While it’s pretty shameful that the XBox One didn’t ship with HBR bit stream support, it wasn’t that big of an issue until the next-gen formats found on UltraHD Blu-ray came out, because to get all that spatial goodness they must be decoded in the AVR. Microsoft promised to deliver exactly that a while back, and it looks like the […]
Read moreOne of my biggest gripes with the XBox One S’s support for UHD BD looks to be getting fixed in a future firmware update. When this happens, it should move from “value-with-caveats” to “best value” player for the next-gen format. That changes sometime in the future with a free update adding Dolby Atmos playback (via bitstream). It’s not nearly as […]
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In the not-so-crowded collection of UHD Blu-ray players the XBox One S stands out because of its price and, um… well that’s it. The price difference is nothing to laugh at either, and if you are willing to live with the limitations it is an outstanding value. That said, the gaps are pretty harsh, at least for me. Especially when […]
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