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Soo...will PS5/XBX have Ultra Blue-ray drive for the $499 disc version?
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thats a better question and i doubt it.
yeah they are supporting dolby vision next year.(actually for gaming is confirmed) unsure about UHD
Didn't the One S already have a 4k Bluray player? So there's no reason to expect that the Series X wouldn't.
Haha, what? No.
That would be like, the most obvious vector for game piracy, wouldn't it?
Haha, what? No.
That would be like, the most obvious vector for game piracy, wouldn't it?
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Because Sony's not crazy and they're going to match Microsoft price for price for the high-end disc version.
Yes I believe they both do now, xbox has had it since the one s and one x, we don't know yet if either support dolby vision on blurray I believe
Haven't been able to get this to work on a One X at least, I think it just plays DV enabled stuff at HDR10
That's promising. Hopefully that gets patched into the Xbox One S/X.
If the Pro and X have UHD support, why wouldn't these consoles?
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Thought they both had UHD, my bad. For sure these new consoles will. I also don't remember if I've played Dolby Vision stuff from my discs or just through streaming on the X.
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Thought they both had UHD, my bad. For sure these new consoles will. I also don't remember if I've played Dolby Vision stuff from my discs or just through streaming on the X.
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yeah and the dolby vision before was for apps, so if the games do it then probably then for disks
I bet it wont. The possibilities of opening doors to piracy would make that option non-viable.
I mean, we've seen arrogant Sony and violent Sony, so don't think crazy Sony is completely outside the realm of possibility.
But yeah, I agree that Sony will probably match Microsoft on the high end. I don't think Sony wants to, but I think Sony needs to.
Certainly possible. Wouldn't be surprised if they do have USB external drives. Especially Microsoft with the S. Could release a UHD drive that works with the Series S and Windows 10. Of course that could have piracy problems.
But, neither of the two console companies have said a word about any such thing.
But why use your console as a media device in 2020? Getting a dedicated 4k bluray player
Between that and our smart TV my family has no reason to touch my PlayStation. My consoles are lasting me a lot longer now as they are used for only gaming at this point.
I think there's a lot of people who use their consoles as entertainment centers. Love having my One X in my room and using it for pretty much everything.
Everyone has always known the price will be $500. The official announcement will be nothing but a formality.
I mean this was the thing to do last gen but there is better technology now, dont need my console to consume media only games. PSN is a pain in the ass, cant watch Netflix or anything if PSN signs me out or acts up. Got a smart TV and never looked back.
Why would you not? I mean seeing the price of UHD Blu ray players compared to consoles I'm just gonna buy one of these instead so I don't need another box connected to my tv than necessary, and plays games on top of Blu ray discs.
Crazy Sony wont happen until they allow insomniac to make Sunset Overdrive 2
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Less space taken from consoles in the entertainment area. XBX and PS5 would take a large amount of room already. Adding a dedicated Ultra Blu-Ray player on top of it will be too much. And most digital apps are built into the TV. And if your using an projector, you can use an USB stick. Minimum is the best...
Hopefully the quality of the 4K UHD drives in PS5 and XSX and the quality of their 4K movie playback is better than the cheap-feeling problematic experience it was on both Xbox One S and X, where 4K movies often stutter and take too long to load with that terrible Xbox blu ray app.
4k bluray players are cheaper then $500 consoles now, and besides my TV has 4 hdmi ports.
it also kills the laser a lot quicker, i had 2 or 3 PS2s before i got a slim because the laser had died in the system
$300 for the good one in Canada, when I pay a bit more and get one thrown into a console sells me on it. It also goes in the same HDMI port.
I think about this a lot. Have no idea what's the UHD player to even get though. Seems like the Oppo was the one but they don't make that anymore, and others seem to miss features.
Consoles are garbage media playback devices. If you care enough about fidelity to be buying physical-media movies, you'll probably care enough that it's worth it to buy a decent standalone BR player. Even for streaming purposes, my experience with the X1X and PS4 Plex client has been frustrating. Very poor support for direct-playing 4K/HDR/subtitled rips.
I'd be happy to be proven wrong next gen, but I fully expect both new consoles to once again be trash-tier media devices.
I'd be happy to be proven wrong next gen, but I fully expect both new consoles to once again be trash-tier media devices.