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OK. I was referring to the "at all times in public" remark and thought you meant outdoors. The hospital where I live doesn't have many people there where you step outside.

Most places I believe a mask outdoors only required if you can't social distance.

So, with the CDC, for planning purposes, now estimating the symptomatic mortality rate at 0.4%, and with the additional 35% they estimate are asymptomatic, that would put the mortality rate for everyone infected at 0.26% (0.4 x (1 - 0.35). Using that figure would put the number of...

Only a $5 difference at Best Buy and Target. And actually the price at Target for the 3D version was the same if you factor in the $5 gift card with purchase of the 3D exclusive. Now I wish I had ordered the Best Buy steelbook as well...

Interesting. I did not know it was required for all 3D titles to have a 2D option. It's not that way for UHD BD, AFAIK.

Great to know and glad I ordered it (I only knew about it from this great forum).

That's odd. HDR should result in an increase in shadow detail, not a reduction.

Another sign that UHD BD is doing well (better than expected). Sonopress has now shipped over one million Ultra HD Blu-rays. http://www.4kevolution.de/2016/09/4k-ultra-hd-blu-ray-im-aufwind-sonopress-knackt-die-millionenmarke/ Google translated from German

I really don't understand this format war banter by some when there is no format war. Why are they against having an updated format to match the capabilities of the TVs being sold today? Like you I am just thankful that the format actually did come out, and (so far) without any of that...

That's how it was with Blu-ray too, regarding new theatrical releases, although the rate is a little higher than 5% I would think (among titles with measurable box office receipts). They can only release what the market will bear.

Contrary to what someone in this thread posted about Warcraft, a respected site gave pretty good praise to the UHD BD (reviewed on the Sony 940C) Here's an excerpt on just the resolution aspect (this was sourced from a 2K DI). Normally this reviewer is very conservative in his praise so I...

Has anybody here seen a movie in a Dolby Vision theater? Is the upgrade significant?

I've been following Blu-ray sales figures, both players and discs, for many years and know how to interpret the data. I just took exception to your implication that I don't because you assume I don't know retail. You make a lot of assumptions and think you know a lot about UHD PQ, all without...

Without offering anything of substance I'm going to assume you're just trolling. What part of 700k UHD BD players SOLD don't you understand? Why don't you share what equipment you have bought? After all, this is a thread for early adopters of the format. Being so negative about UHD BD...

It auto-detects HDR. You just have to change the HDMI port to enhanced (either HDMI 2 or 3, the other two ports for some reason don't support HDR). But it's a one-time setup and after that it will detect HDR automatically and shift to the HDR settings mode. I agree that it was dumb that they...

Give it at least a month. The UHD of Angry Birds is a tough act to follow and the 3D pales in comparison. So the more separation in time between comparative viewings, the better.

First I've heard about that (at least the part where it's been out for almost a year). I'm sure very few owners are lucky enough to have their displays calibrated for HDR at this point. It is only possible via a professional in-house calibration, or can an HDR calibration disc be purchased?

I have an HDR TV in the bedroom as well, so I'll be moving the Samsung there and use the Oppo for my main display (Sony 940C).

I do experience occasional handshake issues with the Samsung, but otherwise I think it's been a relatively good launch player and a great value for being a launch player too. Normally a launch player runs in the 4 figures so it's hard to complain. The Panasonic hasn't been without its own set...

I think part of the problem is that there are no calibration standards for HDR10. It seems to come out a little darker sometimes so I just set the Samsung player to dynamic mode which compensates for that. But it varies by movie. Next year of course we'll have dynamic HDR on disc (probably...

So you don't think 700k players sold is impressive? Why do you need someone in retail to explain what that number means? September estimates of Xbox Ones S sales in August is only about 150-180K units. So perhaps 300K total if you include the 3 weeks of September. 400K units of standalone...

I figured you'd be left speechless by this latest positive news. It is pretty damn impressive not matter how you spin it. ;)

700K UHD BD players sold is very impressive, even if 300K are Xbox One S sales (probably not more than that since it's only been out 6 weeks). With that information, I don't see how anyone can say with a straight face that sales are poor or that the new format is doing poorly in general.

HDR wouldn't "added on", but rather just bring out more of the dynamic range that's already there on the negative. That goes for the extra bit depth too. Another point is that even if a movie like L'Aventura would not benefit from a UHD BD release in terms of revealing more resolution that...

My mistake then. It wasn't very clear so I just guessed. Those movies would certainly benefit from a UHD BD release if they were mastered in 4k, but the difference wouldn't be very noticeable for the most part.

Speaking for Angry Birds only here. This movie looks so much better on UHD BD than on BD that it would be a huge letdown to rewatch it in the the latter format. The UHD BD also smokes the 3D version, which looks rather pale in comparison and looks less 3D-like (relatively speaking, as the UHD...

Angry Birds UHD looks so much better than the BD. Animation and HDR go together really well.

You can't assume that Disney and Sony think the UHD BD sales numbers are bad. Disney said even before launch that they have no plans to release on the format this year. Sony had to make their decision on the PS4 drive months before release, well before they could get a sense of how well the...

Lol, that's like saying the same thing in regards to Blu-ray vs. DVD, or DVD vs. VHS. It sounds like you are in full-blown denial on the benefits of UHD BD (more resolution - in some cases, higher dynamic range, wider color gamut, 10 bit depth instead of 8 bit) and really until you can see...

RJ, I don't know what you are refuting, but I said the last few weeks were better for UHD than for 3D (weeks ending 9/11 and 9/4). However you post sales data from last month instead. Obviously if you go back far enough you can always find sales data to support your agenda, but it's...