Speaking of discs, it not only supports all Blu-ray formats, but is also generous with its audio disc support, including DVD-Audio and SACD. Like Reavon players, the Magnetar is a seriously premium piece of hardware, weighing in at hefty 8kg, keeping those discs totally stable. Magnetar is a relative newcomer to the 4K Blu-ray world, though it's from the same company as Reavon, which has had products in our list for a while, so it has heritage. We certainly don't, this is good enough to pair with high-end TVs, and it comes at a reasonable price. What you're missing compared to the UB9000 above is the tank-like build and the support for some advanced music playback types, but a lot of people won't mind about that at all.
You've also got a bunch of streaming services built-in, in case you want to use this as your main movie-viewing platform.
This is obviously very nerdy stuff, but the end result is the best color reproduction you can find for movies, basically.
Panasonic’s HCX image processing works with a special chroma processor that can smartly turn the 4:2:0 color of Blu-ray into 4:4:4 before it reaches your TV. In our tests we found that this player may be more affordable, but it doesn't skimp on quality. The Panasonic DMP-UB820 is an ideal mid-range 4K Blu-ray player, delivering pretty much every video feature you could want-including full HDR support-but without costing as much as the UB9000 a the top of our list.
