4k UHD Blu-ray movies on game consoles

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I’ve recently acquired a brand-new copy of the 2011 IMAX film ‘Rocky Mountain Express’ on a 4k UHD Blu-ray Combo set. I actually tried the Standard Blu-ray on my PlayStation 3 in my 4k Home Theatre for compatibility reasons, since I’m not ready for a 4k UHD Blu-ray player yet.

But in order to play 4k UHD Blu-rays on a game console, you would need either a PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, or Xbox One X/S. The PlayStation 4 is not supported.

Here, someone tries to test a 4k UHD Blu-ray on different game consoles, and I believe at the time these videos were produced, the Xbox One X/S was really the clear winner:

UHD disc on PS4
UHD disc on Xbox One S
UHD disc on Xbox One X

Let me know what you think down in the comments, and take care!

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KatieCadet2012 (Formely MiaFan2010) is an advanced Scratcher since August 2011, a BetaArchive Collector since July 2012, a ModArchive tracker since May 2012, and an Equestrian Musician since October 2012, and is one of the experienced internet users from Canada. She likes StarFlyers, My Little Pony, Sonic the Hedgehog, Nyan Cat, Hatsune Miku, Vocaloid, The Land Before Time, Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince and others. She is also a member of Scratch, ViewletCentral, ModArchive, BetaArchive, Vetusware, Tar Heel Reader, Equestrian Beats and her Local Public Library. She likes helping out with New Scratchers and she also likes to make Movies with Pinnacle Studio 8, MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 15 PLUS and MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 17 PLUS. She also has a Mac Computer, Which is a Power Mac G4. On Scratch, She likes to make operating systems, apps, video conversions, electronics simulations, animations, music, soundboards and more! She also has a Website and Forums at http://miafan2010.weebly.com/ and http://miafan2010.freeforums.org/.

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  22. I recently installed a Sony UBP-X800M2 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Player for my 4k Home Theatre, with the HDMI connected to the Haier 4K LED TV, and the Digital Coaxial connected to the Vizio 5.1 Sound Bar. (Due to Sound Bar not supporting HDMI 2.0/2.1, it’s stuck on HDMI 1.4 and below.)

    I did some testing by playing a 4k Ultra HD Blu-ray (Rocky Mountain Express IMAX), a Standard Blu-ray (Benji Off the Leash), a DVD-Video (Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition), a recorded AVCHD DVD, and a DVD-Audio (Chesky Records Ultimate DVD Audio Sampler).

    Due to the limitations of the Digital Coaxial connector, some audio codecs are not outputted to my Vizio 5.1 Sound Bar. Examples are Rob Thomas’ Something to Be on DualDisc (DVD-Audio layer), which is multichannel 96 kHz 24-bit PCM, and the 2L The Nordic Sound SACD, which is DSD.

    I heard some people say about freezing issues of this model of Blu-ray players, but I didn’t have any problems whatsoever, because I did a firmware update after it came to my door. (Thank goodness for online shopping!) I’ll have to monitor that the next time I turn it on!

    P.S. It can also do FLAC, MP3, and WAV files too! Good thing I have my Audio Filetype test disc that I recorded onto a CD-R handy!

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    1. As of January 2023, I’ve recently added a copy of the 4k Ultra-HD Blu-ray of The Wizard of Oz (1939) 80th Anniversary release for my Sony UBP-X800M2 player.

      Comparing the PlayStation 3 of the Standard Blu-ray with the UBP-X800M2 of the UHD with different 4k TV setups appears to be night and day, especially HDR10 (Sony somehow does not include HDR10+ for some reason on their players) and Dolby Vision support for my new Hisense Roku TV than it is with the previous HAIER setup.

      Notice that the Wizard of Oz UHD disc is triple layer, I’ll have to monitor that the next time I play. The Standard Blu-ray and the Ultra-HD Blu-ray of The Wizard of Oz 1939 share the same 2009 8K UHD transfer from the original 35mm negatives, and there’s more detail on the UHD than on the 1080p Blu-ray.

      Refer to the Techmoan video on this post for a comparison from the recent films San Andreas and Mad Max to see what I mean.

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  23. If you try to play a 4k Ultra-HD Blu-ray on a PlayStation 3, the disc tries to spin, then it ramps up and down a few times, and then stops without recognition. Opening the disc tray would show that the disc is stationary.

    Luckily I do have a Sony UBP-X800M2 4k Ultra-HD Blu-ray Player in my 4k Home Theatre, so I will be using that instead.

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