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IMAX and DTS Create IMAX Enhanced - Yet Another Format!! — IMAX and DTS Create IMAX Enhanced – Yet Another Format!! First a personal rant: I am fed up with the continued abuse of the less enlightened buying public to enrich the pockets of manufacturers and their demanding shareholders. Everytime I blink a new video or audio format arrives in my inbox. […]

IMAX and DTS Create IMAX Enhanced – Yet Another Format!!

September 15, 2018 in Audio / News / Video tagged 4K / DTS / IMAX / IMAX Enhanced / MQA by fromvinyltoplastic

Black Panther Blu-ray 4K Review — Black Panther Blu-ray 4K Review Disney/Buena Vista | 2018 PG13 | 2hrs 14 mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Vision | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 2.40:1 Aspect Ratio […]

Black Panther Blu-ray 4K Review

September 14, 2018 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / Black Panther / Blu-Ray / movies / plastic / review / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Ready Player One Blu-ray 4K Review — Ready Player One Blu-ray 4K Review Warner Bros 2018 PG13 | 2hrs 20 mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Vision | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 2.40:1 Aspect Ratio Staring: […]

Ready Player One Blu-ray 4K Review

September 8, 2018 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / Blu-Ray / Movie / plastic / Ready Player One / review / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Annihilation Blu-ray Review — Annihilation Blu-ray Review 4K Update Paramount Pictures | 2018 R | 1hr 55 mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Vision | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 2.39:1 Aspect Ratio Starring: […]

Annihilation Blu-ray Review 4K Update

September 8, 2018 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / Annihilation / Blu-Ray / Movie / plastic / review / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Justice League Blu-ray Review 4K Update — Justice League Blu-ray Review 4K Update Warner Bros 2017 PG13 | 2hrs | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Vision | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD […]

Justice League Blu-ray Review 4K Update

September 2, 2018 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / Blu-Ray / Justice League / Movie / review / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Thor Ragnarok Blu-ray Review 4K Update — Thor Ragnarok Blu-ray Review 4K Update Disney/Buena Vista 2017 PG13 | 2hrs 10 mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Comedy HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Vision | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 2.40:1 […]

Thor Ragnarok Blu-ray Review 4K Update

August 13, 2018 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / Blu-Ray / Movie / plastic / Thor Ragnarok by fromvinyltoplastic

JVC DLA-RS640 Custom 4K HDR Gamma Curves — JVC DLA-RS640 Custom 4K HDR Gamma Curves Introduction HDR or High Dynamic Range needs lots of luminance to do it full justice, no matter how black your blacks are. So while many modern flat panel displays can provide a peak brightness that can really provide a stunningly bright image to […]

JVC DLA-RS640 Custom 4K HDR Gamma Curves

July 15, 2018 in Equipment / Video tagged 4K / DLA-RS640 / Gamma / HDR / OETF / PQ / Projectors by fromvinyltoplastic

Blu-Ray Review 4K UHD: The Great Wall — Blu-ray 4K Review: The Great Wall Universal Studios PG-13 | 1hr 43mins | Action | Adventure | Fantasy HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 2.40:1 Aspect Ratio Starring: Matt Damon […]

Blu-ray 4K Review: The Great Wall

June 18, 2018 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / Blu-Ray / movies / review / The Great Wall / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Blu-Ray Review: The Greatest Showman — Blu-ray 4K Review: The Greatest Showman 20th Century Fox PG | 1hr 45mins | Musical | Drama HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 2.40:1 Aspect Ratio Starring: Hugh Jackman | Michelle Williams | Zac […]

Blu-ray 4K Review: The Greatest Showman

May 31, 2018 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / Blu-Ray / Movie / plastic / review / The Greatest Showman / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

OPPO-Get One Quick Before They Are All Gone — OPPO-Get One Quick Before They Are All Gone! Based upon this weeks devastating news that OPPO Digtal is to close its doors this year, I needed to get one, as the 205 was always slated to be the 4K player that I was to upgrade to. After searching just […]

OPPO-Get One Quick Before They Are All Gone!!

April 7, 2018 in News tagged 4K / 4K Blu-ray players / Blu-Ray / OPPO Digital / UDP203 / UDP205 / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Blu-Ray Movie Review: Blade Runner 2049 — Blu-ray Review – Blade Runner 2049 Warner Brothers 2017 PG13 | 2hrs 44 mins | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos/Dolby TrueHD 7.1 | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Atmos/Dolby TrueHD 7.1 | DTS-HD Master Audio […]

Blu-ray Review – Blade Runner 2049

March 18, 2018 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / Blu-Ray / movies / plastic / review / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Panasonic's Flagship DM UB9000 4K UHD Audiophile Player — Panasonics flagship DP UB9000 player offers HDR10, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision Panasonic’s 2018 UHD Blu-ray line-up comprises five models ranging from flagship to affordable. Two of them will support Dolby Vision, three will support HDR10+, and four of them will support Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa, enabling you to control […]

Panasonics Flagship DP UB9000 4K UHD Audiophile Player

February 18, 2018 in Equipment / News tagged 4K / Audiophile / Dolby Vision / DP UB9000 / HDR10+ / Panasonic / UB9000 / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Oppo UDP-203 and UDP-205 Now Support HDR10+ — CES 2018 – HDR10+ Update Warner Bros. has announced that it is joining the HDR 10+ Alliance, together with the existing members: Samsung, Panasonic, 20th Century Fox, and Amazon. It will be interesting to see if Disney, who now owns 20th Century Fox, will also ‘join the party’. This new […]

CES 2018 – HDR10+ Update

January 11, 2018 in News / Video tagged 4K / BDA / CES 2018 / DP-UB820 / FZ800 / FZ950 / HDR-10 / MicroLED / OLED / Panasonic / Q9S / Samsung / SL-HDR2 by fromvinyltoplastic

Is 4K4U Yet? — So how ready are we all to plunge into the world of 4K? Is 4K4U yet? I am often dismayed by both professional and consumer manufactures who, in their rush to turn a profit, release products to ‘shaky’ standards that are just not ready for prime time or the […]

Is 4K4U Yet With 8K Just Around The Corner?

September 29, 2017 in Personal Views & Comments / Video tagged 4K / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic