QUOTE(shahruls @ Nov 3 2015, 11:49 AM)
Himedia H8 can play BD ISO file but no proper menu , must select from remote.
Currently own Sony bdp s5200 with no upscalling function.
I had 4k tv that had upscalling ability , it is worth to buy bd player that support upscalling function like sony bdp s7200 (rm1.8) but too expensive compare to samsung bd-h6500 (rm460) or upscalling function in tv is enough?
The so called "upscalling" is a very subjective term. The term cover 2 area.
1. HDMI digital interface up conversion.
- So called common idea is, all content that pass through HDMI interface are being "upscaled", due to the digital interface that eliminate any signal loss caused by analog interface.
- So, literally, any player, be it DVD/BD/Media player, laptop, computer, smartphone, tablet that can output in HDMI interface do up conversion, and any TV that has HDMI interface do up convert on it's own too.
- This term more apply to the time when DVD player with HDMI is available, where those DVD player is said to up convert DVD picture to better quality thru digital interface. (no "up convert" being done if using composite cable)
- This is damn true, where the picture quality of DVD really improve if output via HDMI. I tested this on a cheap DVD player with HDMI, immediately I see the improvement, image is more sharp and color are much more accurate, detail are added. But then, I test it with a BD player by playing the same DVD disc, the quality result is the same with the cheap DVD player with HDMI, no more up conversion can be done, both look identical via HDMI.
- Just for fun, I switch back to the composite video output on the BD player (damn rare these day to get a BD player that still come with RCA output, eventually get this for old TV, but later the old TV dead, now replaced an LED LCD TV), immediately the image quality degrade a lot.
2. Any player and TV that apply image processing algorithm.
- Every BD player nowadays do pre-processing signal before output the video signal.
- Every flat panel TV that you can buy today actually do up conversion on every signal that they receive, no matter it is HDMI interface, component video interface or composite video interface.
- This very subjective to the processing algorithm, every player and TV's processing algorithm is not the same.
- Some doing a better job, some are doing worse.
- Bottom line, this normally gone unnoticed by most viewer, as some reviewer told, the standard definition (SD) resolution, 480i /480p is too soft to look on today TV, every TV actually look quite bad on SD, no matter how good the player or TV has aggressive processing. They do improved with processing, but the effect is not very obvious.
So, stay with something like Bluray BD disc, or high quality H264/H265 compression format guarantee highest video quality.
Normal SD Astro just look bad no matter if it is output using HDMI, only the HD channel look great.
For your case, it is more related to the later issue, where much video processing job is done on the 4K TV, rather than a normal BD player, that max can only output 1080p picture.
My advise is, no need go for that player yet, as native 4K BD content still very rare.
Your 4K TV will be doing just fine on every signal that it receive.
Only real 4K BD movie played on that Sony BDP S7200 will look noticeably improved.
If you still have a bunch of old 1080p BD movie, then it is not going to have any obvious improvement on upscaling.
At this website, do mention "There
isn’t any more detail in the upscaled picturethan you can see in the native 1080p picture , so whether or not it looks better is entirely
subjective."
http://www.rtings.com/tv/learn/4k-ultra-hd...caling-comparedThis post has been edited by Alan Yee: Nov 4 2015, 07:48 AM