PS3 BluRay on 4K Sammy = eeew

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A buddy of mine just got a Samsung 65js8500 and uses his PS3 as a BluRay player. He says it looks really bad. But yet, some special feature portions look fine. He and I have gone through the settings and I don't know what can improve the PQ. From what we understand, the tv upscales all content to 4K. On his UVerse DVR some channels look impeccable, while other [HD] channels look like 480i on a 1080p display, or a PS1 game on PS3.

Any suggestions, besides get an Oppo 103 (upscales to 4K)? Their 4K players won't be on the market until mid to late 2016.
 
It's going to look bad because it's being upscaled to 4K. A good suggestion is to not have things upscale that far.
 
Use better source :) 4K TV upscaling SD or HD ( 720P ) input will result in generally bad picture quality as they get "smoothed" / resized in the process. Use at least 1080p source, even that will vary depending on the source mastering quality, try to get 4K Master sourced Bluray.

Alternative : Sit further back, for 65", try 10 feet or more :P
 
Make sure the TV is up scaling it and not the PS3, have a fiddle around with some of the scaling settings on the PS3 to test. Also I agree about the Mastered in 4K Blu Ray's, they are the way to go for now with new TV's.

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I really hope native 4K films come out eventually in the BD-XL format. But by then we will all have 8K TV's! :ouch:
 
Real 4K movies are going to be released in Q1 of 2016 in the shape of the new Ultra HD Blu-ray discs.
However, not many, if any, of the current Blu-Ray players will support the new disc format, so you'll likely have to go out and purchase one of the new players, and last I heard, they aren't cheap.

As for TV's with a higher resolution of 4K. I honestly doubt it. What is the point, when few people will ever get a TV where anything more than 1080P is necessary. Then again, there are plenty of people who are fooled by the impressive sounding numbers, and don't realise that they won't actually see a difference in a moving picture on their tiny screen. Basically, unless you are going 60 inches or higher, and sit reasonably close to your TV, I'd recommend against getting a 4K TV to begin with.
 
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I'm hoping to be getting a SONY XBR 65x850c this February. Hopefully it will pair better with my PS4, my buddy only has a PS3. I also have DirecTV and they are supposed to have a 4K option.

I don't know if his js8500 has a "native" resolution mode.
 

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