can this player upscale videos to 4k or at all?
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No 4K, only 1080 P 3D...This is Harman Kardon, not Sony or LG. If you invest in Harman, its for the sound , not for the 4K last week gadget. Its already have many features(airplay, bluetooth, YouTube...)4k can wait couple of week...
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It up scales hd connections. If you connect a non hd connection (vcr,dvd, etc) it won't be a 4k quality image. It'll look a bit better but there is a limit to it
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(For future purchasers) Yes, it allows AVI, MP4 and MKV (but MKV can only be played if it's renamed to MP4,oddly enough).
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It isn't a true 4k, it uses circuitry to simulate 4k resolution. It's called upscaling
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It's a very picky player. Sometimes it does but most of the time it doesn't, and I'm not sure what the encoding requirements are to make it one of those special mp4's that will work. This player here Androset 1080P-TVBOX 1080p HD USB HDMI SD/MMC Multi TV Media Player RMVB MKV 50 (Black 1080p tv box) will though. I have both of these players and the URL I pasted is a far better player in my opinion.
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No. But you can purchase the Sony blu-ray that will upscale your blu-ray to 4K. Its freakin awesome!!
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I solved this. There is no upscaling of HDMI, thats they way it should be. I solved this for older SD DVDS that I play on my blue ray like this, I hooked up a second set of connections and when its old DVDs I switch the receiver to DVD instead of blueray and the upscaler makes them look very much better than just normal DVDs. When I say switch I mean just like you switch the receiver from one component to another its that simple. I am really liking my investment with this receiver.
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I do not have anything with 4K content to compare it to. However, it makes std 1080P look awesome. My wife and I watched Tommy Boy and even that classic comedy movie looked like a Blue Ray masterpiece!
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I never use the format MP4. I just use to play the BD and standard DVD. I wish I could help you more.
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So my non-hd movies from other regions would be able to play on this player in the upconversions with no problem? Thanks for the info.
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Honestly, I've not been able to get it to play any of the video formats -- and I've tried them all. Effectively, I pretty much use it just for music.
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Netflix does not offer 4K streaming. Available Netflix streaming works excellent.
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Brian, I did purchase this DVD player and it will not upscale through component, only through HDMI. I guess I have to live with 480p for now until I get a TV with HDMI inputs.
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Spec sheet doesn't specify which version of 4K HDMI Video output/up scaler - probably a question best posed to Sony.
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It automatically upscales incoming content. At 4k you can sometimes see digital editing of non-HD content. If what you see is blurry or doesn't look right it's the quality of the incoming content that your 4k is trying to upscale. The old computer programmers saying is true "Garbage In, Garbage Out", but in the final analysis you can't get better picture quality than what your 4k Samsung is giving you.
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It has a built-in processor otherwise whenever you played content that was less than 4k it would only fill up a portion of the screen but that built-in processor will not upconvert to 4k from 720p/1080p which will result in a "soft" picture. You need a AV Receiver that upconverts to 4k like the Onkyo 809/818 or a 4k upconverting Blu-Ray player that has an HDMI input like the Oppo.
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Dear Peter,Thanks for your inquiry. Since there are no 4K or UHD discs available, the Blu-ray player itself does not upscale. There are however, many audio receivers that do upscaling and perhaps that is what you are asking. Hope that makes things clearer for you.Regards,Eric CohenWorld Wide Stereo