It delivers an insane amount of fine detail, combined with strong contrast and a wide gamut of rich colour. Better still, it does all this with more subtlety and tone fidelity than the other budget 4K Blu-ray player, the Xbox One S.
https://www.whathifi.com/panasonic/dmp-ub400/review :Panasonic says the picture performance should be the same as that delivered by the high-end UB900 and the UB700, since they all use the same chipset and processing. Look at test patterns alone and I’d be inclined to agree. But spinning some actual 4K Blu-rays shows some variation.
Compared to the UB700, I felt the UB400 wasn’t as nuanced with its fine detail, and it wasn’t as dynamic either. Scenes that mix a lot of light and dark elements didn’t quite have that impact on the UB400.
Panasonic says the DMP-UB400 has the same video-processing chip used in its flagship DMP-UB900. So, theoretically, we should be treated to the same 4K picture quality.
However, we’ve already seen differences in performance when testing the four-star DMP-UB700 (£400), which also uses the same HCX chip, so it’s clear the quality of the implementation matters.
L'image de l'UB400 serait un peu meilleure que la Xbox One S mais honnêtement, acheter un nouvel appareil juste pour ce petit écart me parait superflu. Si tu veux vraiment voir une différence, passe directement à l'UB700, UB900 voire l'Oppo 203. Ce n'est certes pas le même budget mais au moins tu sais pourquoi tu as dépensé de l'argent.