Soundtracks are delivered with plenty of weight and power, which is just what you want from a premium player like this. There's a great sense of depth and realism to 4K images that makes you sit up and take notice. Its menu system is a little overcomplicated, but once you've got the Panasonic set up for your particular display, it serves up an entertaining and attention-grabbing image, bursting with colour. There are some great budget 4K Blu-ray players in this list, but the Panasonic DP-UB9000 is the one to audition if you're in the market for a premium machine.

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Each model has been through our rigorous testing process so you can be 100% confident that they all serve up brilliant pictures and sound at their respective price points.

Our list of the best 4K Blu-ray players only contains models reviewed by our test team in our dedicated test rooms. Expect to find HDMI outputs as standard on modern players and, for flexibility, many Blu-ray players have an additional audio-only output.

Some 4K players are also universal decks that can play more niche audio disc formats such as SACD and DVD-Audio.Īlmost all players have Ethernet ports for a wired network connection and some even have wireless and USB ports that you can use to access an external hard drive. 4K players are backwards compatible so you can play normal Blu-rays and DVDs without issue, though if this is something you're likely to do frequently pay close attention to a model's upscaling abilities.

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