Dear All,
I have recently got a little besotted with UHD 4K, having recently just updated my Imac [late 2015 4GHZ, M395x 1TB SSD] my TV [65" LG OLED]. I undertook a few different experiments, for example, I purchased spiderman on 4k UHD on amazon instant, and compared it to spiderman 1080p on my plex, and there was certainly a noticeable difference [as I sit 3m from the screen]. then I compared it to a bluray upscaled to 4k, and tbh, the bluray looked as good, and the overall experience was better as it seemed to play smoother. turning the trumotion and noise reduction function of 4k changed this. My next test wast a 4k UHD HDR stream, and wow, this was a real pleasure, I saw both exodus and life of pi clips and both blew me away. Embarrassingly, the Samsung promotional 4k UHD looks os much better on an LG oled than the s9500.
Back to the point, I now have tried a few 3rd party 4k players on rImac. and wondered if other could share their experiences, expertise. I currently favour VLC as my default video player, but tbh, since getting the oled tv with a Yamaha amp, prefer to watch movies on my LG-oled.
The ones i have tried,
I have recently got a little besotted with UHD 4K, having recently just updated my Imac [late 2015 4GHZ, M395x 1TB SSD] my TV [65" LG OLED]. I undertook a few different experiments, for example, I purchased spiderman on 4k UHD on amazon instant, and compared it to spiderman 1080p on my plex, and there was certainly a noticeable difference [as I sit 3m from the screen]. then I compared it to a bluray upscaled to 4k, and tbh, the bluray looked as good, and the overall experience was better as it seemed to play smoother. turning the trumotion and noise reduction function of 4k changed this. My next test wast a 4k UHD HDR stream, and wow, this was a real pleasure, I saw both exodus and life of pi clips and both blew me away. Embarrassingly, the Samsung promotional 4k UHD looks os much better on an LG oled than the s9500.
Back to the point, I now have tried a few 3rd party 4k players on rImac. and wondered if other could share their experiences, expertise. I currently favour VLC as my default video player, but tbh, since getting the oled tv with a Yamaha amp, prefer to watch movies on my LG-oled.
The ones i have tried,
- VLC, been using VLC since 2002, and despite not being the prettiest pony at the party, its certianly is relaible and robust. I found this played back 4k movies the best, and even played a 4k-HDR file, albeit my imac not being formally HDR.
- QT-player, if I actually get I 4k movie to load, it takes a while to load, with intermittent choppy playback. Works very well iphone home videos, and that's about it tbh. Apple should ditch QT and just purchase VLC. QT only seems to like very select formats and sizes.
- 5K play, simple, clean UI, however, does not decode UHD as faithful as VLC, and even some 1080p playback seemed inferior, with glitches, and pauses.