Can you notice The difference 4K vs Bluray

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Can you notice The difference 4K vs Bluray

Have you experienced going from Bluray to 4K ?

Can you noticed a difference from 1080p to 4K ?

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maybe if you have a monster screen, 100"

not sure. i have a 65" and mostly watch 720p unless its pure action then i get the 1080 version to save space on the 5tb externals

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01-16-2026, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted By AWillis⏩

maybe if you have a monster screen, 100"

not sure. i have a 65" and mostly watch 720p unless its pure action then i get the 1080 version to save space on the 5tb externals

How do you view 720p ? A DVD is at 480p.
Bluray is at 1080p.

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you can tell the difference between 1080p and 4K, as 4K offers significantly sharper, more detailed, and clearer images due to having four times the pixels (3840x2160) compared to 1080p (1920x1080). The noticeable difference depends heavily on screen size (larger screens show it best), viewing distance (closer viewing reveals more detail), and content quality, with larger TVs in smaller rooms making the difference very apparent

you can notice a significant difference between 4K UHD Blu-ray and standard Blu-ray, primarily due to 4K's much higher resolution (four times 1080p) for sharper detail, plus richer colors and contrast from HDR (High Dynamic Range), but the impact depends on your large screen size, viewing distance, and equipment (4K player/TV/HDMI 2.0+ cable). 4K offers superior clarity, better color depth (over a billion vs. 16 million colors), and often enhanced audio, making visuals more realistic and immersive, especially with well-mastered films.

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Originally Posted By wasp9166⏩

you can tell the difference between 1080p and 4K, as 4K offers significantly sharper, more detailed, and clearer images due to having four times the pixels (3840x2160) compared to 1080p (1920x1080). The noticeable difference depends heavily on screen size (larger screens show it best), viewing distance (closer viewing reveals more detail), and content quality, with larger TVs in smaller rooms making the difference very apparent, say this Reddit thread and this Quora thread

I was watching Van Helsing 4K in my room. I put the Bluray version in the living room. I can legit see a difference in quality tbh.

01-16-2026, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted By ElMiniRex007⏩

I was watching Van Helsing 4K in my room. I put the Bluray version in the living room. I can legit see a difference in quality tbh.

Van helsing is one of my fav movies

Beckinsale is hnnngg in it

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Originally Posted By wasp9166⏩

you can tell the difference between 1080p and 4K, as 4K offers significantly sharper, more detailed, and clearer images due to having four times the pixels (3840x2160) compared to 1080p (1920x1080). The noticeable difference depends heavily on screen size (larger screens show it best), viewing distance (closer viewing reveals more detail), and content quality, with larger TVs in smaller rooms making the difference very apparent

you can notice a significant difference between 4K UHD Blu-ray and standard Blu-ray, primarily due to 4K's much higher resolution (four times 1080p) for sharper detail, plus richer colors and contrast from HDR (High Dynamic Range), but the impact depends on your large screen size, viewing distance, and equipment (4K player/TV/HDMI 2.0+ cable). 4K offers superior clarity, better color depth (over a billion vs. 16 million colors), and often enhanced audio, making visuals more realistic and immersive, especially with well-mastered films.

Thanks ChatGPT

Massive difference between bluray and 4K OP

If it's 4K bluray the soundtrack will generally be better too - unless you're a phaggot who uses TV speakers or worse, a soundbar

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Originally Posted By ElMiniRex007⏩

How do you view 720p ? A DVD is at 480p.
Bluray is at 1080p.

the copies i get are encoded from either a blu-ray of 4k source. so software re-encodes it. 720p is for people that don't care so much about the best quality (it's still excellent) and want to save a ton of disk space.

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A very noticeable improvement from 1080 to 4K. . The colours were definitely much more saturated and had better dynamic range on my 4K blue ray movies compared to 1080 .
Regardless of them most likely being potentially upscaled , I still notice an improvement.
On an Oled it’s noticeable, but maybe with conventional lcd panels it looks the same.

As for 4K streaming versus 4K bluray , I’ll take a physical format over streaming 4K any day , as with streaming it’s obviously compressed and the bluray 4K will be superior.
Even the audio is probably better on bluray 4K discs

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Physical 4K UHD Blu-ray is noticeably superior to anything, including streaming 4K... imo, not just visually, but sound too

I bought a panasnoic blu ray player after buying an OLED TV, and I definitely can see the difference

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01-16-2026, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted By BasedBagel⏩

Physical 4K UHD Blu-ray is noticeably superior to anything, including streaming 4K... imo, not just visually, but sound too

I bought a panasnoic blu ray player after buying an OLED TV, and I definitely can see the difference

I got a Panasonic 420. I can notice the difference bro. Kinda want to collect just 4k from now on

01-16-2026, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted By MajorTendonitis⏩

A very noticeable improvement from 1080 to 4K. . The colours were definitely much more saturated and had better dynamic range on my 4K blue ray movies compared to 1080 .
Regardless of them most likely being potentially upscaled , I still notice an improvement.
On an Oled it’s noticeable, but maybe with conventional lcd panels it looks the same.

As for 4K streaming versus 4K bluray , I’ll take a physical format over streaming 4K any day , as with streaming it’s obviously compressed and the bluray 4K will be superior.
Even the audio is probably better on bluray 4K discs

Lowkey, it’s kind of worth waiting for a sale on 4K movies. The difference is noticeable. I want to collect just 4k now

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Originally Posted By BasedBagel⏩

Physical 4K UHD Blu-ray is noticeably superior to anything, including streaming 4K... imo, not just visually, but sound too

I bought a panasnoic blu ray player after buying an OLED TV, and I definitely can see the difference

DMRUBT1GLK crew checking in, had it for about 7 years now. Still seen nothing that compares to it for image and sound quality for under $1000

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blu-ray isn't a resolution dumbass

You can have 4k blu-ray

The original ones were probably all 1080, maybe you meant 1080 vs 4k

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To answer your question: On a small screen it's almost indistinguishable, on a large screen the 4k will probably seem a bit better

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I just download 1080p blue ray rips they're usually 2-3gb

If it's a classic that I intend to keep and rewatch I might download a higher bit rate 5-8gb file

One day when I build my home theater then maybe I'll care about 4k

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On a smaller screen 4K looks even sharper because of PPI

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Yes but it also depends on the movie. Some movies big time, some not really.

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Can definitely tell a difference 1080 Blu-ray vs streaming and 1080 Blu-Bay vs 4k Blu-ray.

The most noticeable thing though is the audio. Streaming compresses audio so much it's like watching a completely different movie compared to Blu-ray. If you have a decent home theater setup you're doing yourself a massive disservice watching streaming services.