay for physical media, paying for digital is throwing money away 🏴‍☠️

The thing iv noticed about ps5 is its played every 4k disc iv put in it

In my opinion, Blu-ray 4K Blu-ray are garbage compared to regular DVD. I have DVDs that are 24 years old that still function to this day. I cannot tell you the amount of times I have had Blu-ray players literally stopped working because the lasers go bad so fast my DVD players Which include Councils like ps2/3 Xbox/ 360 and actual DVD players still function to this day the quality speaks for itself.

The Internet destroyed everything it should’ve never became a thing

The digital age is for the digital slave creatures. I am physical media for life.

Agree. I have both these players and they both very good. The Panasonic has the edge with more settings and it detects Dolby Vision without you having to go into settings yourself. For disc playing, these machines are great.

increase the quality not the quantity -- as some 4k uhd movies are garbage, what good is it if the quality of the transfer looks worse than bluray?

Anyone looking at 4k players, the only thing I can suggest is to stay away from the Sony UBP X800. It has serious issues playing dual layer 4k discs. It freezes constantly, and you have unplug it to reset it every time. Sony fix was to come out with the X800M2 a year later and just forget about the X800.

I got the UB420 because I have a Samsung TV. No dolby. The HDR optimization tool is amazing. 4k is amazing and the blu-tray/DVD upscaling is actually better than my tv. Wasn't expecting that.

Why would i get a ps5 when i have a pc or two

I bought my UB820 for £200 off ebay over a year ago and it works just fine, cleaned and updated firmware and good as new, no need to buy inferior option just go used

Any and all recommendations are welcome so thank you. I've poked online for years now waiting for a bang-for-buck 4K player but so far not much has popped out. What I grew weary of immediately was the surplus of 4K upscaling which is just a Blu Ray player with software made to stretch 1080p movies onto the screen, masquerading as a 4K. Those should be all sent to the scrap pile for false (title) advertising. Some viewers might not care too much but I will notice. It's the artificial motion and smearing of pixels which take me out of the experience. I would not want to be that old couple with mismatched hardware trying to play their grandkids' (SD) DVDs on a 4K TV, smeared pixels, at 60fps fluid motion or whatever it's called for the brand. It makes old people suffer motion sickness and they have no clue how to navigate the menu to turn it off.

I've got a Panasonic DMB-BDT280, there's only one output. That's gotta go to the projector but I'm going to have to blu-tooth the sound to the soundsystem. Any advice on a blu-tooth box for the Dolby DTS please? Afraid I'm a hippy & have a mix of second hand & new. Great video. 😊

sure...🙄

Panasonic UB820 is the only player you need.

We don’t need 8k movies

My dude are you really using a 58? hell yeah! Sounds fine boss. What kind of editing you doing with the audio?

I have a few words of wisdom for new AV physical media files. 1) use your PS5 horizontally. The PS5 can damage your discs using it vertically all the time. I'm not sure about the Xbox Series X. 2) if you bought a TV that doesn't do Dolby Vision, skip the Sony X700 and buy the Panasonic UB820. The X700 can do DV, HDR10, and HLG but it can't do HDR10+. The UB820 does all of them. 3) Don't buy your HDMI cables from Best Buy. They overcharge, by a lot. And that's it. Actually one more, don't buy any of your electronics from Best Buy. And that's all.

What 4K Player would you choose?

yea i think its crazy you cant just rent the dcp. I had 4k disk they were great but you cant rent it anywhere for a good price so now I just wach streaming movie movies in 1080p and it is still better then the theaters plus the moves cost too much and there and there not that good where i live. I have Atmos at home and it almost never gets used because all the movies are now 5.1 all the time. I thought about buying a dcp server but didnt know how to get the movies so i just gave up and im not rich but I bet i have a $20,000 theater or more in my home not and that's not bad for me poor like me wich most year im lucky if I earn $12,000 but i bet my theater could host most movie directors and sound mixers

I want Troy